Final reading responses are due Tuesday 20 April in class or in Avery 475 by 5 PM. Choose one of the following prompts and develop a thesis in an essay of 2-3 pages:
1. Spiegelman's depiction of humans as animals is of central importance to Maus. How does this representation approach depicting the realities of the camps? What benefits and drawbacks are there to be had from depicting animals as humans?
2. Maus is a graphic novel that is both wholly focused on and entirely distant from the events of the Holocaust. What role does the Holocaust play in the text? For Artie? For Vladek?
3. Maus is often considered a work of second generation Holocaust narrative; what evidence do you see that supports this conclusion?
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