So this week we were assigned to read the first Maus comic book by Spiegelman. Pretty exciting stuff. I own both of them, therefore have read them. When I first heard of Maus I was learning about Polish History. My professor for the class recommended these books to me and I went out to buy them right away, can I just say that I bought them at a Harry Schwartz bookstore second hand for about 10 bucks for both! I was excited. NOT THE POINT! The point is when I first read them I was intersted in them for Vladek Spiegelman's historical input. I didn't realize there was an 'art' form in 'em. Well, I realized why the Nazis are portrayed as cats and the Jews are portrayed as mice, that was pretty cool to see. Outside of that however, I had no idea there was more of an art form other than just the historical meaning.
One of the things I found interesting is that the Polish people are depicted as pigs....and I wonder why. I could be incorrect, because my polish history class was 4 years ago now, but Poland had a large population of Jewish people but they were for the most part left alone until the Nazis came in of course. I guess I still don't understand why the Poles are shown this way. If anyone has any idea, let me know!
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