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Essay thoughts

Yvonne Nuxoll writes:

...here some thoughts on a topic dealing with Spiegelman's Comic. Sorry I did not find more.

Spiegelman'Comic
wanted to offer the people a new view on 9/11 besides documentaries, news or real life pictures.

• OK. Next question is: what is so specifically "new" here? How does this new aspect relate to others, how does it deal with teh surrounding discourse? --Olaf Simons 12:23, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

politics:
Spiegelman criticises the US government for their reaction (e.g. the picture where Bush and Rumsfeld - I'm not sure if he is it - are flying away on an eagle).

• Can tell you it's not Rumsfeld. So some research necessary. Question is again: What is Spielelman's specific criticism, how does it relate to surrounding critical discourses? --Olaf Simons 12:23, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

confusing:
The pictures which are at first sight confusing are a symbol for the confusing effects of the attacks.

• Can you be more specific about the confusion. Is this a unique Spiegelman view? Wjat is special about Spiegelman's confusion? --Olaf Simons 12:23, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

too complex:
complexity because the reasons for the events are in themselves complex.

Same next questions.--Olaf Simons 12:23, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

mouse, WW II:
9/11 and WW II in a way comparable? (But I don't know in which...)

• Then read the text, take a look into Maus, try to find out.

What did I do? I asked for specific observations and the discourses they touch. A second consideration: You are supposed to write something fascinating. Your colleagues should find it interesting, to refer to your thesis. Is this a difficult job? Shousd not be. It should be easier to write something for people like oneself, than for pupils. So see it as the easy task: What is the thesis the others in our course will find fascinating? --Olaf Simons 12:23, 2 July 2009 (UTC)