Maus
What style of memoir is Maus?
Graphic memoir
Both memoirs are associated with what event in time?
The holocaust.
What were most Jews and other religions put in?
Concentration camps
Why did people tell Weisel to run his fastest when he got called?
To make him look worthy of keeping.
What animals are the Jews and Nazis represented as in the memoir Maus?
Mice=Jews
Cats=Nazis
What memoir intrigues you most? Why?
Your Answer
When did the Holocaust start?
1933
Fill in the blank:
The memoir Night uses ___ pictures to depict the events that happened in the ___.
Real....Text/story.
What type of selection is Maus based on?
Selection FOR the concentration camps.
Fill in the blank:
Both memoirs have a type of ___ process the ___ went through.
Selection...Jews
Who led the Holocaust?
Adolf Hitler
What is something you've learned from the memoir Night?
Your Answer.
In Maus, the Jews got sorted into two lines. Who went to the left line? Who went to the right line?
The left line was for old people, families with many children, and people without work cards. While the right line was for people who were healthy, and deemed worthy for work.
In both memoirs the children were separated from their fathers whether it was by force or by will. What were the children's names?
In the memoir Night, the child's name is Wiesel. While in Maus the child's name is Vladek.
What did Hitler try committing during the Holocaust?
Genocide.
What were the two objects Wiesel inherited from his father?
A knife and a spoon.
Maus uses bolded and small words, etc… To make the memoir more full of emotion. Name one example.
"FELA!"
"LINE UP BY FAMILY AT THE TABLES TO REGISTER! QUICKLY!"
"RICHIEU"
ETC...
Fill in the blank:
Both of the stories are based around ___ ___ and how ___ were separated during the selection process. (Hint one of the words starts with the letter f)
The Holocaust....Families.
About how many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
About six million.
Give a summary of the memoir Night.
Your Answer.