Meta Maus

Please read and listen to the interview material here. When you are done, please write a comment of about 250 to 300 words in which you cover your reponse to the two basic questions that emerge when we first approach Maus. First, is a comic book serious enough (in terms of genre) to treat the shoah? And second, what is your reaction to the choice of mice for Jews? Does the irony make it an effective choice or is it, as an older jewsih friend of mine put it, "a choice in poor taste?"