Jerzy Kosinski's Impact On The Painted Bird

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Throughout World War II and the detrimental events that have occurred have influenced the life of writers. Some of the writers have lived during and through the tragic and hardship times. Historical events that have influenced writers from their perspective are World War II, Slavery, The Great Depression and many more. The main historical event that impacted the life of Jerzy Kosinski was the terrible event of World War II. It influenced his writing by the way he had to find a way to live by himself until his parents were free at the end of the war. World War II was a detrimental experience for the life of Jerzy Kosinski, and his novel The Painted Bird.
The event of World War II happened because of multiple reasons. The main reason of why …show more content…

With the war finally coming to the end it changed the politics of the area in three ways. The first way is that the war left the British people exhausted and in deep debt. Which made it imperative for the British government to reduce imperial commitments, including those in the Middle East. Second, the international Zionist community intensified its demands for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. Finally, the third is the Holocaust and the ensuing need to find the homes for tens of thousands of displaced Jewish survivors put great pressure on the victorious Allies to place them in Palestine. Britain ended the war $13 billion in debt, having borrowed heavily from the United States and the Dominions and against its own sterling reserves in India and Egypt. Also, the Zionists, both in the Jewish community in Israel and overseas in Britain and the United States. They felt a sense of entitlement to a Jewish state in Palestine. The Zionists hoped that Britain and the Allies would repay loyalty and wartime service with the abrogation of the White Paper and support for a Jewish state (Bell). Finally, the most impact that World War II had was the Holocaust. The most problem that it brought was the collapsing of the Germany Empire and the overrunning concentration camps in Germany and Poland was the disposition of the survivors and hundreds of thousands of homeless Jewish refugees. The admission of 100,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors into Palestine became an increasingly thorny issue (Bell). With the end of World War II, it had an impact on Britain, the Zionist, and the

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