Question

Which best describes why Wiesel and Spiegelman include Jewish children in their works?
Both texts point out the innocence and naivete of the children during the Holocaust.
Both texts reveal how the Holocaust altered the lives of families, especially the children.
Both excerpts focus on the children who survived the Holocaust and the generations that followed.
Both excerpts show how the children were sheltered from the horrors of the Holocaust as long as possible.

Answer 1

Both texts reveal how the Holocaust altered the lives of families, especially the children.

Wiesel shows how family bonds were broken and a child's world and identity were destroyed by deportation, loss, and trauma; Spiegelman shows the long-term effects on family life and on the next generation (the son growing up with a traumatized survivor).