Wunderkind | Compare and Contrast

1920s: As a child, McCullers practices playing the piano for five hours a day. After a severe illness and an emotional parting with her mentor, she gives up music and turns to a career in writing

1996: The darker side of child prodigy is portrayed in Shine, a film based on the true story of David Helfgott, an Australian prodigy who suffered a career-halting psychotic episode as a teenager, but returned to playing several years later.

1930s: President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal sets $5 million of federal funds aside for art and music...

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