The True Story behind Trifles

Question 2 • MO-English Language Arts 11 B-CR

Contrast Wiesel’s and Spiegelman’s choice of genre.

Answer

Spiegelman’s graphic novel presents the Holocaust using fictional techniques, while Wiesel’s memoir is true.

Wiesel’s memoir tells the story directly to the reader, while Spiegelman’s graphic novel tells the story using pictures and dialogue

The memoir relies on the experiences of others, while the graphic novel relies on the visual memories of one person.

Explanation

Wiesel’s memoir, Night, recounts his own experiences in prose, speaking directly to the reader through written narration. Spiegelman’s Maus is a graphic novel that uses drawn panels and dialogue to tell its story. Choice A is misleading because Maus is based on real events and family testimony, even though it uses animal characters and other artistic techniques.

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