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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Maus and historical reconciliation History always deals with things that are in the past. In this time and age‚ people usually have the tendency to consider history‚ simply as something that does not exist in reality anymore‚ things that have already passed. In Art Spiegelman’s Maus‚ the novel illustrates readers not only the change in the world after the war‚ but that it also has significant meaning for us in our day. He throws out a variety of subjects in his book‚ the generation before and after
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According to Kurt Vonnegut‚ “...there would always be wars... they were as easy to stop as glaciers” (Vonnegut 3). And from these wars come the stories of those who struggled through them. Night by Elie Wiesel‚ Maus by Art Spiegelman‚ and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut all show how the choices people make when they are in danger are generally selfish‚ attempting to save their own lives and rarely aiding anyone else. People are selfish by nature and will only look out for their own interests
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Schindler’s List‚ The Pianist‚ and Life is Beautiful‚ each provide different perspectives on the holocaust‚ and each explores in its own way the themes of alienation‚ desire‚ faith and belief‚ and redemption. Due to the nature of the holocaust‚ certain themes‚ particularly alienation‚ are inherent in it. Certainly alienation is one of the strongest themes of each of the three examined films and of the holocaust itself. Each film represents the alienating effects of the Jewish ghettos and concentration
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Illustrations are an essential component of graphic novels in expressing the importance of scenes and qualities of characters within the author and illustrator’s work. Throughout the graphic novel‚ Maus I‚ the author and illustrator‚ Art Spiegelman‚ exhibits differentiating tactics in pursuance of the audience gathering visual information to determine whether or not a scene is really one of importance. For example‚ throughout the novel Art and his father‚ Vladek‚ are conducting interviews based on
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write about him because he has been a significant person in my life‚ and I wanted to know what he went through to really appreciate him being there for me. Throughout the process of this project‚ i have learned another perspective on life. Just like in Maus‚ by Art Spiegelman‚ Art learns about another perspective from the holocaust. I feel as if it would have been easier if I had written this in a traditional text format. The reasoning behind this is because there are so many details my father gave me
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Johnny Appleseed Ms. Collins English‚ Period 8 May 27‚ 2013 Title There is an abundance of symbolism in Maus I by Art Speigelman. This Graphic Novel features Vladek Speigelman and his family during the Holocaust‚ from when he first meets his wife Anja Speigelman‚ to their journey to a concentration camp. Vladek and his family are Jewish and are therefore portrayed as mice. The Germans and/or Nazis are cats‚ and the Americans are the Dogs. The people who are Polish are pigs. These animals
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“MAUS” Commentary: Page 82-83 ‘’MAUS’’ is a two part story written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman. He started working on the book in 1978 and the first part was published in 1986. Spiegelman retells his father’s story within his own life story. In this graphic novel the author Art Spiegelman uses very original and interesting ways of designing his story in order to show the past and the present. By using different illustrations for the past and present‚ Spiegelman can display more easily the
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Character List- round or flat Art Spiegelman- r * Art Spiegelman is the author and narrator of Maus‚ and also one of the story’s main characters. * Born in Stockholm after the Holocaust‚ he is the only surviving child of Vladek and Anja Spiegelman. * He is married to Francoise‚ a French woman who converted to Judaism upon their engagement. * Maus centers around two primary narratives: Vladek’s experiences as a Jew in World War II Poland‚ and Art’s relationship with his aging father
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myself and future family. This idea of meaning in life is presented in Viktor Frankl’s concept of logotherapy. Logotherapy supports the belief that when we find a purpose in life‚ it helps us sustain oneself. Two texts which present logotherapy are Maus and the film Life Is Beautiful. These texts present how the concepts of logotherapy can be used to maintain optimism despite horrific conditions. Logotherapy means therapy through finding meaning. It explains that our primary
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