Setting Assignment
The Graphic Novel MAUS has two settings: One in a modern time around when the book was written, in 1980~1990, and the other as Art’s father talks about his holocaust experience, around 1930~1950’s.
“I still want to draw that book about you… the one I used to talk about… about your life in Poland, and the war” Page 14.
This quote sets up the overall setting, Art Spiegelman listening to his father, Vladek, talk about his life.
“It was the beginning of 1938 – before the war – hanging high in the center of town, it was a Nazi flag. Here was the first time I saw, with my own eyes, the swastika” Page 34.
This quote really begins the main story of the book, about Vladek Spiegelman’s life as a Jew during the holocaust.
Geography: Begins in Czestochowa, a small down in Poland, near the border of Germany. And moves around Poland and Germany.
Occupation: Vladek begins as a textiles trader, until the Germans take over, then he goes through illegal buissinesses to survive. Later becomes a soldier to fight, then finally a worker at concentration camps.
Time Period: late 1930’s to 1950’s, around the time of World War II.
The General Environment: Vladek has a lot of very good friends who helps him survive. Of course, he’s Jewish, and is always struggling to survive no matter how hard it might get. His wife struggled from depression and health issues, but he always motivates her to survive.
The Graphic Novel MAUS has two settings: One in a modern time around when the book was written, in 1980~1990, and the other as Art’s father talks about his holocaust experience, around 1930~1950’s.
“I still want to draw that book about you… the one I used to talk about… about your life in Poland, and the war” Page 14.
This quote sets up the overall setting, Art Spiegelman listening to his father, Vladek, talk about his life.
“It was the beginning of 1938 – before the war – hanging high in the center of town, it was a Nazi flag. Here was the first time I saw, with my own eyes, the swastika” Page 34.
This quote really begins the main story of the book, about Vladek Spiegelman’s life as a Jew during the holocaust.
Geography: Begins in Czestochowa, a small down in Poland, near the border of Germany. And moves around Poland and Germany.
Occupation: Vladek begins as a textiles trader, until the Germans take over, then he goes through illegal buissinesses to survive. Later becomes a soldier to fight, then finally a worker at concentration camps.
Time Period: late 1930’s to 1950’s, around the time of World War II.
The General Environment: Vladek has a lot of very good friends who helps him survive. Of course, he’s Jewish, and is always struggling to survive no matter how hard it might get. His wife struggled from depression and health issues, but he always motivates her to survive.
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