Compare And Contrast Maus And Night

MAUS by Art Spiegelman and Night by Elie Wiesel are two stories of Holocaust survivors and their experiences in Europe as Jews throughout World War Two. MAUS is told through a graphic novel format and recounts experiences of the author’s father in the Holocaust, who experienced the Holocaust as an adult. It also has some context in more modern times, showcasing the author’s discussions with his father. Night is a memoir written by a survivor of the Holocaust who experienced the concentration camps as a child and teenager. Both share experiences, but they have varying views because of their different ages and upbringings. In MAUS by Art Spiegelman and Night by Elie Wiesel, important aspects of the stories include the father-son relationship, faith in God, and dehumanization; these themes are addressed by both characters and their ideals share similarities but have differences as well.
Both stories center around a relationship between a father and son. In MAUS, it is the relationship of the author, Art Spiegelman, who was not in the Holocaust, and his father Vladek who experienced the Holocaust. In Night, the relationship is between the author’s younger self and his father, both experienced the majority of the Holocaust together. In MAUS, Art and his Vladek did not go through the Holocaust together and because of this, they always had trouble understanding
The two stories share similarities but differences as well. The differences of age and upbringing for the two Holocaust survivors described meant that their view of their experiences was different. However, the terrifying events of the Holocaust were to a certain extent similar for both of them. In both scenarios, the two books show how the Holocaust was a time of difficult tests a terrifying mistreatment of the Jewish people: a mistreatment that should never again be placed on any demographic group ever