Maus

**Age: 14+**

 * The Book Maus interprets the Holocaust in a similar situation but so much different. It shows us how the German Nazi's used to see the jews and many other groups as in the 1940's. They saw them as being weak and such a race should be wiped out. In Maus, the nazi's were considered as cats who obviously chases after mice and the germans were represented by pigs.

Some german families were nice and they helped the jews, but told them that if the Nazi's would find out about them they were not responsibleso that they can protect their own families. I don't think that in this book they show the importance that not all the germans were informed of what was going on in the work camps.

Maus is the original story of a survivor during the holocaust and he explains his story to his younger son. His son is going to write a book about his fascinating story of which he lived through. It was an awful time of horror and misery for the prosecuted groups of people that were considered different from the Nazi's.

I gave a rating of 14 and more to the book Maus because i think that kids would not much understand and capture the seriousness of the book even if it is a graphic novel. I should put a rating of more than that because kids of my age are learning about the situation of the holocaust so we understand a bit more than they would. The characters are mice and cats and pigs, i don't think that kids would catch on the gravity of the situation that it could of actually of happened to some families.

The holocaust was awful no matter how everyone saw the situation. I think that it was appropriate of Art Spiegleman to interpret it the way he did. Like i said everyone interpreted it in a different way but it all adds up to be the same. Maybe it could make children understand it more after all.**

I**n the book what i found brilliant is that the son always wants to know more and more. He finds it interesting to know about these sorts of things. He is always curious of what happened and he asks alot of questions to his father about the holocaust. I think that this sort of situation reflects the questions of german kids or just kids in general. They want to know as much as possible and they have the right to know more too.**