This illustration was done by Art Spiegelman. It was done for his graphic novel “Maus”. He uses value to demonstrate the dark and gruel times Jewish people went through during the Holocaust. The values range but they are consistent in that elements are divided into white, grey and black.The background and post guard are black to show the grittiness of the camps. The sky and the mouse are grey. The grey sky makes the mood sad and melancholic. The artist made the barb `wire white as the focus in front of the everything. The composition is strong because of the values and emphasizes the hierarchy from the barb wire to the background. I felt the values really depicted the mood of the illustration.