MAUS: A SURVIVORS TALE.

 Have you ever wonder how your parents have experienced and survive important moments history? What did they do? Well, Art Spiegelman, the narrator and writer of Maus: a survivor tale ask him self that same question about his dad's experiecne witht the holocaust. Giving us one of the most incredible mastre pieces of all time.

Today, I wanted to share my opinion on one of my favorite books, Maus, a Survivor Tale. 

    Maus is a fun and informative book to read. The story starts with Art Spiegelman, the narrator and creator of the story, who decides to interview his dad Vladek about how he survived the holocaust. The story talks about the time that Vladek was taken as a prisoner by the Nazis, making him work like a slave and making him have his first impression of the Nazis, describing them as animals, which will clearly affect the way he acts later on in the story. While Vladek explains how horrible and mean the war was to him and his family, vladek especially explains how his wife was mentally affected by the holocaust, dying by suicide close to 22 years after the Holocaust.  We also learn about Vladek and Arts relationship, showing that Art doesn’t really like his father because of his arrogance and cheapness. As the story continues, Art has gone so many times to visit his father to interview him that now he likes his father more, but sadly Vladek didn’t have much time left. The story ends with Vladek explaining how he escaped the camp with a friend and then reconnected with his wife, after finishing the story we learn that Vladek didn't have much more time left. 

    I recommend Maus because it is informative, based on history, and narration from a survivor of the Holocaust. Maus teaches and informs readers about the holocaust in a way that makes the readers feel what the protagonist is going through as he tells his story. We learn about how Jews were treated, and how they were constantly killed. The Nazis try everything to take the Jews into the concentration camps, we learn how people lived in the concentration camps, and how people escaped from the concentration camps. We also learn about how Jews saw the Nazis, how the protagonist's idea of Nazis changes when he gets captured by the Nazis, and how scared they were about the Nazis trying to take eliminate all the Jews.

    In Addition, I recommend Maus because of its interesting plot, character development, and visual beauty. Maus represents Jews as mice and Nazis as cats, which was meant to show how Nazis treated the Jews and how the Jews saw them. The book is in black and white but is it beautifully planned out and drawn. Maus is an interesting, easy, and elaborate way to learn some history. Maus also has a plot outside of the story itself. The plot consists in the relationship of Art, the narrator, and Vladek the protagonist while the main story is being documented. The relationship develops through the book, learning about both son and father, learning that they never really got along. This problem started because Vladek did not waste anything, making him fight with Art a lot. After Art sees his dad so many times Art starts to love his dad again, but sadly Vladek dies soon after the interviews finish, never being able to see the book that his son made for him.

    In conclusion, you should read Maus for its beauty, not only as a comic but also as a piece of history. Personally, I loved this book, the way it is drawn and told is just different from any other book I ever read. thanks for reading my blog! if you liked this review, drop a comment down below.

      

-Mati