Monday, May 3, 2010

Maus vs. Night

Maus by Art Spiegelman and Night by Elie Wiesel are two holocaust survivor stories. Though both stories are memoirs about the holocaust, they are different. Maus is a graphic novel. Telling the story of Mr.Spiegelman's fathers story. While Night is told in a personal point of view. Everything that Mr.Wiesel went through. While in Maus I didn't see a lot of religious talk, I saw a lot in Night. Almost every chapter of Night had something about prayer or God. The question of the book is basically, where was God when all the Jewish needed him? Throughout the whole book faith and God are mentioned. Being it questioning them or believing in them blindly. The evolution of Elie, going from an innocent boy who believed blindly in God and all of his choices. To a completely changed person, only questioning God and his justice.

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