Camel (in rhythmic landscape with trees) were also created at this time. This is the period when the artist was working and teaching at the Bauhaus in Weimar under the direction of Walter Gropius. The task of teaching caused Klee to meditate on the problems of art and as a result he produced what Herbert Read called "the most profound and illuminating statement of the aesthetic basis of the modern movement in art ever made by a practising artist". Camel (in rhythmic landscape with trees) Camel (in rhythmic landscape with trees) ["German: Kamel (in rhythmischer baumlandschaft)"] is a painting by Swiss artist Paul Klee in the
The Yellow Birds let him die in the war. Bartle and Murph also make a pact not to be the 1,000th casualty in the war. The reader learns in the beginning of the novel, however, that Murph dies in the war. "The Yellow Birds" also examines the reactions of soldiers after their deployments. Bartle enters a state in which he does not want to leave his house upon his return from the war and slowly deteriorates as the novel progresses. Powers has stated: "I wanted to show the whole picture. It's not just: you get off the plane, you're back home, everything's fine.