Corruption In 'Maus And The Village'

Art Speiglmans graphic novel ‘Maus’ and M.k shymalan’s film ‘the village’ both show effectively how control achieved by fear leads to corruption. In the two texts this is expressed in different ways but in both texts it is shown that this corruption leads to the corruption of innocence, violence and affects both the controller and the controlled.

When control is achieved by fear it usually results in the loss of innocence. When innocence is lost it is mixed into the evils of the world. This idea is highlighted in both ‘Maus’ and ‘the village. An example of this from ‘the village’ is a character who displays this loss of innocence, Noah. In the film Noah’s innocence is seen and then lost, the wake scene is a great example of this. In this

These laughs show that Noah is excited by the ‘monsters’ and not scared like the other villagers and that he thinks that life is a game and that death and corruption do not exist. The loss of Noah’s innocence is then seen in the scene where Noah finds the suit and goes into the forest with it. This scene shows how Noah’s innocence connects to the corruption and is loss because of it. In this scene they use many following camera techniques as Noah is chasings Ivey because he thinks it’s a game and because these techniques show he is running. The composer also uses a bird’s eye view to give part of the scene depth. Apart from the camera techniques the composer also uses the sounds of the crows and intense music to create the mis on scene. In the graphic novel ‘Maus’ the loss of innocence is expressed in many. The polish and some Jewish guards are an example of this the innocence lost is how the guards and polish did terrible things to the Jews because they were afraid. These terrible things they did where stuff that they would not normally have done before this fear but they did and because of this lost their