Art Spiegelman wrote a graphic novel about a father and son talking about their past and present involving the Holocaust. The son‚ Artie‚ is trying to learn about the past of his father‚ Vladek. Art Spiegelman portrayed this book using anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is the idea of using different animals or objects to represent a human with human characteristics. The usage of anthropomorphism in this book has helped the readers better understand the book. Many people believe this is a serious
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could. “Mainly I remember arguing with him...and being told that I couldn’t do anything as well as he could” (Spiegelman 204). This shows how Art’s father have little appreciation of what he has been doing and how everything that he has been through can not compare to the things that he is doing right now. The most important part of the scene is Art getting questioned about the book Maus‚ and him walking all over the dead bodies. The dead body significe all the dead body that his dad has talked about
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Art Spiegelman’s comic “Maus” provides a unique way to learn about the Holocaust. Through comics‚ Spiegelman allows each reader to interpret the text in their own way. Spiegelman ventured away from the standard textbook method of describing history with specific details for each subject matter‚ and instead‚ drew his comic in a way that allowed each reader to form their own conclusions on the historical event. Spiegelman used unique elements in his comic to tell the story. Perhaps the most unique
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The story of MAUS is one about the Jewish struggles and loss of identities during the Holocaust. During the Second World War‚ Jews were stripped of their homes‚ businesses and identities‚ leaving them with nothing but their moral values. What happened to follow was equally as terrifying‚ for they lost everything during these years‚ and once it was over they all had to start from the ground up. Artie Spiegelman is the author of MAUS‚ and the son of Vladek Spiegelman‚ a Holocaust survivor. Artie depicts
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conditions that Jews and others were subjected to as well as interpret personal stories of survivors‚ but not many have achieved the level of effectiveness that Maus has. Maus is a graphic novel written by Art Spiegelman and has been
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Maus 1 by Art Spiegelman is a story that depicts his father’s (Vladek) survival through Nazi Germany and through concentration camps. The first thing you would have noticed in this book is that it is not your normal novel‚ it is actually written like a comic. Doing this allows the reader to actually enjoy reading the story instead of getting bored and putting it down‚ or getting bombarded with mental images of violence‚ even though this is about surviving in Nazi occupied Poland. Throughout The
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Maus‚ by Art Spiegelman‚ is a graphic novel in which the characters are represented as animals. The comic collection is full of juxtapositions. Vladek and Artie represent the opposition of past and present. The story also illustrates the opposition in the cultural contexts of Nazi occupied Poland and Rego Park‚ New York. The format of the book contrasts images with language‚ and the characters of the book depict the opposition of father and son. These juxtapositions serve to emphasize the transmission
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A Game of Cat and Maus Maus and Maus II are both very powerful and moving graphic novels. Both of which discuss one of the worst tragedies known to mankind. Spielgelman used the graphic novel form because it came natural to him‚ however he probably also used it as a way to get a larger audience and to make the subject matter a little less intimidating. However‚ Spielgelman’s use of animals to represent the different races helps the reader better understand the situation in a somewhat entertaining
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A Distressed Dad Derived from the Damages of War Art Spiegelman’s Maus expounds on the poignant story of Spiegelman’s father‚ Vladek‚ and his traumatic experience as a Polish Jew during the Holocaust in World War II. Vladek is a complex individual whose arduous past explains his difficult behaviour in the present. His son‚ Artie‚ renders him as a very meticulous‚ demanding‚ critical and anxious character. Vladek’s involvement in the Holocaust through his unwavering pursuit for survival is
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Maus II‚ a book by Art Spiegelman about him and his father talking about his life in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. His father had a great story about how he survived and what he did to stay on peoples “good sides”.There are many symbols in the story including the different animals that each mean something. There are the dogs‚ the cats‚ the mice‚ and the pigs. Then there is the relationship between Artie and his father‚ Vladek. Vladek was a Holocaust survivor‚ looping his way around
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