WAR AND ART

Jasmine Singh
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As I looked through the previous posts, I have realized that there is a distinct relationship between art and war. I believe in the fact that war actually affects art more than art affects war. Especially for my topic, war affected art since the book was set during the time warfare was occurring in Afghanistan. I fail to understand how art affects war. How can art based on a war affect war if the work of art was influenced by the outcome or the circumstances created by the war? I feel that in order for a piece of art to be successful such as a novel, it has to be influenced by something. For example, The Kite Runner was an awesome novel and the big part behind its success was by being set in constant bloodshed in Afghanistan. In addition it was the war that that forced the characters in this novel to move to American and start a new life.
As much as many people may deny it, but war affects many things besides art. It is ironic how art is supposed to bring peace to one’s mind, yet it is influenced by such as violent thing, which is war. The ethnic conflicts or the religious divisions are the roots of the wars which eventually lead to a masterpiece work of art. I think there are very few piece of artwork out there that have been successful without being inspired or being influenced by something.