Friday, October 28, 2011
Animalism in the Painted Bird
In The Painted Bird, we see many connections between the narrator and the animals. The very title of the bird is anamilistic; a man painted the birds and set them free, only to find that the other birds killed them because of there differences. Throughout the beginning of the novel, see this as the albino cat (the arians) tries to kill the black chicken (the gypsy narrator) the chickens do not accept the pigeon, even though a bird, because it is different, and the village boys kill the squirrel for their entertainment much like the narrator is whipped at the farm for the entertainment of others. We have seen many connections between the animals and the narrator in the story, and we can probably expect to see a great deal more.
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Dominic Key
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