January 5, 2018

Group Three

1.     In Maus, Art describes his own ambivalence about the commercial success of his book, and his refusal to turn the book into a movie. Do you think Maus would work as a movie? What do you think of other commercially successful Holocaust films, such as Schindler’s List?   

2.     In one scene, Françoise asks Vladek how he can be racially intolerant after living through the Holocaust. Do you think Maus speaks to other forms of racism and genocide? Why or why not?

Group Two

1.     In Maus, Art describes his own ambivalence about the commercial success of his book, and his refusal to turn the book into a movie. Do you think Maus would work as a movie? 

2.     In one scene, Françoise asks Vladek how he can be racially intolerant after living through the Holocaust. Do you think Maus speaks to other forms of racism and genocide? Why or why not?

Group One

1.     In Maus, Art describes his own ambivalence about the commercial success of his book, and his refusal to turn the book into a movie. Do you think Maus would work as a movie? 

2.     In one scene, Françoise asks Vladek how he can be racially intolerant after living through the Holocaust. Do you think Maus speaks to other forms of racism and genocide? Why or why not?

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