Structure Of Maus By Vladek Spiegelman

“Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week…Then you could see what it is, friends! …” (1:6) The story “Maus” starts with how Vladek Spiegelman, who lives in Poland, meets Anja Spiegelman. In Poland, where the World War II broke out, the whole family was forced to relocate into the Jewish ghetto and eventually displaced the family. Art wanted to make a story about the story of his father, who lived in Poland, and wanted to write about war, and finally, he tried to understand the horrors of war through his long-term interview with his father. The story is a complete structure that ends in Poland after the World War II is over. I think that why did the author choose animals for the character, how would the story be different …show more content…
If the author used human figure instead of animals, then the killing scenes would be brutal and cruel. Since killing scenes must be bloody, using animals would be less brutal. Lastly, I think the purpose of the author used animal figures is to classify characters. If every character is drawn as human then the author must state that which character is Jews or others; otherwise, it would be hard to classify who is who and which is which. There are lots of different characters in the story, and the author must find out a way to distinguish characters. Therefore, I think the author used animal figures rather than human. I think why did the author use animal figures instead of human figures is the most important question of this story. There would be someone who disagrees my opinion. They might say why didn’t the author just write Jews or Nazis on the person’s forehead instead of using animals. I think it is because if the author wrote that, then it might interrupt the reader to read the book. It is also more interesting than figuring out which person is Jew or not rather than the author tells you at the first