In the book Maus, by Art Spiegelman, his father, Vladek Spiegelman, goes through an adverse transformation in his perspectives and actions due to the pain he had endured after the Holocaust; however, this type of pain should not be remembered, due to the detrimental effect it has in his life and on others. Following his wife, Anja, and her suicide, the egregious pain he experienced altered his nature and made him behave in an irrational way, which affected Art Spiegelman and Mala Spiegelman; therefore, this type of pain should be neglected because it is affecting him and his family negatively. Due to grief and pain he had endured after Anja’s suicide, Vladek’s thoughts consisting of distrust and nostalgia emotionally affected his new wife,
