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kera wright
8/10/2017 04:09:48 pm
No, i dont believe this book has a message. i think it was just another way of telling the story about the holocaust. i thought it was creative and unique. the war itself was a terrible thing ,so i like that it was put into a comic book. my overall thoughts on the book was good.
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Robert Sanchez
8/14/2017 07:57:30 pm
I believe there isn't a message like you said because iv'e read a few Holocaust books and they have almost the same concepts. The only difference I say when I read this type of Holocaust book is how the father was telling his son how things happened. In other books I read they were telling a true realistic things that happened. If you say there was a message I would say that this author was telling us how hard it was for families.
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Richard Bustamante
8/15/2017 12:25:50 am
I think that this book didn't have a message too. I've read a lot of books about the Holocaust, and it's basically the same thing. The only thing unique about this book is that it is a comic. Every person in this event may had had a different experience with said events, but it's basically the same stories of violence, gas chambers, and death.
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Kyuante Coleman
8/15/2017 11:31:50 pm
I honestly kind of agree. This book wasn't boring to me I'm guessing because of the fact that it had lots of pictures to help me understand. Other than that, if it would have been just like any other Holocaust book without the pictures, it would have just been another book to read. It doesn't really compel me. I agree that it doesn't have a message as well.
Amanda Jones
8/15/2017 11:53:17 pm
I agree because in middle school we learned s lot about the Holocaust, and this was basically one of those stories. There was no clear message or something else rather than it being a comic book that made it unique honestly.
Jonathan Vega
8/15/2017 08:04:23 pm
I believe this book does have a message. I think the message of this story is " One can go through so much, but at the end of the day not giving up will fulfill the battle that you went through". I believe this is the message because when you hear baiter the stories Artie's father went through you get emotional. He had to see people die, he had to lose all his family, he even got separated from the one he really loved. Through all of these hard things, he never gave up on himself , nor on the love of his life. He believed in the love that him and Anja had. He still had a feeling that he would see her again. In matter how hard it was or how ,much he went though. He even starved at some points, but he used his knowledge through the best of his abilities and never gave up on his life.
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Ho Kwan Cheng
8/15/2017 10:32:32 pm
I don't think the book has a message too, at least when I was reading I didn't notice any messages the author trying to let me know, perhaps the others will find out what he tried to say.
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8/16/2017 12:09:49 am
There wasn't a message in this book. I agree that it was just a different way of telling a story about the Holocaust. I've seen many people talk about it and it's true; the only special thing about this book is that it has a lot of pictures and that it is a comic books it's true!
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Cierra Gardner
8/16/2017 01:37:39 am
I wouldn't say that the book doesn't have a message at all. The message I interpreted was simply "Never Give Up". In book 1 Vladek is challenged by a multitude of different problems but he never gave up, even though he had quite a few opportunities to.
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Karol Gonzalez
8/11/2017 07:44:55 pm
Like Art Spiegelman stated, there was no intention of having a message throughout the novel so at first I didn't really notice a message. Deep down there is a message, and many readers can interpret one, an I noticed that over all, the story comes to show how the holocaust really affected everyone, even those who were not born during World War II like Art Spiegelman. I can say that one of the possible messages is that one person's actions can greatly affect many people and leave a stain that can never be removed. That stain will be carried on to many generations and change perspectives of those who gain the knowledge of our history.
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Chelsea Bautista
8/15/2017 04:15:44 pm
I agree with you. The holocaust was a tragic event that was lead by one single person and grew which resulted in greater damage. Families with roots in Germany and Poland will have horrific stories to pass to generation down to generation about what was lost and will hopefully never happen again. .
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Chantal Garcia
8/15/2017 05:01:07 pm
Yes I definitely agree. Message might not have been crystal clear and printed but I do think it was to let us actually understand it in a way a history book can't. Sharing personal stories is more affective than a book of important information.
