Lesson
7
Maus
II
Maus
II takes
the reader directly to Vladek’s experience of the Holocaust but the frame
narrative continues. In Chapter 2, Art faces the consequences of the success of
Maus I, as the media begins to ask
questions about his purpose in writing the book. On page 202, an interviewer
says, “Tell our viewers what message you want them to get out of your book.”
Read Art’s responses and note that he doesn’t finish the sentence which begins,
“I just wanted…”
·
What do you think Art “wanted” to achieve
in writing Maus?
No matter what Art wanted, readers do take away
messages from their reading of Maus.
·
What were the main messages for you from
your reading of the book?
Positioning techniques are used very powerfully in
this book. Revisit the following pages and answer the questions about each one.
Pages 230/231.
·
What do you notice about the level of detail in the drawings of
Auschwitz? How is the narrative voice being used in conjunction with this?
·
What is the effect of the only piece of dialogue on these pages?
·
The figures are drawn quite differently from the background. What is the
effect of this?
Pages 274/275
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