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A review by carissa230
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
Art Spiegelman is interviewing his father for a comic. Vladek was a survivor of the holocaust and Art was a child born after the holocaust.
Throughout the book it is clear that time is passing in the current day as Art tries to get the full story from his father. We see the disintegration of Vladek's health as Art works to get the story on paper. Art comes across as very pushy and insensitive. I think that can be attributed to his age and the fact that he's trying to deal with his parent. We can all be a little pushy and insensitive about our parents.
In the past storyline we see Vladek get married and become successful. Only to lose everything when the Nazi's invade Poland. He was clearly a survivor. Trading physical objects, trading skills, and getting assigned tasks that would better his standing.
As with all holocaust stories this is sad and there are descriptions of acts that it is still unbelievable that it happened. I think that putting the characters as animals dehumanized the characters. If only it had been that easy to spot the people you needed to avoid.
Throughout the book it is clear that time is passing in the current day as Art tries to get the full story from his father. We see the disintegration of Vladek's health as Art works to get the story on paper. Art comes across as very pushy and insensitive. I think that can be attributed to his age and the fact that he's trying to deal with his parent. We can all be a little pushy and insensitive about our parents.
In the past storyline we see Vladek get married and become successful. Only to lose everything when the Nazi's invade Poland. He was clearly a survivor. Trading physical objects, trading skills, and getting assigned tasks that would better his standing.
As with all holocaust stories this is sad and there are descriptions of acts that it is still unbelievable that it happened. I think that putting the characters as animals dehumanized the characters. If only it had been that easy to spot the people you needed to avoid.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, War, and Gun violence
Moderate: Racism