Comparing Maus 1 And The Action In The Ghetto Of

I will be comparing and contrasting the structures and themes of Maus 1 and the poem The Action in the Ghetto of Rohatyn, March 1942. I will be sharing the differences and the similarities of the two. They have similar experiences, but also different. In Maus 1, Vladek explains what he went through and his survival in the Holocaust. In The Action in the Ghetto of Rohatyn, March 1942. they talk about living in the ghetto and the feelings of being in the ghetto. Maus' structure is a graphic novel, a graphic novel is kind of like a comic book. It doesn't really explain with words, mostly pictures and showing what the person said in the pictures so we understand better. Maus is structured in a way to help people understand the book better, maybe even …show more content…

Poems are harder to understand since there are fewer sentences and words. At the same time, the words and the way the sentences are written is what makes the poem make sense. Poems are more to express the author's feelings/ pov. Instead of just yapping, they kinda get more straight to the point, just not with much background. Maus' theme is Vladek's experience during the war. The theme is that Vladek was a jew that went through the holocaust (mass murder killing 6 million jews by the nazis). It explained all of his struggles being a soldier for the jews and also the starvation he went through and all the torture. Including his loved ones and not knowing if they would survive and if you would survive. Having to see your friends and hundreds/thousands of people die. The theme in üThe Action in the Ghetto of Rohatyn, March 1942. is the dangers and the shame of living in the ghetto. The author was explaining the trauma of having to live through having to find food and having to be around dangerous people, making him want to not remember but couldn't forget. The author didn't want to have to remember all of the bad moments they had