response #7

After reading Maus by Art Spiegelman I found out that it was done to be a biography on his father who survived the Holocaust. Being that it was based on his father's experience and a lot of history, I'd say that it's spot on as to the feel of the story. To make it more interesting he used all animals for the characters and he specifically chose certain animals to represent certain people.  So even with animals as characters I still think that this novel is very realistic due to how he portrays the experience and the historical content, as it still tells the whole story and still has somewhat graphic images and isn't censored too much for the theme. So you can tell that this person wants this story told and told correctly.  As for the artistic style it's very cartoon-like but due to the subject and the ways he uses his lines it has that dark and eery feel to it. The icons and symbolism used throughout this novel are used to their full potential and captures the true horror of the event.