In class, it was brought to everyone's attention that perhaps the shading of the pictures meant something to the plot and were actually a symbol. In this comic, I think that the shading of the Jews is also used as a symbol.
In this specific picture, all of the Jews are shaded and no distinguishing characteristics are shown, while the Nazis are not shaded and can be clearly seen and distinguished. I think that this symbolizes that the Jews were not treated as people, and were instead just pushed around as if they are not individual beings, and were instead just being categorized as one big mass of people. The fact that the Jews are not actually drawn as individuals really shows how inhumane the entire situation one, and how the Nazis lost their feelings of empathy and guilt because they no longer saw Jews as human beings, and instead saw just as a mass that they had a mission to kill.
The shading of the Jews also makes it seem like they are just part of the background and not the main point of the picture, this symbolizes that the treatment of the Jews did not seem like a huge deal, and was instead just something happening in the background of the lives for many of the Nazis.
I agree. I also believe that the author doesn't shade the Nazi's to show the contrast of authority reigning over the mice(jews). It emphasizes that the mice are seen as less important throughout the story.
ReplyDeleteHi Emma, your post is really accurate. By shading the mass of Jews, it really showed how "insignificant" they were compared to a few powerful Nazi soldiers. How distasteful it was to see Jews betray their own brothers and sisters to serve the Nazis, but you never know if they did it for their own sake. Can't wait for more!
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