Maus

Maus was a great novel that showed us how a man survived the holocaust. It is inspiring to see a survivor, despite all of that Surviving doesn't necessarily mean heroic. Vladek survived yes and he was an amazing and a lucky person to do that. He was resourceful, intelligent, cunning, and lucky all are admirable traits. I admire him for what he was able to do and for the fact that through his son he was able to relay history to us for a point and time that he was an eyewitness. He may be a hero in our hearts for surving hardship and his ablility to persevere but the method of doing this not what normally comes to mind as heroic.