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A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares Art Spiegelman's Maus (volumes I and II) and Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List, which are both visually representations of the Holocaust. In both cases, the creators of these works employ the specific properties of their medium to better convey their personal vision of the meaning and reality of the horrors of genocide. Spiegelman's visual form is the graphic novel (the generic term of "comic book" seems hardly applicable). He employs text (often in the form of "bubbles" that show what characters think of say), but in addition to images, dialogue boxes and commentary, there are also maps of Poland and the camps, diagrams of hideouts, and real photographs from Spiegelman's family album. Spielberg, of course, employs cinematic tools, using sight, color, sound, music and visual effects to convey his personal sense of the tragedy. No additional sources cited.
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works employ the specific properties of their medium to better convey their personal vision of the meaning and reality of the horrors of genocide. Spiegelmans visual form is the graphic
novel (the generic term of "comic book" seems hardly applicable). He employs text (often in the form of "bubbles" that show what characters think of say), but in addition to
images, dialogue boxes and commentary, there are also maps of Poland and the camps, diagrams of hideouts, and real photographs from Spiegelmans family album. Spielberg, of course, employs cinematic tools,
using sight, color, sound, music and visual effects to convey his personal sense of the tragedy. One of the primary differences between these two works is not their form,
but their perspective. Schindlers List relates the perspective of a non-Jew witnessing the outside. Spiegelmans account describes the experiences of his family, focusing on the perspective of his father. Also,
Schindlers List is told in straight chronological order. Maus juxtaposes and intertwines past and present, as the author presents his own present in the context of his fathers past. In
so doing, Spiegelman makes the points that the Holocaust was not an event that could simply be "over" in the lives of its survivors. It is a constant presence and
influence in the life of his father and a contributing factor in the suicide of his mother. Therefore, the reader comes to understand that the Holocaust is also a persistent
influence in the life of the author as well. By asking his father questions about the Holocaust, Spiegelman begins the process of understanding not only his father, but also
himself. While he is aware of some of the details of the 1930s and 40s, he learns that his father was initially a Polish prisoner of war and is surprised
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