... that of a history textbook. This is due in part to the fact that Browning is a historian writing on extensive research he has collected. Art Spieglman's Maus is a narrative telling a story of a survivor. In contrast, Spieglman is not trying to teach a history lesson. Ordinary Men illustrates the point of how ... more distant the Jews were, in most cases, it was easier for the members to carry out their duties without feeling remorse or guilt. Spieglman's Maus book shows the other side of the Holocaust, the victims. Spieglman in contrast to Browning is not trying to teach a history lesso...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... that wanted to save the Jews in the early stages of the Holocaust, until years later when the Americans fought to save the remaining Jews. Maus a book written by Art Spiegelman, and Night told by Elie Wiesel are two stories that were experienced during the Holocaust. Both stories express the ... time period. Elie Wiesel and Vladek Spiegelman analyze the adversities and hardships put forth, in order to survive. Both stories are written in different formats, Maus is a graphic novel and Night is a literary novel. Elie Wiesel, a young 15-year-old boy battles for his fathers and his own survi...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... Holocaust into a comic book, using mice to represent the Jews and cats to represent the Nazis. This book, "Maus" (mouse in German), took 13 years to create and finish. When "Maus" hit the book stores, many people had mixed feelings about a book that told the story of one man's ... of a comic. Many people were appalled and disgusted that someone could make something as serious as the Holocaust into a cartoon. However, many critics raved about "Maus." The New York Times said it's "a remarkable feat of documentary detail and novelistic vividness .and unfolding literary event." The Boston Glo...

• Word Count: 2087
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School