Week 3: Social Media Response; Illustration 2

The drawing I chose by Pawel Kuczynski was in illustration two, I believe this picture in illustration two represents many things. The first thing that caught my eye was the army helmet the little baby was wearing. The helmet clearly represents the army, and the baby represents children, which makes me think of army children. The army children have to go through a lot, because their mother or father is away at war and they are worried about their parent’s safety, and they know there is nothing they can do to keep them safe. Also the little baby is sitting alone with a bird, which in my opinion represents loneliness the child has without his/her mother or father, because army children have to go a long time without seeing their parents, and they probably get lonely and miss them after a while. You can see the little army toys in the corner of the picture which shows that he has been playing with the toys, also that could mean he plays with the toys because he/she looks up to his/her mother or father, and could possibly pretend that it’s the mother or father at war. I think the artist was trying to show sadness in this picture, because most kids are sad when their parents have to go to war, because it is a very dangerous job, and they worry that they might get injured or killed. It would be a horrible feeling knowing that you might not see them again. I think the artist did a really good job at showing all the different feelings and different points in this drawing.