Maus’ unconventional way of using animal characters instead of human ones in a graphic novel, in my opinion, was highly interesting and captivating. However, in my opinion, was not an effective way of telling a Holocaust story. While conventional Holocaust stories exposes the author’s emotions and makes them and the readers feel a sense of vulnerability through the use of details, Maus’ graphic novel had few details during the actual war he was drafted. He did not go in detail of the many graphic happenings in the time of war. It seemed as if Maus tried to mask away the severity and lighten up the mood by using animal characters, which differs from the norms of a Holocaust story. Furthermore, the use of the graphic novel did not let me have any imagination of what hardships Artie’s father might have gone through and ,to me, changed the tone of a Holocaust story to a light tone compared to a lot of the other Holocaust stories i read.