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Art Spiegelman’s Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale - Coggle Diagram
Art Spiegelman’s Maus I:
A Survivor’s Tale
Genre
Unconventional
way of narrating a story
It challenges the genre classification by merging reality and fiction (Mica)
We would normally expect textbooks, autobiographies, or newspapers to discuss serious events such as “The Holocaust.” (Maia)
Comic book presentation, but a comic book is typically used for works of fiction like children’s stories or superhero comics (Frank)
Use of Metaphor to make it unclear if the retelling of the story is fictionalized or a faithful reenactment (Ezzy and John)
Racial Division
Animal allegory challenges racial prejudice (Summer)
Easy differentiation between the Jews, Nazis, and Poles through their appearance demonstrates how much one’s race affects how they are treated. (Summer)
Poles were pigs
Nazis were cats
Jews were Mice
Family
Irreconcilable Feelings
Artie was mad at Vladek and blames him for what happened to his mom
Vladek was fighting his own internal war, trying to make sense of what happened during the war
As a result, the father and son could not seem to understand each other as they were individually processing their own feelings
Differences (Ash)
Obvious tension between Vladek and Artie primarily caused by their their different experiences
Complex (Dane)
Inter-generational tension leading to personal and historical reconciliation
Although not obvious, Artie wanted to better understand his dad, so the book was his way of trying to make sense of what had happened
War Brings Out the Best and Worst in People
Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures
The book introduced characters who changed when the war broke out
To most, each man had to fight for themselves
They had to do what they could to keep themselves alive—values be damned
True Colors
Despite the risks, some characters still helped in any way they could, stranger or not
Meanwhile, characters who were originally perceived as good, betrayed, hurt, surrendered, and killed good people