I read it back in 7th grade, It was quite an experience. I've always been sickened by the holocaust (well, duh) but this was especially tough to read. I guess the format was just so...innocent, that it increased the shock value.
However, the toughest and most horrifying part to read was the interlogue where the human teenager Spiegelman walks in to find his mother lying in the bath tub, having slit her wrists. Scarred me, pretty much.
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Words of Wisdom:
If you could really get to know someone and know that they weren't lying to you, then you would know the world was real. Because you could agree on things, you could compare notes. That must be why people get married or make Art. So they'll be able to really know something and not go insane.
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