Week 6

Maus was a very interesting read. It tells the story of a father going through the holocaust through the symbolism and motif told through replacing humans with mice, cats and other animals. This theme tells the viewpoint and a different reality of the events of the holocaust and the terror that the Jews had to experience from the Nazi regime. It was the work from second-generation holocaust survivors, and tells the stories in the hopes that it will be passed down through history. The panels and arrangements through shapes and the symbolism of animals tells a strangely more poignant message and is expressed very simply and direct. There however, tends to be a danger in trying to do that and I feel like Maus actually skirted the line with its attempt to do so, but gets the message across relatively well, and reminded me of Animal Farm.