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4.43 AVERAGE
4.43 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
medium-paced
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
Reminiscent of Animal Farm, Spiegelman tells the story of his parents and their experiences during the rise of Nazism using animals as the characters. The Jews are portrayed as mice, Nazis as cats and non-Jewish Poles as pigs.
The story jumps from war time to present day as he questions his father about his experiences during the war in an effort to gather information to write his comic book. His father is somewhat cantankerous with a new wife that he doesn't treat well. In fact, the father doesn't seem to really treat anyone well and it is somewhat odd that no one pieces together the father's miserly ways with the years of deprivation that he experienced.
The book ends on a sad note; I'm looking forward to reading Volume 2 but I have a feeling that even there I won't find the resolution I'm looking for.
The story jumps from war time to present day as he questions his father about his experiences during the war in an effort to gather information to write his comic book. His father is somewhat cantankerous with a new wife that he doesn't treat well. In fact, the father doesn't seem to really treat anyone well and it is somewhat odd that no one pieces together the father's miserly ways with the years of deprivation that he experienced.
The book ends on a sad note; I'm looking forward to reading Volume 2 but I have a feeling that even there I won't find the resolution I'm looking for.
dark
informative
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Hard to say it was enjoyable, but definitely informative and moving, though this is a rare case where the sequel is actually better, in my opinion.
I personally just wasn't a huge fan of the artwork, but I found the story really interesting.
I taught this book once before as part of literature circles. With my team, I am trying to decide if I should teach it again. I love elements of it, especially those that deal with storytelling. I keep feeling that it needs really robust nonfiction accompaniment in order to be an effective book to teach about the atrocities of the Holocaust and the resilience of survivors. It's a complicated book without obvious positivity about humanity. During normal circumstances, I would have both more time and more of a sense of how students feel about it. Still mulling it over.