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 Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:19 am
I have recently finished both parts of Art Spiegelman's Maus for an English class. At first, hearing of the content made me a little leery of it, but I found that I enjoyed it very much. Spiegelman did a fantastic job of portraying the story of his grandfather's life in and out of the concentration camps during World War Two, and the emotionality of it all is in no way lost with the use of the graphic novel (which is naively what I had guessed).
So, have you read Maus? What did you think of it? Do you think the representation of Jews as mice is in any way offensive?
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:21 pm
I love Maus. It's format makes it very accessible to every reading level and its a great example of what a graphic novel should be. As far as the animal representation, personally i like it. It helps keep the character's roles clear to the reader. As far as them being mice, it's fitting. they were being exterminated and they had to hide and mice do that too. I'm happy to hear that you read this for English class. When I was in college several years ago I argued to use it in a classroom curriculum along with Night by Elie Wiesel and people laughed at me. So its great that your teacher recognizes that its more than just a graphic novel.
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