Final blog post for Maus

Functionalist:

The functionalists believe that everything that happens in society needs to be in a certain order for society to thrive and function properly. Thinking this way in relation to The Holocaust probably means they would lean more towards the nazi's point of view. Functionalists during this time (that were not Jewish) would believe that Jewish people were lesser and they had to be wiped out for Germany to function properly, and return to its former glory. I feel that the amount of Jewish functionalists would be quite rare considering they were the ones effected by this type of thinking. For example, a functionalist could say men should have a job, and women should cook and clean. The functionalist here would most likely be the man, since the negatively effected group would be the women. 

P.S.

Just to clear up any misconception, I am not saying all functionalists hold bigoted views on society, but, during this time period, and especially in this country, they probably would have if they weren't Jewish. 

Conflict:

Conflict theorists believe that society is constantly changing due to people's constant want to do more than the last thing. In other words, we are in eternal conflict. Similar to the functionalist's possible views during this time, conflict theorists might say that the nazi's tried to assassinate the Jewish population because they were trying to "improve" Germany. Conflict theorists who were Jewish, or Germans that were against the nazis may think in a conflict perspective and say that the holocaust happened to make Jewish people stronger as a people, and to make other Germans realize how truly horrible Hitler was, so that this may never happen again.     

Symbolic Interactionist: 

Believing that people progress through interaction with one another, symbolic interactionist may believe in something that could cross paths with the conflict theorists. When I said that some conflict theorists could argue on the side of the Jewish people and say that the holocaust may have made Jewish people stronger, I think this is what symbolic interactionists could argue as well. The interactions between the Jewish people and the nazis were less than pleasant. This being the case, a few years from then it would become a public matter. When people finally found out what was happening, society has become a bit stricter when intolerance- related problems come up.  

Postmodernist:

Postmodernism is quite difficult to actually define since it usually refers to the arts. In relation to the people of Germany, the Jewish population would probably be the overwhelming majority to agree with is perspective. Postmodernist contradict modern theories and thoughts. Postmodernist would typically be more content with the perspective Maus was written in, since it depicts the tale of a Jewish man and his fight for freedom through the holocaust. Postmodernists believe in the freedom and equality for anyone and everyone.