Maus Essay Examples

“The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but they are not human” -Adolf Hitler. The relationship a person has with his or her parents is unique. It is a relationship that shapes you into the person you are going to become. The concept of nature versus nurture in child development raises several questions that you can…

Guilt in the Holocaust through Maus: Survivors guilt and intergenerational tendency of guilt. Once the Third Reich had fallen and the horrors of the Holocaust came into light, it allowed people access into what the Holocaust was truly like for the Jewish population. The most haunting and interesting aspect of the Holocaust has always been…

Spielberg uses ‘the girl in the red coat’ as a symbol of innocence. She appears walking through the carnage when the Nazis clear one ghetto. As she walks through the violence, her face is unfazed. She is like an angel of death. In the otherwise black and white movie, with her red coat being the…

Maus is a great read for learning about the holocaust. The book has a lot of factual evidence about what happened in the holocaust and at the same time it has some made up parts to try and ease the reality of what happened at the holocaust. So what was the holocaust? A lot of…

I chose this quote because of how I see a memoir. When reading the story of Art Speiglman and Elie Wiesel, firstly I saw it as a story with a lot of flashbacks to it, and a lot of memories being brought up. But reading further into the book, I realised that the two represent…

The role of propaganda plays a crucial part in the encouragement of both the Polish and Jewish people to betray their neighbors, friends, and even their family members. Nazis used propaganda to shape their beliefs on the Germans; they used films, press and radios, because they wanted to flood the Germans with messages that were…

Maus is one of the most famous of recent graphic novels. Winner of the prestigious Pulitzer prize for literature, it’s the harrowing true story of a Jewish holocaust survivor, retold to his son decades later. The story has two main threads. The first is the true story of Holocaust survivor Vladek Spiegelman’s experiences as a…