Response 4: Maus II Instructions: Answer these questions as thoroughly as possible, using evidence (including quotations) from the text to support your responses. You should adjust the space on the...

Response 4:
Maus II

Instructions:
Answer these questions as thoroughly as possible, using evidence (including quotations) from the text to support your responses. You should adjust the space on the page, eliminating or adding as you see fit. Also, please distinguish your answer from the font in the questions, either by not putting your responses in bold or by putting your responses in a different font or color.

Responds should be in a four page essay. Each question should cover a page

Due:
March 30

1. 
   Describe Art as a character. For example, would you describe him as “flat” or “round,” or a “protagonist,” or a “hero”? Give evidence from the text to support your claim. Consider if readers are meant to feel empathy or animosity toward him.
   

2. 
   Survival is a major theme throughout this text. Some say that survival is admirable, even though that sentiment may imply that victims are not admirable. Describe the significance of survival in this story and what it conveys about the human condition.
   

3. 
   Consider the format of this story. There are occasional reprints of photographs interspersed throughout the hand-drawn narrative. Some panels are emphasized, tilted, or skewed in moments of intense emotion. Some objects exist outside of the panels of the story. Describe an aspect of the art styling of this narrative. Explain how it contributes to the overall story and its impact on the narrative.
   

4. 
   In
   Maus, conflict abounds. Pick one conflict and explore it: is it external between characters, external in environment, internal within one character, or something else? What does the text convey through this conflict?