Maus: A Survivor's Tale, by Art Spiegelman, tells the story of his father's survival of Auschwitz during the Holocaust, as well as Art's relationship with his father, highlighted through the interview process and the writing of the two books. The subject matter of the two books is clearly juxtaposed with the style in which it was written, i.e. it is a graphic novel. In simpler terms, the story is told in a sort of comic book, with the characters represented as animals based on their race or nationality (Jews are presented as mice, Germans as cats, Poles as pigs and Americans as dogs ). While cartoons were once reserved for rather childish and light-hearted subjects, Spiegelman has taken them to a whole new level as a medium capable of deep and meaningful expression. Through his combination of text and images, he is able to tell an unprecedented story with multiple levels of meaning that go beyond what is said in each character's speech bubbles and speech bubbles, or in the captions underneath. Their actions, perceptions, and intentions are presented through images, rather than being described to the reader through narrative. This allows for many levels of development and interaction between characters that may not be overtly obvious or even present, as is often the case when a character may be deceptive or false in what they say. It allows you to say more beyond what the character has to say. This can be clearly seen through a careful reading of a page, or set of pages within the graphic novel. The reason for a page is that it is the unit of measurement in this work. Each page is deliberately designed and developed, each square is sized with intent, the meaning of each box is compounded by the surrounding boxes. Let's take for example the 42-43 pa...... half of the paper ...... that he went through while writing this novel, providing an introspective aspect similar to his early works such as the one referred to in Maus Io, Prigionieri sul Hell Planet. This novel is as much a story about the Holocaust as it is a relationship between a father and son who have difficulty relating due to a huge difference in experiences, as well as the pain of terrifying memories that can be conveyed through the tale. Maus demonstrates the power of “postmemory,” the idea that memories can be passed on from one generation to the next. These two pages illustrate how Art Spiegelman had to deal with these memories, as well as other pressures in his life while writing this novel. Within these two pages, Spiegelman creates a complex description of the psychology of art as a writer and in the process greatly broadens the focus of the novel..