In the comparison of two novels‚ Wise Blood by Flannery O’ Connor and Maus I & II by Art Spiegelman‚ it is first important to understand the objective differences between the two. The former is a fictional telling of Hazel Motes’ world – where he is at a constant struggle to understand his own faith along with the battle against an industrialized version of religion. The latter‚ on the other hand‚ is a true account of one man’s battle through the Holocaust in the form of a direct conversation with
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The book Maus by Art Spiegelman is a graphic novel that portrays the true story of Vladek and his wife Anja’s experience throughout the Holocaust. Vladek reminisces about that dark time for him and his wife for his son Artie‚ who wanted to write about his father’s experience. The initial reason Artie wanted to learn more about his father’s experience is so he could learn more about his mother‚ who killed herself years after the war. The death of Anja causes both Artie and his father Vladek to be emotionally
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Maus‚ by Art Spiegelman‚ is a graphic novel in which the characters are represented as animals. The comic collection is full of juxtapositions. Vladek and Artie represent the opposition of past and present. The story also illustrates the opposition in the cultural contexts of Nazi occupied Poland and Rego Park‚ New York. The format of the book contrasts images with language‚ and the characters of the book depict the opposition of father and son. These juxtapositions serve to emphasize the transmission
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one of the ways that people use to overcome their problems. A good example is the books Maus I and II a man man who is concentration camp and inspires to not give up and try to‚ Hiroshima‚ and Anne Frank: the Diary of young girl‚ these people have used the thought of family to get through the conflicts or problems they had. Family in many ways help people in time of conflict In the book Maus‚ a man named Vladek tries to survive in the war to see his wife Anja who is also alive. In the bookit states
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The story of MAUS is one about the Jewish struggles and loss of identities during the Holocaust. During the Second World War‚ Jews were stripped of their homes‚ businesses and identities‚ leaving them with nothing but their moral values. What happened to follow was equally as terrifying‚ for they lost everything during these years‚ and once it was over they all had to start from the ground up. Artie Spiegelman is the author of MAUS‚ and the son of Vladek Spiegelman‚ a Holocaust survivor. Artie depicts
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(Spiegelman 43). In Maus: A Survivors Tale‚ Vladek forces Art to finish everything on his plate. This is due to the experiences Vladek has had of starvation and the lack food molding his ideology on wasting food. “A year taken when it came MY turn‚ father wanted to make me do the same thing” (45). Generation gaps not only existed between Vladek and Art‚ but also Vladek and his father. Vladek’s father wishes for Vladek to starve and become too weak to get drafted into the military and Vladek disagrees with
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Art Spiegelman wrote a graphic novel about a father and son talking about their past and present involving the Holocaust. The son‚ Artie‚ is trying to learn about the past of his father‚ Vladek. Art Spiegelman portrayed this book using anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is the idea of using different animals or objects to represent a human with human characteristics. The usage of anthropomorphism in this book has helped the readers better understand the book. Many people believe this is a serious
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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
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Art Spiegelman’s comic “Maus” provides a unique way to learn about the Holocaust. Through comics‚ Spiegelman allows each reader to interpret the text in their own way. Spiegelman ventured away from the standard textbook method of describing history with specific details for each subject matter‚ and instead‚ drew his comic in a way that allowed each reader to form their own conclusions on the historical event. Spiegelman used unique elements in his comic to tell the story. Perhaps the most unique
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Maus and historical reconciliation History always deals with things that are in the past. In this time and age‚ people usually have the tendency to consider history‚ simply as something that does not exist in reality anymore‚ things that have already passed. In Art Spiegelman’s Maus‚ the novel illustrates readers not only the change in the world after the war‚ but that it also has significant meaning for us in our day. He throws out a variety of subjects in his book‚ the generation before and after
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