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Kyuante Coleman
8/15/2017 11:35:16 pm
Wow. You actually kind of made me change my stance. Looking at it from your perspective, I agree that a story that is more personal than just the actual events is more effective and more likely to have a clearer message.
Tiare Mendez
8/15/2017 11:39:33 pm
I agree with you Karol. The maus novels were not meant to have a true meaning or deep moral, at least it is what I think. Your message that the Holocaust affected everyone, even those who were not even born yet is very true. Not just that they were affected, but their lives were set apart and turned completely different.
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Milkiyas Bitew
8/12/2017 01:26:02 pm
Maus shows us a detailed look at the ways Jews were orderly oppressed in German-occupied lands during WWII. Seen as an lesser race, Jews were dismantled of the most basic human rights. The Nazi government or organization infiltrated every aspect of their lives, controlling their every movements, taking their wealth and possessions , and encouraging violence against them. This is a message that is conveying what unbalanced use of power and authority can do to the ones that are not from it.
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Ron Scott
8/12/2017 05:18:27 pm
I think the message of both books, is to take advantage of the history of your elders while you can. Many people take their grandparents or birth parents for granted. They can have rich knowledge and history with experiences they have been through. You can really learn many lessons from your elders. There is also a religious message in the books too. Have strong Faith in God and he will get you through anything. It may seem like you are alone in any situation at any given time you're never alone. If your Faith is strong God can put you in situations that can save you from death. Artie's father has been through a lot but he still managed to survive after countless near death situations.
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Natnal Tirfe
8/12/2017 11:21:32 pm
Well I think the book was really creative but I do not think it had a message. At least one that I got from the books probably because I wasn't able to picture things my way. I believe that people get messages in their own way although they are listening to the same exact thing. But this could only viewed only in few ways and often times the message doesn't get to the people.
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Emily Arizaga
8/15/2017 12:55:29 am
I agree that the book did not really display a message. Some room think it did, but the majority say that it didn't. Just how you said; some people get the message and it stands out to them, others...it simply doesn't get out to them.
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Andres
8/15/2017 09:57:11 pm
I agree with you Natnal, there was no message just another way of telling a story of the holocaust from a first person view on what they experienced.
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Valeria Alcala
8/12/2017 11:45:12 pm
I don't think there really is a message. I think that there is more of an understanding behind this book. I think the author wanted you to see really how the Holocaust was on Jews and how it still has an affect on them.
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Emily Arizaga
8/15/2017 12:57:41 am
I agree with you Valeria. There isn't a clear message, but it's just another Holocaust story filled with violence and reign of terror. The only difference is that it is drawn out as a cartoon, and not as in real
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Yuxin Hong
8/13/2017 07:55:15 am
I do believe there is a message.
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8/13/2017 12:31:48 pm
From my point of view, I think the author of this book wants to leave some message, and I think one of them is that love will not separate people apart.
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8/13/2017 03:35:01 pm
I do believe this story give me message, because this story describe a lot people are suffered and the main character have no choice leave his family, not just him, there also have a lot families get same situations. A lot people died on Ww2, that's the war. So it tell us Cherish peace, live in harmony and avoid war.
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Jordan Wright
8/13/2017 06:14:11 pm
I don't think there's a message to this story. I believe the point is more to spread awareness, or explain it in a way that is more understandable to younger audiences.
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Amari Tate
8/16/2017 11:24:57 am
I agree with you the book did not have a message it just informed us about what happen during Artie's father early years. The book was mostly about the war effect a lot of people.
