This week in lit class, it got pretty heavy, reading comics
from a different and a closer perspective to World War II. I was introduced to Anne Frank in sixth grade
when learning about World War II.
However, as an adult, reading stories like Maus and watching movies like Barefoot
Gen brings on an entirely new perspective for me. It is so beyond emotional because you do
become attached to the characters. Maus is the story of Art Spiegelman’s
father, who was a survivor of the Holocaust.
This story changed the minds of many to include comics as a legitimate
form of narrative beyond children’s stories.
It is a graphic novel in which there are parallel stories both involving
Valdek, who is Art’s father. Art
Spiegelman is telling an autobiographical story involving the journey he and
his father are taking to become closer in the present day line. The other story is about Valdek’s story of
survival during the Holocaust. With the
use of his animal characters paralleling the real life people involved with the
story, it adds a humor element that makes this comic easier to digest as
opposed to Barefoot Gen.
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