1. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
The mistreatment of the Jewish people is a reoccurring theme in the graphic, and is emphasized by the allegory of German cats hunting Jewish mice. ... The mistreatment of the Jewish people, by the Nazi regime, is highlighted by Spiegelman's choice to portray them as mice in his animalistic allegory. ... The portrayal of the Nazi Germans as cats implies that they have natural instincts, to kill the Jewish mice. ... Spiegelman portrays this man as a pleading mouse who transforms into a cat, with fainted drawn lines; symbolically showing that his identity as a Jew overrides his nationality c...
- Word Count: 960
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: Undergraduate