Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Maus+White

In the graphic novel Maus Art Speigalman uses animals to portray his charcters(mice are Jews, cats are Nazis, pigs are polish). I feel that this gives the reader a way to put themselves as the charcter in the story. Unlike other stories of the holocaust where authors try to make the people more realistic so you can relate to them better. Speigalman goes one step further and makes them animals which instead of relating to the charcters makes it easier to put yourself in the characters place.

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