During the Holocaust the Spiegelman family’s relationships are greatly tested, however even though they face numerous hardships they try …show more content…
That’s all!’…‘Well, we should be happy we are all together with enough to eat” (74-75). Vladek always has a positive attitude. He supports his family because he knows they need someone to help them so they can survive. For example, as soon as he loses his only source of income, his factory, he decides to search out people he knows in order to find a job in the black market. Illegally Vladek manages to make a few zlotys the first week, and his father in law praises him, saying he is the only smart guy in the family (77). In addition, when Vladek, Anja, and her parents are waiting to be taken by a van to Auschwitz, they see Vladek’s cousin Jakov. Vladek says he can pay him to save them from deportation, so Jakov offers his assistance only because there is money. Vladek did not realize he needed to pay for …show more content…
They are present in Vladek’s journey with his family in the Holocaust and help him through tough times. Secondly, after the Holocaust, these relationships are strained by the physical, emotional, and psychological traumas suffered by Vladek, whose feelings about the Holocaust cause conflicts with Art and