writing stories and sharing it with an audience‚ the writer is able to share his experience in the world. In other novels‚ however‚ the novelist may create a character to stand in for the audience as the character communicates his traumatic story. In Maus by Art Spiegelman‚ the traumatic experience is being told by Spiegelman’s father and Spiegelman creates himself as a character in the book to be a stand-in for
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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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Competition in Maus The book Maus addresses the issue of the Holocaust and tells the story of Vladek in detail‚ a man who survived Auschwitz. However‚ one of the most striking things about the story is not the surviving issue‚ but how it reveals the relationship between Vladek and his son. Competition is everywhere in the story. In the first book Vladek had a competitive relationship with his son Artie‚ but throughout the story the competition falls into the hands of Artie and Richieu‚ the dead
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between friends and neighbors. In the novel Maus: A Survivors Tale Vladek Spiegelman makes it very clear to his son Artie‚ one cannot count on their friends. He makes the point that in time of hardship‚ friends will abandon you quite quickly. Vladek says‚ “Friends? Your friends…If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week…then you could see what it is‚ friends! (5-6). Throughout the novel‚ we see examples of this gloomy point proven repeatedly. Maus shows us how fragile our morals and ethics
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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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Prologue Prologue Chapter One Maus 1. The literary device that Spiegelman is using is called a catachresis. 2. Vladek’s response was him questioning if they were his real friends. It shows that Artie and Vladek aren’t that close. 1. We first learned that she committed suicide. 2. Vladek objects because he says that they have many wooden hangers and that wooden hangers are fancier. It’s as if he is trying to impress Artie. 3. Vladek believes that Artie should be drawing
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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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Eleanor Stalick English 101‚ sec DE July 26‚ 2013 Final Draft Essay 1 - Image Analysis on Maus Some said they were too powerful‚ some said they were too different. Words like ‘inferior’‚ ‘outsiders’‚ and ‘scapegoat’ were their labels. Those not afraid of them would ask: Did you actually cause the Black Plague? What about the spread of AIDS in Europe? Did you kill Jesus Christ? Regardless of how peacefully they walked down the street‚ people would cross to the opposite side. Ever since the
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Maus and the Psychological Effects of the Holocaust The Maus books are award-winning comics written by Art Spiegelman. They are the non-fictional stories of Art and his father‚ Vladek. In the book‚ Art Spiegelman is a writer‚ planning to portray Vladek’s life as a Jewish man during WWII Europe in comic book form. While Art gathers information for his story through visits to his father’s house‚ much is learned about their relationship and individual personalities. Through this analysis‚ Maus becomes
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The graphic novels Maus and Maus II by Art Spiegelman bombard the reader with a vivid account of the WWII Nazi Holocaust as told from the perspective of a Jewish father (Vladek Spiegelman) to his troubled Jewish son (the author). I find that that the author’s troubled perspective seems to stem from an inherited sensitivity to the violence of the Holocaust era symbolized by the swastika‚ which is cleverly used as a logo for Adolf Hitler on the cover of both books. It is my argument that the author
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