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Essay Galaxy - Historical Analysis Of Jerzy K
An obscure village in Poland, sheltered from ideas and
industrialization, seemed a safe place to store one�s most precious
valuable: a 6-year-old boy. Or so it seemed to the parents who
abandoned their only son to protect him from the Nazis in the
beginning of Jerzy Kosinski�s provocative 1965 novel The Painted Bird.
After his guardian Marta dies and her decaying corpse and hut are
accidentally engulfed in flames, the innocent young dark-haired,
dark-eyed outcast is obliged to trek from village to village in search
of food, shelter, and companionship. Beaten and caressed, chastised
and ignored, the unnamed protagonist survives the abuse inflicted by
men, women, children and beasts to be reclaimed by his parents 7 years
later--a cold, indifferent, and callous individual.
The protagonist�s experiences and obse....
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