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Edgar A Garduno
8/14/2017 12:31:02 am
I think this book had numerous amounts of messages. So many its hard to pick one. But you see relevance in the fathers son relationship and the holocaust and comical art. They just dont seem to go together. But they do and I think theres a reason why I think all of those things were put into place. The holocaust was with ought a doubt one of the worst human tragedies humanity has ever faced. So bad that its hard to communicate and express how things were at the time. It was a time where hell was on Earth. In todays modern age things are way better than they were in WWII. Things are so much different that its hard for the older generation to make the new generations understand how the holocaust really was. This book eliminates that dilemma in the most bizarre way. It depicts people as animals and this is kind of an offence if you see it first hand. But I think the author did a good job of trying to depict and make understand his fathers experiences of the holocaust to the younger generations. The message that he was trying to send to us readers is to truly understand in his comical kind of way what his father experienced. And although he did not experience it which explains the huge generational difference between him and his father he could write a book to make people understand this difference.
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Chelsea Bautista
8/15/2017 04:27:22 pm
I do agree that it was not right to place the races into groups of animals but in reality this is people see each other. They let there judgments get the best of people, so maybe he thought people would listen if the book was told this way.
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Janae landecho
8/14/2017 05:40:29 pm
While I did enjoy the book and it's story, I don't really think that this book has a message. I think putting it into a comic it was just trying to show us a better way of understanding the holocost for younger audiences. And it gave us a better way to visualize and comprehend what was going on. To me there is no message.
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Evelyn Padilla
8/14/2017 07:14:25 pm
I don't really think there was a message to the story. I mean if you were really looking for one i think it would be patience because everyone in the story basically went though an event in which they had to be patient
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Julio Trevino
8/14/2017 07:55:35 pm
This book has a numerous amount of messages, however, there was one that stood out to me the most was the family is everything. The way this family basically tried to stay together at what ever cost showed a lot, building different bunkers at every single home they would be moved into so they could survive. There was only 2 left from the wealthy family however they did what they could to survive and very very much paid off, the message here is family is worth a lot more than a couple gold watches.
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Joshua Giron
8/15/2017 08:28:14 pm
This book I don't think it's meant to show a message but deep down if you read and try to view it from Vladeks view it shows you strength . Not to give up even when the times are hard . Vladek tried everything he can just to give a letter to his life knowing he's risking his life . Don't ever give up there's always going to be a brighter day . Never a bad life just a bad day
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Jacqueline Sanchez
8/14/2017 08:03:19 pm
This novel was an informative and a touching story. I liked how it explains what people had to go through in the holocaust and how they did everything to survive. It gives information about where they had to sleep, what they ate and how they were treated. Many people are not familiar with what happened exactly at the holocaust, but this book is extremely good for people that have trouble understanding. By the pictures, it makes it easier to live and understand what happened. It also really speaks for many people that lived this disastrous event; the psychological trauma that all victims experienced.
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Juan Parra
8/14/2017 08:17:14 pm
The importance of amazing storytelling. The descriptive qualities of this book make Maus one of the best books I've ever read. By making sure that each story and each moment is not missed and told with a passion, the book comes to life, and in turn, so do the stories. Although I believe there is no clear message behind Maus, I do see the message of the power of storytelling. Giving the characters the humanity that other authors might have only briefly grazed over by adding nonsensical filler makes each story seem realer than the last, we connect with Vladek, Anja , and are shocked with the suicide of her sister and the death of Richieu, simply because of the connection we've made with them, all due to the powerful storytelling in the book
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Ashley Walton
8/14/2017 09:42:11 pm
These books have a message and the message that I see a lot is to never give up and to work hard because in Maus 1 Vladek never gave up he always found a way around everything. Even though he saw some crazy stuff and he knew what could happen to him if he got caught he still worked hard for his family. That's an example of a hard worker and he was also so determined and had a lot of courage and his wife was scared but she let him do what he wanted to take care of his family.
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Maryfer Palacios
8/14/2017 10:30:55 pm
I found several messages in Maus. First, the importance of remembering. Art was eager to learn, find, and share his family's true story of surviving the holocaust. Unlike other books, he tried to portray it to the fullest as it was. Second, with his graphic art, Artie displayed the different races and how they were treated. Each of which should be treated equally, and can accomplish more in union and diversity. Third, family is essentially imperial to anyone's life. Art would not be alive without his father and although he didn't take him into his home, he took care of him to his last day. Family can be taken at any moment, as it was in the holocaust - so cherish the present as if it were the last.
