A few people have been talking about how they are not sure about this book because of the fact that it is a graphic novel, I think it being a graphic novel is perfect. I don'treally read comic books, I find they are too short and that I read them too fast, that is why I stick with novels. I usually stay away from comics, unless they are free or I am forced to read them. But I would have to say I am glad I was forced to read this one. I might not be an avid comic reader, but this is something that everyone should read. It covers aspects of history which is unusual for a comic, which makes this one different than everyother comic that I have read; which isn't that many, so there may be more of this same kind of comic.
Hmm, so what I am going to wrtie about in my essay? I will talk about Scott McCloud's artciles, I could talk about how comics can be a storytelling medium. I could analyze how Maus conveys the author's intent through comic devices that McCloud pointed out. Oh and I could also talk about Spiegelman uses animal masks at the beginning of the second chapter.
Hmm...I can also write about why Spiegelman decided to have his father's story a graphic novel. The halocaust was a huge tragedy and the fact that he made it a comic shows something about the man behind the comic, but what exactly? I would also like to talk about the different types of animals Spiegelman makes people. I might also talk about how Art abuses his fathers' willingness to talk about the Halocaust. Art creates the tension that he believes his father is a source of because he is constantly asking for his father's story about what happened to him during the Halocaust.
I think I will also talk about the theme of luck withing the graphic novel. Vladek is a "survivor of the Halocaust because of all the luck he had during it; this luck he encountered affected him because he felt bad that he survived while many others did not.
Well I rambled for awhile, I hope I can fit this all in one essay.
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