Complete Maus Thesis

The Complete Maus is a compelling book written by Art Spiegelman. It was typically about a son who had interviewed his father, a lone survivor of the Holocaust. Art Spiegelman was the son of Vladek Spiegelman. He wrote this book because he wanted to know what his father's life was like throughout the Holocaust, more about his mother Anna, and also, he felt very guilty that he was not alive until after the Holocaust had occurred. Throughout the book, readers will find images of the characters portrayed throughout the story. Art Spiegelman uses animals in his comic like book. The Jews were portrayed as mice, and the Germans and Poles were portrayed as cats and pigs. It is different knowing what the main characters look like behind a drawn animal, until the readers actually know what their true face looks like.
Throughout the book, the Jews were drawn as mice as opposed to being drawn as people. Same with the Germans and Poles, they were drawn as pigs and cats. The true meaning behind this is to remind readers that the Jews were all the same. They had all gone through such horrific conditions. They were treated unfairly, and looked upon as worthless trash. Once readers begin to see images of Vladek, and Anna, suddenly their perspective of what they looked like changes throughout the book. Readers will not view them as mice anymore,
The characters in the comic like book were also drawn as animals, specifically as mice, cats, and pigs. To help readers visualize, Spiegelman had also drawn out what the camps looked like. The book was written in two different narratives, Arts and Vladek's point of views. Throughout the book, Art places photos of his father, mother, and older brother to give readers an ideal look of the characters. This is not only a story about the Holocaust, but an story about a son who just wanted to learn more about his parents experiences and