What is the purpose of Maus by Art Spiegelman?

What is the purpose of Maus by Art Spiegelman?

Maus is a memoir. An unprecedented genre, Art Spiegelman created Maus to record his father’s experience in the Holocaust, and in doing so, recorded his experience being the son of a survivor, and his experience writing about the experience of being the son of a survivor (what a demanding task!).

What is the story Maus about?

The book tells the story of how his Jewish parents survived the Holocaust in Poland. The comic is like a documentary about the making of the book. It shows Spiegelman in his father’s house in Queens, N.Y. He coaxes his father to remember the war years and let him record his stories on tape.

What age should read Maus?

Powerful Memoir For Most Teens: 13+ One of the most graphic parts is showing the author’s mother about to slit her wrists and then dead in the tub shown from the side view.

Why should I read Maus?

Maus is a masterpiece that is not only about the story itself, but in terms of literature in general as well. This is one of the best representations of the postmodernism genre. Reading Maus, one does not hate or other the mice, but feels sympathy towards them and blames the cats for it.

What does the word Maus mean?

mouse
The German word Maus is cognate to the English word “mouse”, and also reminiscent of the German verb mauscheln, which means “to speak like a Jew” and refers to the way Jews from Eastern Europe spoke German—a word etymologically related not to Maus but, distantly, to Moses.

What does Maus stand for?

MAUS

Is Maus an adult book?

It’s a very dark, violent, and emotional true story, in graphic novel form for adults. This is a graphic novel for an adult reader in my opinion. I would not recommend it for a child to read.