Brady Bauck
Multicultural Literature
Multicultural Book Review
May 17th, 2018
Maus I Author's Authority.
According to the Shoah Research center over six million Jews were beaten, hung, gassed, and tortured in concentration camps and on the streets, all throughout Europe under the direction of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party” This awful event was called the Holocaust, one of the most horrible things to have ever happened in the Nineteenth century. Jews were forced to leave giving everything up. In Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel, Maus I My Father Bleeds History, was published August 8th, 1986. It reflects the tale of his parents, told by his father (Valdek) surviving the misery of the Holocaust not only through words but through detailed pictures …show more content…
Art tells his father his friends have left without him. Vladek responded harshly, “Friends? Your Friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week… Then you could see what it is, Friends” (Spiegelman 6) what Arts father said to him was not meant to comfort him in any way. It was to teach Art that you can never trust people. It was the Culture he grew up in, running from the Germans and people betraying him so many times. This is the selfish nature of Vladek from which he has learned over the period of World War II.
Valedeks experiences in the Holocaust undoubtedly played a role in his personality changes. For example, Artie is angered when Vladek tells him he threw out his mother’s old journals about the war yet keeps worthless rubbish instead. Also, Vladek preaches not to waste any money or food, which frustrates Artie when he goes to the extremes. Vladek has gone back to the supermarket to return the leftovers of what was eaten to exchange it for new food. Valdek does this because during the holocaust his attitude towards objects has changed a lot, he has learned to appreciate the things in
Multicultural Literature
Multicultural Book Review
May 17th, 2018
Maus I Author's Authority.
According to the Shoah Research center over six million Jews were beaten, hung, gassed, and tortured in concentration camps and on the streets, all throughout Europe under the direction of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party” This awful event was called the Holocaust, one of the most horrible things to have ever happened in the Nineteenth century. Jews were forced to leave giving everything up. In Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel, Maus I My Father Bleeds History, was published August 8th, 1986. It reflects the tale of his parents, told by his father (Valdek) surviving the misery of the Holocaust not only through words but through detailed pictures …show more content…
Art tells his father his friends have left without him. Vladek responded harshly, “Friends? Your Friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week… Then you could see what it is, Friends” (Spiegelman 6) what Arts father said to him was not meant to comfort him in any way. It was to teach Art that you can never trust people. It was the Culture he grew up in, running from the Germans and people betraying him so many times. This is the selfish nature of Vladek from which he has learned over the period of World War II.
Valedeks experiences in the Holocaust undoubtedly played a role in his personality changes. For example, Artie is angered when Vladek tells him he threw out his mother’s old journals about the war yet keeps worthless rubbish instead. Also, Vladek preaches not to waste any money or food, which frustrates Artie when he goes to the extremes. Vladek has gone back to the supermarket to return the leftovers of what was eaten to exchange it for new food. Valdek does this because during the holocaust his attitude towards objects has changed a lot, he has learned to appreciate the things in