Wednesday, April 7, 2010

I accidently put my first post on made up blog so here is my link. Sorry!
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  1. AxelApril 9, 2010 at 4:27 PM

    -Just put this here so it was easier to comment-

    In relation to hte pyramid discussed by McCloud in chapter 2 and where Maus falls into that pyramis, I feel there could be many viewpoints to debate. However, I feel that Maus falls somewhere between reality and language. Although the pictures in the graphic memoir are mice you seem to forget that you are looking at mice in the pictures as you read further and further into the book as discussed in class. This combined with the tragic event, The Holocaust, is what pulls this story toward reality. More toward the language side of the pyramid are the people who are more intersted in ideas and Spiegelman expresses this section of the pyramid through his father. Spiegelman shows how his father feels his son should act in the prologue which is an idea of his father's, but more importantly when writing the story he relayed all of his father's feelings and ideas about The Holocaust mixed with his father's experiences (the language side). What do you guys think?

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  2. AxelApril 9, 2010 at 4:41 PM

    I was thinking about the same thing in class and was having the problem of placing it. I found describing the placement in words was easier and came to a conclusion similar to yours. The first thing about the book that hit me was the usage of animals in place of people, which pulled the comic toward and abstract placement. The style of the images, moreso how the images were non-realistic, also stuck out to me. I think this creates more of a balance with the writing, which is more developed than your average comic allowing for more in depth characterization. I found the more detailed drawings in 1972 Maus were almost distracting and drew away from the language somethat that Spiegelman fixed in the newer version. As you also said, the setting/story helps draw the story to a more realistic placement. The combination of all these different aspects ranging from real to abstract really lend to making this a great read/sight.

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