Maus

destroyed as if books are weapons is a testament to their power. That is why the format does not matter as long as the message and the presentation are true to the topic. Other formats can help to covey the true emotions of a situation. In the case of Maus, Art Spiegelman decision to portray the Holocaust in the graphic novel format turned out to be a smart decision that helped to highlight some overlooked results of the Holocaust. It is because of these bold authors and the formats they choose…

whispered Juliek” (Night), before witnessing a hanging. ““I was frightened to go outside”” (Maus) admitted Vladek, after witnessing a hanging. Fear dictated all lives during the Second World War, though survivors of the Holocaust, Vladek Spiegelman and Eli Wiesel, have the courage to share their experiences through writing. Spiegelman’s story is illustrated and narrated by his son Art Spiegleman in the comic book Maus (1986-1991), while Wiesel recounts his own life as a fifteen year old in the…

in the the graphic novel "The complete Maus" and the film "V for vendetta". Both of these texts represent someone trying to create their perfect utopia, the graphic novel "The complete Maus" dives deeper into the life of a Jew during World War II, while the Movie V for Vendetta tells us a story about a corrupted Government trying to control the United Kingdoms. This is why I believe the perfect "Utopia" is not possible. First I 'm going to talk about "Maus" and World War II, the book starts…

dehumanization generates the potential for unchallenged obscenities. Two texts that display great examples of this are Maus by Art Spiegelman, and Night Elie Wiesel. Night can be described as simply a story of a fifteen-year-old boy going through concentration camps. Maus is a graphic novel telling the story of a man talking to his father about World War II. The concept of Maus presents a powerful metaphor; all of the characters in the novel are portrayed as animals, Jews as mice and Germans as…

ideas-death, fire, hate, and so one. However, looking deeper into such literature platforms such as: Maus I and II, Night, and Schindler’s List another theme unfolds- the theme of family. Throughout the stories families can be seen some working together to live, some helping each other, or some stopping at nothing to survive for just a little longer. However, one must keep in mind while reading and watching Maus I and II, Night, and Schindler’s List that the families we watched were real…

Throughout both stories there are many arguable similarities and differences, but I turn choose to focus on the process and factors in which influence each story and influence how it was transpired to the reader. Both Maus and Waltz with Bashir focus on the first person perspective using memory regurgitation of their memories, the qualities of persistence and fallible are demonstrated throughout both graphic novels, and each influential factor plays a role, not only…

Blanchot reveals a paradox in the text and explains it to be when the speaker realizes he is both alive and dead. This notion, living and breathing and still having a part of oneself killed, also appears in Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel series Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Spiegelman’s narrative uses illustrations to describe his father’s near-death experiences as he tries to escape from the Nazis, providing a very unique presentation of the atrocities Jewish residents experienced at the hands of…

President, Jean-Claude Duvalier to name only a few. Due to the nature of Duvalier’s Presidency, several articles were published questioning Haiti’s sovereignty by various authors residing in Latin-America such as Edwidge Danticat and David Kroeker-Maus. In one particular article entitled, Should Haiti Relinquish its Sovereignty, Professor Richard Albert poses the idea that following the aftermath of the brutal dictatorship of the Duvaliers (as well as several following disasters), Haiti should…

Reading the Holocaust, Women, the Victims of the Iranian Revolution, Maus, Persepolis, This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen, and Reading Lolita in Tehran, allows us readers understand the feelings of the tragic events of these stories in their own individual ways shows their own sense of dehumanization in their events…

Maryse Conde’s book “I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem” and Art Spiegelman’s “Maus Vol. I: My Father Bleeds History” and “Maus volume II: And Here my Troubles Began”, are thoughtful narrations of historical events that provide insight to the thoughts and feelings of the powerless during what can be considered the greatest points of social inequality and racial profiling. While Conde’s book is about Slavery and Spiegelman’s is about the Holocaust, there are resonating commonalities that relate the…