Congratulations AP Literature Scholars we are done with another novel! To celebrate this outstanding milestone here is not only the link to the review of Maus II by Ty Burr but my summary of it as well.
I found a rather intriguing article online that analyzes Maus II: Where My Troubles Began. It brings about ideas that we have discussed with McCloud and applies them to the graphic novel. For instance Ty Burr focuses in on the drawings as, “Spiegelman's mice are no Disney concoctions — their blocky solemnity defies cuteness. They're intentional abstractions, meant to put off pathos until we can take in the details of what happened. Then, and only then, are we allowed to get closer.” This enlightens the theory that images that are less descriptive are easier to relate too and see ourselves in. There are plenty of interpretations of a single thing or perhaps a picture of a thing, but to see one’s self relatable to the story enables the story to carry the attributes of reality. As a result, the reader can connect with the graphic novel as if it bears the weight of truth. In addition, Burr comments on Spiegelman’s choice to provide his work with a picture of his father as closure. This photograph holds detail that snaps the reader away from their own correlation with the story line and, “into the world of man”. In fact the graphic novel has been used to tell an insight of the holocaust from an outside view, however the ending with the photograph takes the reader from the inside looking out to the inverse role of outside looking in. As a whole Ty Burr found this to be an “A+” read and therefore is recommended, not only for its interesting pictures and intriguing story line but for the deeper connection that Spiegelman intended.
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