Maus Themes

Maus is a very unique graphic novel written by Art Spiegelman. The novel Maus is very different than the average everyday graphic novels, because Maus portrays the frustration and agony of Art in a completely extraordinary way. Since Art Spiegelman’s parents were the Holocaust survivors Art couldn’t have a “bad” day because his parents had seen worse than him and they would judge him on the basis of the smallest things he complained about. The novel Maus is different from the rest because of the artistic process chosen. Instead of being filled with color, the persona decides to keep the book black and white which emphasizes the seriousness and importance expressed throughout the novel. The fundamental and often universal ideas explored through Maus are the struggle of keeping your identity but also surviving through the Holocaust and also how to stay up to your parents expectations after the war. The themes …show more content…
They didn’t have a lot of places to go because the germans were raiding every city trying to make it jew free. Jewish shops, factories, and homes were being broken into just so that the jews would not be able to make any income and will slowly end up dying. This on the other hand helped the other german businesses because they were the only ones working. Other times german soldiers would kill jews on the streets because everyone was too scared to stop them from doing so because it will result in their own death. This showed that the dominance of Hitler was scaring off everybody from standing up for themselves and even their neighbors even though the population was more than the soldiers. So when the jews has no place to go they either tried leaving or went into hiding. This relates to the Book Thief because when Hitler started raiding Jewish homes Max leaves his home and goes off to find Hans Hubermann in hope that he will hide him from the world filled with