postmodern elements. From Maus contains elements‚ which identify a postmodern text. The elements used are the interrogation of the past‚ pastiche‚ the use of a non-linear journey‚ mixing of genres‚ the use of language and the high and low culture. The fragmented form and the use of anthropomorphism allow the audience to be exposed to a postmodern text. The use of anthropomorphism shows the direct way in which the author hopes to achieve his message. From Maus the text‚ which uses the low and
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Maus II‚ a book by Art Spiegelman about him and his father talking about his life in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. His father had a great story about how he survived and what he did to stay on peoples “good sides”.There are many symbols in the story including the different animals that each mean something. There are the dogs‚ the cats‚ the mice‚ and the pigs. Then there is the relationship between Artie and his father‚ Vladek. Vladek was a Holocaust survivor‚ looping his way around
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Illustrations are an essential component of graphic novels in expressing the importance of scenes and qualities of characters within the author and illustrator’s work. Throughout the graphic novel‚ Maus I‚ the author and illustrator‚ Art Spiegelman‚ exhibits differentiating tactics in pursuance of the audience gathering visual information to determine whether or not a scene is really one of importance. For example‚ throughout the novel Art and his father‚ Vladek‚ are conducting interviews based on
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Experiences shape a person “Man learns through experience‚ and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles‚ and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process” (Sai Baba). Just as Baba‚ who was an Indian guru‚ spiritual figure‚ mystic‚ philanthropist and educator‚ said; a person is shaped by different experiences. Some of these experiences are learned from school‚ some are learned from others
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myself and future family. This idea of meaning in life is presented in Viktor Frankl’s concept of logotherapy. Logotherapy supports the belief that when we find a purpose in life‚ it helps us sustain oneself. Two texts which present logotherapy are Maus and the film Life Is Beautiful. These texts present how the concepts of logotherapy can be used to maintain optimism despite horrific conditions. Logotherapy means therapy through finding meaning. It explains that our primary
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“MAUS” Commentary: Page 82-83 ‘’MAUS’’ is a two part story written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman. He started working on the book in 1978 and the first part was published in 1986. Spiegelman retells his father’s story within his own life story. In this graphic novel the author Art Spiegelman uses very original and interesting ways of designing his story in order to show the past and the present. By using different illustrations for the past and present‚ Spiegelman can display more easily the
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According to Kurt Vonnegut‚ “...there would always be wars... they were as easy to stop as glaciers” (Vonnegut 3). And from these wars come the stories of those who struggled through them. Night by Elie Wiesel‚ Maus by Art Spiegelman‚ and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut all show how the choices people make when they are in danger are generally selfish‚ attempting to save their own lives and rarely aiding anyone else. People are selfish by nature and will only look out for their own interests
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The Holocaust: Effects of Dehumanization in Art Spiegelman’s Maus War broke out in Europe in September of 1939. Everything went downhill from then‚ Germans began to take over and minorities such as Jews were quickly forced to go to concentration camps‚ these horrible camps were stationed all over Europe. One of the main camps in Poland was Auschwitz. Opened in May 1940‚ it was an extermination camp located in southern Poland in a small town named Oswiecim. The camp consisted of three separate
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Maus I and Life is Beautiful Comparison Of all the Holocaust movies that exist‚ one in particular stands out. directed by Roberto Benigni in 1997‚ and often described as the slightly "happy" Holocaust movie‚ Life is Beautiful tells the story of an Italian man named Guido‚ leading up to and during the World War II and Nazi rise to power. Despite telling a Holocaust story‚ this film has a very light mood because of Guido’s happy-go-lucky nature and his enthusiasm‚ but is also very emotional and sad
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The Nick Adams Stories by Ernest Hemingway and Maus by Art Spiegelman deal with the atrocities of war and demonstrate what one human being is capable of doing to another. But both stories provide a sense of salvation‚ especially through the way their main characters escape. In Hemingway’s The Nick Adams Stories‚ the salvation that Nick finds refuge in is nature. Throughout Hemingway’s anthology of stories about Nick‚ the reader sees how Nick is injured quite a number of times during his duty in the
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