As I read Maus, I came to many questions. My first question I asked myself was "Why did the author put a comic in the comic?" There could be many answers to this question; maybe it was just to prove a point but who really knows? It begins to tell a whole new story within the comic. It seemed as if Artie and his mother weren't very close at all and he was the reason for her death or was it the torture she went through during the Holocaust. She did lose her first son during that time. We learn so much more when we look at the pictures and words of the comics. By looking at the pictures, we realize that there's more to the characters than what their words can say.
I really enjoyed reading this novel. It was very interesting and an intriguing way to tell a story of the Holocaust.
I think that this section of the hovel was confusing and it made me wonder what it's main goal was as well. I wasn't sure about why it made it seem as if Artie was responsible for his mother's death, but maybe just with all the stress of the time they needed someone to take it out on and they figured Artie? Also, I agree with you on how the words and narrative together definitley give you a bigger picture and more detail about what your reading.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very interesting book for me as well because I had never really read a comic book like this, especially not reading it for detail.
I'm not sure I'm really following your response yet. What more do we learn about the characters based on the visual information, as you suggest? What are your interpretations of this section? Be specific!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the fact that the pictures alone tell you more than what the words do. For example showing emotion and the overall mood is expressed in a strong way with just the picture to me. I also think that the author put a comic within a comic to basically bring out Artie's true feelings of how he felt and dealt with his family's situation.
ReplyDeleteThis is my first graphic novel also, I really enjoyed it. Being able to look at the panels and the words helps me interpret the text the way the author meant it. I agree with you that it shows that Artie and his mom weren't very close. Artie doesn't seem close with either of his parents. Maybe the comic within the comic is supposed to show why he distances himself from his family.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that this story was in the form of a comic, it made it more diffcult to understand and I myself also had to stop and ask myself a few questions.
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