The paper goes out to evaluate how the cultural life in Canada and western nations influenced the main character (Fabian Vas) in The Bird Artist in the first two decades of the twentieth century. At the age of twenty, Fabian is committed to making a livelihood and also by enhancing his academic circles in bird painting (Norman, 1995). This was indisputably an era of progress for many Westerners; progress would signify change. Pursuing an education in this context was to accord himself with self-importance and to raise higher than the physical realm. West was viewed as the beacon of hope and the citadel of academia globally, and this may have informed Fabian’s need for education. It is education that enables Fabian Vas to narrate the story with enchanting ease and grace. From the van Goh case, beauty in the eyes of an artist was an issue of interpretation. Van Goh for instance would paint some of his painting from brothels because that is where true beauty was
The paper goes out to evaluate how the cultural life in Canada and western nations influenced the main character (Fabian Vas) in The Bird Artist in the first two decades of the twentieth century. At the age of twenty, Fabian is committed to making a livelihood and also by enhancing his academic circles in bird painting (Norman, 1995). This was indisputably an era of progress for many Westerners; progress would signify change. Pursuing an education in this context was to accord himself with self-importance and to raise higher than the physical realm. West was viewed as the beacon of hope and the citadel of academia globally, and this may have informed Fabian’s need for education. It is education that enables Fabian Vas to narrate the story with enchanting ease and grace. From the van Goh case, beauty in the eyes of an artist was an issue of interpretation. Van Goh for instance would paint some of his painting from brothels because that is where true beauty was