A Life Painting Animals better develops how people overcome obstacles and barriers to become successful. It is better because it shows that Rosa Bonheur was unable to go to an art school in France because women were treated differently, and in The Osage Firebird Maria Tallchief was being teased but could learn dance. Rosa Bonheur also wasn’t afraid of the animals, but she could get hurt by them. Rosa wasn’t afraid too. Although Marie was teased, Rosa had to gain her art skills from hardship. Rosa’s dad also didn’t want Rosa to become an artist because he thought it wouldn’t get Rosa anything.
Rosa Bonheur was unable to go to a French art school because she was a girl. At the time women weren’t able to
