Maus Essay

In response to Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel, Maus, I have created a sequential art series, which would be considered a comic (Eisner, 2008). This comic titled, Holocaust, explores the complexities of survival despite extreme persecution a prevalent theme in Maus. I have also used anthropomorphism in these illustrations, which also has a strong presence in Maus. In this comic a forest is persecuted as it is set on fire, all the trees of this forest face danger and a high likelihood of death; comparable

Despite the fact that Maus is comic book, its impact on the genocide about Jews were very explicit. It all started with Vladek Spiegelman, Arts father. He offers his story with Arts of his experience during the holocaust despite his bad relationship with him. His narrative instituted in prewar Poland and marks his life over a period of years, from his marriage to Anja in 1937, through his experiences in Auschwitz and to him eventually moving to Sweden after the war. In the Story, Art is Vladek's

through intense events in order to be in a safe place for them to grow up in, but they themselves have never experienced that. In the graphic novel, Maus, by Art Spiegelman, Art interviews his father,Vladek, about his experience before, during, and a bit after World War II. As a Jewish man, Vladek had much to tell about his experience during the Holocaust. Maus explored the effects of war on people and how long-lasting it was as well. What Art has experienced in his life is vastly different than Vladek’s

Maus I and Maus II: Intricate Frames of Identity and Experience Maus is self-referential a number of times throughout each volume, with a variety of purposes. The narrative moves through several interpretive frameworks—Vladek’s perspective, and Artie’s perspective, both of his father and of his father’s story and how he’s choosing to tell it. Throughout these various levels of interpretation, questions are posed in innumerable ways. Vladek’s behavior when he talks about (or even uses) his experiences

“To die, it's easy. But you have to struggle for life.” ― Art Spiegelman, Maus I Art Spiegelman’s Maus employs a use of animal motifs, simplicity of style, and use of frames to take a narrative about a retelling of the Holocaust and give it justice through artistic style. Art Spiegelman’s Maus employs a use of animal motifs to take a narrative about a retelling of the Holocaust and give it justice through artistic style. For example, when Vladek was captured and brought to a place near Nuremberg

Maus avoids betraying the historical past that it depicts through its aesthetic usage of panels and gutters, representing the complex intertwining of the past and the present. Comics are comprised of panels, which are used to divide up narrative events, and gutters, the empty space between each panel. The illustrator can manipulate the thinness of the gutters, facilitating the reading process of each row of panels and allowing the gutter to function as a literal depiction of “time and space” within

as “realistic fiction” as a way to convey that this is his interpretation of his father’s history. Maus and Maus II aren’t necessarily the exact way that his father experienced things, but rather Arts way of piecing together his father’s story as it was told to him which he must then morph so that it adheres to a comic-book representation. The clearest example of this is in the early pages of Maus II when Art appears to break the fourth wall. “See what I mean… In real life you’d never have let me

how Spiegelman conveyed this in Maus: Loneliness; Discrimination; Abuse of Power; Loss of Innocence, Guilt, Survival. The graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman conveys many varied and powerful themes to the reader. Spiegelman has conveyed the themes Guilt and Survival by using various methods including narration, dialogue and several comic book techniques to show the expressions and feelings of the central characters. Guilt is an especially strong theme in Maus, appearing many times with Art and

Spiegelman, the author of the highly acclaimed graphic novel, Maus, portrays the characters in his book in a very distinctive and potent way. Spiegelman’s novel chronicles the life of his father, Vladek, who is a Holocaust survivor. He uses racial stereotypes to depict each character by his or her nationality; Jews as mice, Germans as cats, and Poles as pigs. This unique portrayal of the characters can be attributed to the positive reception that Maus received upon its release. The main character of the

Art Spiegelman’s Maus is a famous, Pulitzer Prize winning tale about the journey of a Jewish Holocaust survivor. Despite the amount of similar storylines, Spiegelman’s creativity with the normal elements of comics has won him high praise. This analysis will focus on Spiegelman’s unique twist on icons, layouts, diegesis, abstraction, and encapsulation as displayed by Maus. Icons are pictures that are used to embody a person, place, thing, or idea. McCloud hammers this concept home by drawing