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George Aponte
8/15/2017 02:10:08 pm
I believe there was no message in the book I think it was kind of a straight forward book.
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Chelsea Bautista
8/15/2017 03:26:21 pm
One thing that popped out to me was that why did Vlad and Mala stay together if they drive each other insane. The war changed Vlad, he is frugal and selfish in the way that he will not let anyone help him. Mala gets annoyed by this because Vlad doesn't give her the freedom to be on her and spoil herself. Why did she say yes if she knew what she was getting into and he knew that she wasn't like Anja. To begin with no one will ever be like Anja because the war made them love each other more. So maybe Vlad thought that Mala could replace that emptiness that Anja left. But in a weird way they do love each other, in other words i think they feel pity for each other. Mala feels bad for everything Vlad has gone through but also how Mala has as well but chose him to be with. At the end of the day, I think its more of a responsibility to each other than actual love. Mala did leave and Vlad was upset but not in the way that hell miss her because he loves her, it was more like hell miss his caregiver. He even thought about buying her to stay, which translate to that he needs her for life and he can provide to her. But maybe there's something there deeper between them but from what i read i thought of this.
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Adrian Fernandez
8/15/2017 05:42:26 pm
I agree with you completely. Why stay in a marriage if there is no love and joy. At times they do say you have to make sacrifices but that doe snot imply to all the time. I think they go back to each other as a habit, they are comfortable with each other.
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Chelsea Bautista
8/15/2017 03:47:44 pm
Why did Vlad keep such worthless things in is house. He burned the journals and pictures along with all the memories he had of the war. That was the only thing he had left on Anja and everyone else. But how come he still had the picture of himself that he sent Anja in the letter? That had memories of the war so why didn't he burn it. Maybe he is lying and has other memories hidden somewhere but doesn't want anyone to find them because they are too personal. The stories themselves bring enough flashbacks. But say he is telling the truth, was it worth it, erasing everything about Anja. I wonder if he regrets maybe with those memories he would have been able to have closure. I felt bad for Art when he found out everything was burn because for him that was the last thing he would have had of his mother. But the question is as well is why does he keep all that junk? One part of the book was that he refused to waste food because he didn't have any before, so maybe he refuses to throw things out because before he didn't own anything or even have anything to his name.
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Chelsea Bautista
8/15/2017 04:07:32 pm
The biggest question of all is Anja. She overcame a lot of obstacles in her life. She was beaten in camp, lost her child, and separated from her husband. So why at the end once she was free commit suicide? The book never addressed the real story behind that. Or even if Art had some part to do with it because maybe raising Art was painful since she didn't have richie. Art was a hand full compared to Rich, so did that have some part of it. Because money couldn't have influenced it since Vlad still has a fortune so they could have afforded everything. Or maybe she was like Vlad, they saw how what they never had during the war is now at the palm of their hands. It was a reminder of how much the war hurt them and took everything away, even family. It's upsetting to me that she killed herself because she went through A LOT to live and escape that misery, so why waste your life. So many would have killed to escape and have a second chance, it just doesn't make sense to me that why kill yourself once you escaped and not during the madness.
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Adrian Fernandez
8/15/2017 05:46:46 pm
It is like is Anja is the cliff hanger in this book. Why would the author mention suicide but not give a reason why. Is he trying to give a message about how the Holocaust truly affected people even after the war was over.
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Adrian Fernandez
8/15/2017 05:42:32 pm
In the second book there is a chapter where the folks have masks on. I know that the races were grouped by animals but why where these different? For example the therapist Art went to had a mask, was it because he was different. Since he is a therapist he would talk to different people of race so he was influenced by different cultures. But what about the other folks? Was it because they are with the media which also had a influence of other cultures. I guess the masks are a way to describe those who don;t take sides. The ones that just go with what they receive and don't judge who is right or wrong. Since they are indecisive they don't get a specific animal to describe them.
