Maus the graphic novel of the transcription of a man's fathers time in the confines of world war 2 europe is shaking to say the least. I first read maus when I was about 12 or 13 far before I was suppose to learn about world war 2 in school but seeing as comics are written off as childrens media for having pictures in it. it was somehow in the library and me being the ever curious child I was picked it up and asbolutely drowned in the test. I wasn't even sure what I was reading at first but the further I got into it the more I was enraptured by the realistic tale of suffering and life lost. I was maybe able to get through it alot better than I was say Anne frank's dairy just because I knew there was some kind of happy ending to it. although the main protagonist in maus was force to enfure horrific torture at the hands of the third reich he still managed to end up alive enough to sire a new life in america.
a graphic novel is the perfect blend of visual and physical narrative as your imagination is left to the numb choice of filling in the blanks. instead it's given the visual of suffering and expression that comes with a storyline such as this
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