In Maus, Art Spiegelman uses a variety of “tricks” to bring about important aspects of the story. Some of the tricks involve the drawing itself, and how it can look naive, and un-polished, as well as others that bring about the honesty and realistic aspects of the story that he is trying to tell the reader. For example, one of the tricks that I found to be particularly interesting, were the instances that Art decided to draw the exact movement of his father, Vladek at the time he is telling the story
The Holocaust is one of the most gruesome events of the twentieth century, if not the entirety of human history. Concentration camps killed millions of Jews under the direction of Adolph Hitler. Art Spiegelman’s poignant novel- Maus: A Survivor’s Tale- reflects the story of his parents, told by his father, surviving the Holocaust. Spiegelman tells his father’s story not only through his father’s diction but also with tragic pictures. Spiegelman catches the reader with the use of literary elements
Racism in Speigelmans, Maus, is quite often found to be the major underlying theme to many other problems encountered in the novel. Speigelman’s novel that bobs in and out of the Holocaust and exchanges with Vladek, show just what the dehumanization was like during the time and how exactly it shaped his father. Vladek, who had gone through the Holocaust, has seen and dealt with this discrimination first hand, but yet after the war he himself is quite racist towards those who are not deemed equal
Normally, comics tend to contain messages that are humorous, relaxing or inspiring. The comic book Maus by Art Spiegelman, however, is full of dark and intimidating stories that took place during World War II. It is not a mainstream comic book, but it consists of several conventions of the comics genre that is found in the comic book Slam Dunk, one of the best selling comic in Japan of all time. () Both of them discuss the power of love, integrate realistic and unrealistic characteristics in drawings
Have you ever wondered if a true story about a young boy surviving through the ultimate death camps could ever be similar to a comic book about cats and mice? Surprisingly, the two books, Night (Elie Wiesel) and Maus (Art Spiegelman) have some very common components. For instance, the father-son relationships between Wiesel and Spiegelman are very identical. Also, the message the authors try to expose are very similar as well. Despite these similarities, Wiesel and Spiegelman have very different
In Art Spiegelman’s comic book, Maus, depict the trauma as well as the survival that look back on the events that happened in the Holocaust. Having Spiegelman’s father, Vladek Spiegelman, in the comic book helped the reader be more attached to the story, along with having a more light hearted effect because the images were depicted as cartoons. One of the reasons that Art Spiegelman told the story in this such way was because of his father saying, “It would take many books, many life, and no one
Throughout Maus, Spiegelman uses a variety of humorous moments to put a sense of happiness into something so bitter, like the holocaust. Spiegelmen appeals to the audiences pathos while using these humorous moments that have happened; although, some may be funny in a dark and twisted way. Throughout the story, Vladek tells Artie his story and the hardships his family had to endure to have a hope of surviving the catastrophe. To lighten this tension, the book Artie uses writes many humorous moments
MAUS, a Holocaust survivor story, written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman, explores many intriguing and engaging features of the comic book genre to express the themes of racism, survival and the ties between the past and the present. MAUS is a graphic novel, illustrated and written around the story of a Jewish Holocaust survivor called Vladek, whose experience followed many of the perils and devastation of the time. Art Spiegelman, the son of Vladek, uses Vladek’s story to portray the themes of
Spiegelman, Maus I and Maus II, readers explore the world of Spiegelman’s father, Vladek, during World War II and the Holocaust. The readers clearly see the way the Jewish people are mistreated by the German and Polish soldiers who were “trained” to treat these people in such a horrible manner. The Jewish people were forced to go through different forms of harsh treatment by the German and Polish soldiers, such as physical abuse, unjust killings, and starvation. Throughout both Maus I and Maus II Spiegelman
New Bonds Created From the Past Throughout Maus Vladek is able to reflect on his past, by revealing the events he experienced to Art he finds closure and a closer relationship with his son. From the beginning of the book it becomes obvious that Vladek hasn’t spent much time talking about the Holocaust. He hasn’t gotten much time to come to terms with what he experienced. At the beginning of the book Art asks him to talk about the Holocaust and he says, “It would take many books, my life, and no