Tuesday, January 19, 2010

MAUS Overview


Title:Maus 1 and or 2

Author:Art Speigelman

Main Characters: Artie Speigelman(Author,interviewer), Vladek Speigelman(father,speaker).

Overview: these graphic novels basically is an interview of a holocaust survivor by the name of Vladek by his son Artie, and his life during and after World War Two in the perspective of mice(Jews) and other animals such as cats(Germans),dogs(Americans),pigs(polish) and others that aren't important.But as Artie is learning the events that occurred in his fathers life he also gets to know about his family

Major Themes:Murder,Death,Love,Survival,Sacrifice,Friendship and Hardship

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