Maus Outline Essay Example
THESIS: MAUS is an innovative, sophomoric novel which explains the Holocaust in an innocent, yet guilty view to convey the honesty and meaning behind A Survivor’s Tale.
I Introduction
A: MAUS tells of the Holocaust from survivors
B: Thesis statement
II Comic Book
A: innovative techniques- bike wheel time portal
1 page 12 MAUS 1 a stationary bike- cannot get rid of pain i tattooed arm held above Art (guilt)
B: innovative techniques- smoke squiggles
1 MAUS 1 page 76 squiggle like dialogue a can be ?, !, or separating characters i shows if a character is bored
III Holocaust
A war images- Jews are grateful for poor treatment
1 panel 1 page 26 MAUS II a work is better than death to them
B war images- Art sprays bugs
1 panel 7 page 74 MAUS II a bugs represent Jews/survivors in gas chambers i ironically Art represents a NAZI
IV A Survivor’s Tale
A Guilt
1 Art’s guilt builds up like fatalities a he is depressed because he survived i page 41 MAUS II
2 Vladek insults Art’s choice in friends a page 6 MAUS I i does not mention holocaust, knows true friends
B Fear
1 Anja fears she will be arrested a she helped translate papers for the communists i Page 28 MAUS I
2 the Jews on the train are afraid a they saw the terrifying swastika i Page 32 MAUS I
V Conclusion
A Thesis Statement
B MAUS shows empowering truth of the Holocaust
Work Cited Page
Solomon, Lois K. Comics Animate Reading Skills In School Library
Sun Sentinal
29 Feb. 2004. Print.
Spiegelman, Art A Problem of Taxonomy
Letter. Magazine. The New Yorker.
15 Feb. 1993. Print.
Spiegelman, Art. MAUS: A Survivor’s Tale, I: My Father Bleeds History
New York. Random. 1992. Print. Spiegelman, Art. MAUS: A Survivor’s Tale, II: And Here My Troubles Began New York. Random. 1992. Print.
http://www.barclayagency.com/spiegelman.html
I Introduction
A: MAUS tells of the Holocaust from survivors
B: Thesis statement
II Comic Book
A: innovative techniques- bike wheel time portal
1 page 12 MAUS 1 a stationary bike- cannot get rid of pain i tattooed arm held above Art (guilt)
B: innovative techniques- smoke squiggles
1 MAUS 1 page 76 squiggle like dialogue a can be ?, !, or separating characters i shows if a character is bored
III Holocaust
A war images- Jews are grateful for poor treatment
1 panel 1 page 26 MAUS II a work is better than death to them
B war images- Art sprays bugs
1 panel 7 page 74 MAUS II a bugs represent Jews/survivors in gas chambers i ironically Art represents a NAZI
IV A Survivor’s Tale
A Guilt
1 Art’s guilt builds up like fatalities a he is depressed because he survived i page 41 MAUS II
2 Vladek insults Art’s choice in friends a page 6 MAUS I i does not mention holocaust, knows true friends
B Fear
1 Anja fears she will be arrested a she helped translate papers for the communists i Page 28 MAUS I
2 the Jews on the train are afraid a they saw the terrifying swastika i Page 32 MAUS I
V Conclusion
A Thesis Statement
B MAUS shows empowering truth of the Holocaust
Work Cited Page
Solomon, Lois K. Comics Animate Reading Skills In School Library
Sun Sentinal
29 Feb. 2004. Print.
Spiegelman, Art A Problem of Taxonomy
Letter. Magazine. The New Yorker.
15 Feb. 1993. Print.
Spiegelman, Art. MAUS: A Survivor’s Tale, I: My Father Bleeds History
New York. Random. 1992. Print. Spiegelman, Art. MAUS: A Survivor’s Tale, II: And Here My Troubles Began New York. Random. 1992. Print.
http://www.barclayagency.com/spiegelman.html