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In high school I was assigned to read this book my sophomore year. This is one of about three books in high school that I actually read, as I was not much of a reader then. I loved the fact that Spiegleman made it into the form of a comic than just a regular book. The comic still had the same effects, even a little more, than just a regular book. Having the Nazis be cats, Jews be mice, and Americans be dogs I thought was such a good idea because it really does show you the level of power each group had. It was definitely very creative and I do not know many other books like this one. Having animals depict Jews and Nazis made it much easier to understand the power that the Nazis had over the Jews. I feel that having students read this in a classroom will show them just how much authority the Nazis had over the Jews and how defenseless the Jews were against the Nazis. Besides the reasons of how good this book is, I feel it is also good to teach in the classroom because I feel like students will actually read this book. As I said before I never read in high school besides three books including this one. I know how little students read and how they feel about it, but introducing them to something like this book is probably something they have never seen before and they will probably be surprised that this book is assigned. I know that my initial reaction when I was assigned this book I was a little curious as to why we were being assigned something that was like a comic, so of course I had to read it. Once I began reading it I remember being very intrigued with the initial concept of the book and how the author depicts all of the races. This book is definitely an easy read for students, as the writing is fairly easy but there are also pictures to help readers follow along, however I still feel like students will gain a lot from reading this book. Students will be able to see the variations of how a book can be written and that having something like a comic be good writing  just like any other book.