Maus Essay

class at L.C.V.I. students studied both MAUS and Night. Both MAUS and Night show the stories of Holocaust survivors, however, the protagonist in MAUS becomes a Nazi prisoner earlier during World War Two than the protagonist in Night. Both of these books can be used to teach students about the Holocaust, however, they are different books in a variety of ways. Night, by Elie Wiesel is a more effective book for a teaching Grade 10 class about the Holocaust than MAUS by Art Spiegelman because of the…

Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis are both considered graphic novels by a multitude of critics, yet some critics think of them in a more specific sense. Common genres used for the two books are memoir and biography. Although Maus and Persepolis are both graphic novels and can be considered memoirs or biographies, they can be more specifically categorized with the genre creative nonfiction, because of the authors’ use of modern frameworks, round characters, and juxtaposition…

Since the beginning there has always been hardships for certain classes just because of their beliefs or appearances, yet man kind continues to repeat this monstrous cycle. In both Forever and Maus, religion is the key to inflicting social injustice onto a certain group. The central issue in Maus, written by Art Spiegelman, is the Jews being rounded up and exterminated like mice by the German government. While in Forever, written by Pete Hamill, the main issue begins with oppression towards the…

Art Spiegelman has created an authentic graphic novel, that depicts a personal and cultural collection of traumatic memory of the holocaust. Through the eyes of his father with great orientation, Spiegleman has demonstrated these horrific events with pictorial aid. The emotional, mental, and physical aspects due to brutal treatment towards the Jewish community from the holocaust reflects on how both Spiegleman and his father Vladek…

How does Spiegelman’s use of contrasting shading methods, specific metaphors, and vivid symbolism in Maus show not only the views of the Nazis of the Jews, but how the Jews ended up viewing themselves. Spiegelman’s use of shading portrays the loss of identity, sets the scene, and shows the guilt that Valdek felt during and after the Holocaust. On pages 51, 55, and 58, Spiegelman uses the pattern of prison stripes on the faces of the mice to portray a sense of loss of individuality. It is normal…

one of the main characters in the story, and the one who writes and narrates “Maus”. He was born in Stockholm, right after the Holocaust ended and is the son of Vladek and Anja Spiegelman, his brother Richieu died during the war and then is the only surviving child. His mother committed suicide when he was 20 years old. He marries Francoise, she was converted to Judaism upon their engagement. As mentioned before, Maus centers its narrative around two main topics: Vladek´s story about his…

Still, in a novel so focused on the past, why did Spiegelman keep Mala in the story? He could have chosen not to include moments with Mala in Maus because after all, she was not a direct part of Vladek’s account of the holocaust. Yes, Vladek brings her into his story of the past through his comparison of Mala to Anja, but he if he removed her, the reader likely would not have known had he chosen…

of the Holocaust and its impact on future generations. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, written by Art Spiegelman, is one of the greatest graphic comics that is also able to depict the horrors and after-struggles of the Holocaust. Art Spiegelman was born on February 15, 1948; A big part of his life and experience was being born in the generation after the Holocaust and he often compares his life to his father and thus leading to the creation of Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. It depicts the story of Artie…

Maus is a story told from Arts father, Vladek, experience as a Polish Jew during the Holocaust. An amazing story from a survivor’s point of view, in the form of a comic depicting different nationalities as animals like Jewish as mice, Polish as pigs, German as cat, American as dogs, etc. I think this is a great way to deescalate the hatred toward a certain group or nationality. Maus deliver people to view a story from more of a fairytale perspective separating the current feeling and attitude…

Throughout the story of Maus, Vladek (who is a Jew) established multiple ways to get himself and others away from various forms of danger during the Holocaust. Since he discovered ways to overcome his problems, he has a growth mindset in the view that he was always overcoming challenges. Furthermore, Vladek placed effort into his works which displays his growth mindset. In the story Maus, many challenges arise for Vladek, from his everyday life to his life during the Holocaust. Even Though when…