“The Painted Bird” The use of art has many functions. It lacks a satisfactory definition and is easier to describe it as a way something is done --“the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others” --rather than what it is. Jerzy Kosinski’s “The Painted Bird” describes the disasters that befall a six-year-old boy who is separated from his parents and …showed first 75 words of 767 total…

…showed last 75 words of 767 total…offers several disturbing events the young boy encounters, it has a way of grabbing the reader. The reader sympathizes with the loneliness, hurt, and anger the child possesses from the separation from his family and the betrayal of the villagers. Bibliography Kosinski, J. “The Painted Bird” Grove Press. New York, N.Y. 1965. Mahon, M. “Values in Art or Play it Again Sam.” HUX: 548. July, 1996. Sturmann, E. “Jerzy Kosinski, The Painted Bird.” http://huiswerk.scholieren.com.