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The graphic novel, Maus, by Art Spiegelman is an inspiring story of his very own Jewish father who survived the holocaust. The most memorable aspect of this novel is the way the author represents his characters. Art Spiegelman uses the faces of animals instead of human ones as a sort of metaphor. The Jewish people are represented as mice, the Polish are pigs, and the Nazis are cats. The Jewish people of Poland struggled to escape the Nazis like in a cat and mouse chase to survive; back and forth; in and out of danger and fear.
Arts father Vladek is the main character. He and his wife, Anja, lived in Poland during World War II. The story starts with Art asking about how Vladek and Anja met and her battle over depression. This helps the reader understand how Art's mother died and also about his younger brother who didn't come out from the war. The plot gets thicker with every time they were moved and later they had to hide within the many bunkers in which they lived. The story ends......

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