Christopher Browning's book Ordinary Men and Art Spieglman's Maus take two completely different approaches in the understanding of the Holocaust of World War II.
Although the two stories are both different, each approach is effective in helping the audience to better comprehend the Holocaust. Both novels should be read to understand the scope of what happened in the Holocaust. Browning's writing style in Ordinary Men can be closely compared with 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 ordinary men can turn into killing Nazis. His book is essential to understand how the Holocaust was carried out. Most textbooks do not describe how Germans became Nazi's. Browning collected research from testimonies of Nazis after the war. Ordinary Men principally follows the Police Battalion 101. This battalion is a good example of ordinary working class, family men of Germany chosen to carry out several essential duties in the final solution. Browning successfully gives faces and personalities to the Nazis who have been generalized as monsters. He does however not try to take away from the fact that they were murderers. One example of emotion displayed by the Nazis in Ordinary Men is the first order the Battalion had to carry out. The Battalion was woken up early one morning in their bunks. Once assembled their commander slowly proceeded to tell the men of their order;.
"Pale and nervous with choking voice and tears in his eyes, Trapp visibly fought to control himself as he spoke. The battalion, he said plaintively, had to perform a frightfully unpleasant task. This assignment was not to his liking, indeed it was highly regrettable, but the orders came from the highest authorities.
The Maus books are award-winning comics written by Art Spiegelman. They are the non-fictional stories of Art and his father, Vladek. In the book, Art Spiegelman is a writer, planning to portray Vladek's life as a Jewish man during WWII Europe in comic book form. While Art gathers information for his...
Why did the Mau Mau choose violence rather than peaceful protest? ... Education was another reason for the Mau Mau violent protesting. ... And also killing wives and children of these Mau Mau. Due to this incident the Mau Mau became even more brutal and vicious. The British not only killed Mau Mau members but they also killed pea...
Well that is what the people in Kenya faced during the Mau Mau Rebellion between the years of 1952-1956. ... In return the Mau Mau was not only blamed for the act, but the destruction was also presented to the world as the work of the Mau (Maloba, 101). ... The Mau Mau did not have an outlet to defend themselves against the lies that were being spread about them. ... Where and how many weapons the Mau possessed. ... Finding out that information is what led to the British beating the Mau Mau people of Kenya....
Auschwitz The story Maus taught me that the experience of the holocaust impacted those who imprisoned their for the rest of their lives. For instance in the story Maus Vladik was very "cheap" he tried his hardest to waste nothing. ... In the Story Maus II the author used different animal masks for the different characters. ... In the story Maus I learned how much of an effect the holocaust can have on someone's family, even if the whole family was not a part of it. For instance in the story Maus Vladik's family was having a difficult time handling him. ...
Another example of race is the stereotype made of African Americans by showing the Mau Maus. The Mau Maus were a group of African Americans who were unemployed, spoke terrible english, and smoked and drank all day. ... Then there is Sloan who is trying to earn a better living but still keeping strong ties to her brother who is part of Mau Mau. Lastly, there is the Mau Maus who are a group of revolutionary African Americans who are trying to get back at the white folk. ...
The methods of survival applied in Night and Maus are otherwise different. In Night suffering is generated to a greater extent than in Maus. ... Survival was not as severe in Maus. In Maus, survival was solely to avoid the concentration camps. ... To ensure their survival in Maus, they relied heavily on connections and bribes. ...
Written by Art Spiegelman, Maus is the life story of his Holocaust surviving father, Valdek. Maus is presented to us in a comic book form. ... In the second volume, Artie draws himself sitting on a table writing his novel Maus, then all of a sudden, reporters storm him with many questions about the success of his book. ... In brief, Art Spiegelman uses symbolism to successfully represent his feelings of intimidation and guiltiness all through Maus. ... Finally, Art Spiegelman uses symbolism and metaphor for a precise reason, and this to rise Maus into a greater le...
In Spiegelman's Maus, those who survived, such as Vladek were not necessarily because he lost his family, possessions, and some sanity. ... In Maus he compares the suffering from his wife not having prepared dinner to his entire war experience. ... Maus, therefore is a survivor's story, Art's story. Although Vladek did not come out of the war a winner, through Maus he is able to truly live, once again. ...