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Adrian Fernandez
8/15/2017 05:43:15 pm
Usually violence is not the answer but in this case it was. In the camp some prisoners would have the courage to revolt against the officers but that wasn't enough to save themselves or others. The punishment of that was to be hanged, and not just that but humiliated in the most horrific way possible. They were hanged and displayed in the middle of the courtyard to show others the consequences. It took for a whole army to take over and kill thousands of Germans just to stop the act of the Holocaust. Why did it have to come to violence to stop an injustice act. The power of assembly and voice should have been powerful enough to stop the madness.
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Adrian Fernandez
8/15/2017 05:44:02 pm
A message displayed in this book is that there will always be racism. Vlad judged the African American hitch hiker because of previous incidents. You'd expect from someone who has been through the holocaust to be the last person to ever persecute someone. The whole Holocaust started of with racism, so why spread that around. Society should not blame the whole race on one persons actions. Yes they are from your culture but does that mean you had a part on the things they do. God gave everyone free will to do as they please, and if they take that for granted and do the worst don't blame others for their actions. This book showed how racism will never go away, even with someone who's been through the worst, they can not help but to judge.
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Thammakorn Juntarasuwan
8/15/2017 07:59:46 pm
I believe there is no message, for me I dont think there is a message. If there are, it depends on the readers, they might have their own message
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Tiare Mendez
8/15/2017 08:45:03 pm
As Maus are nonfiction novels, there is no real intended message/moral of the story by the author. As we read the story, we can make our own meaningful connection and interpret a meaning. For myself, I see a message of keeping up hope, even if the environment you're in is despondent. The key to Vladek's survival was his hope, determination, but mostly LUCK.
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edgar godinez
8/15/2017 09:26:55 pm
From my perspective view i think there is no concrete message going out towards the readers. Maus is just interpreting a person’s view of the actual war. It gives a more vivid description of course, but it just saying the same story of the horrible war in another accurate version. The holocaust for the Jews was a terrible thing, and Maus is focusing more on specific people. I would say that the author was just informing us what some people went through.
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Leslie Martinez
8/15/2017 09:32:54 pm
In my view in the beginning i didn't really think the author was trying to leave message. It is just different points of views from different people who were living when the war was going on. The book was just on getting us to be informed about the holocaust rather than having a message to the book.
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Ho Kwan Cheng
8/15/2017 10:30:06 pm
I don't think the book has a message because when I was reading it, i found the author was just trying to tell about holocaust. And I think the book is creative, it was the first time for me to read books like this in English.
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Sunjay Camarillo
8/16/2017 12:34:42 am
I think the message the author tries to convey that whether this book is written in cartoon or in pictures, the events and feelings that happen to Vladec are just as real as if it were written about a person or a Jew, these were real things that happened during Holocaust and the author is able to put us through these situations just with animations.
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8/16/2017 02:29:12 am
I do not believe there is a message that this book is trying to express. I believe it's a story portraying a man at his darkest times, during WWII.
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Jonathan Castillo
8/16/2017 05:26:13 am
To me there was no message in this book but a better way to inform the reader about the holocaust in a better way of how he put animals to represent jews, nazis, etc...
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Damien Aguirre
8/16/2017 05:26:56 am
Theres times in this book where it hit hard there was many times where there was no belief in hope yet vladeck over came that loss of hope and kept believing. Message is to keep believing.
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Lorenzo Penzado
8/16/2017 05:18:45 pm
I think the message is that too never give up hope for yourself and for others. Never give up at times that are the worst and keep fighting through the pain and misery. There will be times where you fall but its your job to get right back up and move forward from all of the tragedies that you had in your life.
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