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Illustration by Art Spiegelman

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I believe that the first chapters art is foreshadowing the main event in the chapter. From the looks of it a female mouse is clinging to his leg mopping. The first of many events in this chapter was when Lucia and Vladek first met. This explains the cover art, she was madly in love while he was quick to leave. He soon meets Anja. When they frist met they hit it off. They soon fell for each other and got married quickly. In the third main event he soon found a lot of pills in her closet. He found out she was battling many mental issues. Lucia then attempts to ruin their marriage by spreading rumors about him to Anja. She fails and the couple reunites. In the last main event Anja's father welcomes in Vladek into the family and offers him many gifts. Its ironic how the father is giving his fair share of private stories from himself and other but doesn't want to share another "private story"

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I believe that the second chapters art is foreshadowing Anja and vladeks honeymoon. In the first even police were looking for anja, she was accused of being involved in conspiracies. I believe this means that the holocaust is starting. Anja's father wanted his grandchild to have a good future, he gave Vladek a factory. for the third even Anja and Vladek have their first child. He unfortunately didn't make it through the war. I noticed that Vladek made a comment about his pills. He spilled them and said "im an expert at this" for counting his pills. This made my heart ache considering his wife Anja took many pills for her mental health issues. In the last event Anja became so deprresed they took her to a specialist. By doing so they found out the war started. The first of many dreadful events. The germans are described as viscous cats. The polish were described as mouses. I agree with the characteristics given. The cats have a mean scowl on their faces.

Vladek spiegelman from what i have learned in chapter 1 and 2 is that he is a caring man but is selective of what he wants. " We have to plan for our futures" (17). He is also caring about others. " I ran out to my friend..." (20". Even though Lucia was upset he wanted to make sure she was taken care of. In chapter two my thought have not changed. I still think he has high goals and he is paticular. "I'm making into daily portions..." (26). He is counting his pills to make sure he takes all of them.

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I think that the words and images are foreshadowing that Vladek is gonna get caught. To stay out of the army they would do cruel things such as pull out 14 of their teeth or starve themselves so they were under the weight limit. This means the war was that awful they were willing to hurt themselves to not go. He finally went of to the war a year later. He was caught by the Nazis. They looked at his hands and realized he hasn't done much manual labor. This means Vladek has had a good life up until this year. Many of the prisoners got two meals a day and better materials to keep warm. While prisoners like vladek only got bread crusts and a blanket. They were treated like animals compared to the others. They were treated inhuman. There was a sign up to trade from being a prisoner to do labor work. Vladek took it and others followed. This means he saw hope and was a leader. The last event was when vladek came home and realized how bad it has gotten. There is now curfews set. This means that the Nazis have taken over them and they are spreading quick.
Spiegelman depicted the killings as parties of 600 masses being shot.

The incident about artie's coat being thrown out shows that his father likes to make choices for him and doesn't take no for an answer. He threw out his caught because didn't like how old it looked. He can be stubborn and particular.

The authors style of writing has many flashbacks and foreshadowing. This can be seen on the chapter cover art pages. For example on page 9 the art cover shows female mouse clinging onto a male mouse. This is a foreshadow to the events that happened between him and Lucia. The author also uses symbolism as a style of writing. This can be found better on page 49. The faces on the cats (Nazis) can be seen, they are scowling.

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I think the title cover is going to foreshadow that the characters who represent the mouses (Jews) are going to be killed. More specifically they are going to get hung. By panning around the table this technique allowed for a quick yet smooth introduction. From my understanding is that Vladek lied to his family to protect them. He doesn't want them knowing what he is really doing in fear that the Nazis might take his family for knowing. This lie revels that he is willing to do a lot for his family even if that could get him killed. The Germans are offering one kilo of sugar for every jew they can capture. They heard about Auschwitz right away. There were rumors about the camps intentionally. hey began to spread quick and more news came about. All the Jews had to go to the stadium to get their papers stamped for citizenship. It was dangerous because they were being rounded up, it sounded like a trap. If they went they would get the approval to be a citizen but it was very sketchy.

One event that was important was that Vladek and a family were deciding if they should hide their kids with polish families. this deciding factor was a main reason why his son didn't make it out alive. They choose against it and he didn't survive. Another event was when Aushwitz became well known. This struck fear in many people. This also was one of the most known events in this war, the gas chambers. Another event was when they had to go to the stadium to get their legal papers stamped. If they went they could gain something from it. For the last event the stadium ended up being a trick. Thousands of people were taken into small apartments were most died.

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I think in this chapter there will be a situation were they get caught. At the beginning of the chapter Artie does not know how to portray his father in his comics. He is talking to mala about how he doesn't give them much money. She described him as cheap. I feel that anti-semitism is being based down by generation to generation. This is happening because they are taught these values at a young age. Artie calls Vladek a murderer. He uses such a strong word to describe him because he burned her diaries. Anja's diaries were the last memories of her. An event that happened in this chapter was when Mala and artie were talking about how Vladek Does not give them enough money. They have to save a lot and beg to buy their necessities. The second event was when people caught jews in the courtyard. Vladek had to hide out in the barn. They had to stay at Mrs.motonowa house to stay safe. Polish families were housing jews secretly for money. The fourth event was Vladek went on a train to escape the area he was in. Nazis caught them and started to shoot at them on the train. They were captured and packed into trucks. In the last event Artie asked to see Anjas diaries. Vladek told him that he burned them all. This upset him since that was a lot of history.

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This title i had to analyze more. The title is "Mouse holes". The cover art shows mice by a mouse hole entrance. I think there will be some type of hiding involved. An event that happened was someone was selling cake and they put soap instead of flour. This showed how desperate people were for money. Another event that happened was the 'mouse hole". There was a secret hiding place vladek had. He managed to hide about 15 people in this "hole". Another event was Vladek found the ring he proposed to Anja with. He wants to give it to his son but his current wife Mala disagrees. The fourth event was when they bribed the guard so they could run away safely. Jews became sneak and gained connections to stay safe. The last event is when Mala keeps asking for Vladek to change his will. She wants his money when he dies. She has made him unhappy in the relationship. The prisoner comic made Vladek upset because he hasn't seen his ex wife in so long. The events on page 119-121 were shocking to me. They were excited to eat cake considering they haven't seen bread in years. They used soap instead of flour. People became so desperate to survive as much as others would. The panel on page 121 was surprising to me. There was a tunnel made of shoes to a secret hiding room. Other Jews would betray each other by doing things like stealing each others food. Spiegelman depicts the cross road by showing a forked path in the form of a swastika. This image suggest that there is so no right path for them to take. I think that Vladek is right about Mala. She seems to be very pushy about money. She keeps talking about it, she seems very materialistic.

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Hernandez, Briana. “Maus A Survior's Tale.” Padlet, 19 Mar. 2019, padlet.com/bribri83101/maus.

Spiegelman, Art. Maus : a Survivor's Tale. New York :Pantheon Books, 19861991. Print.

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The story begins in rego NY.
Vladeks home town in Czestochowa, Poland he comes back here to take Anja to a specialist and finds out the war started.

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Auschwitz Camps

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Art Spiegelman- the author is one of the main characters. He is talking to his father and writing about his stories.

Lucia Greenberg- Vladek meets this women. She clings to him with lots of hope. He soon leaves her for another.

Vladek Spiegelman- he is the father of Art. He shares his life stories and love stories.

Anja Spiegelman- she is Vladek' earlier wifes. They both fall in love very quickly. She is found to have a lot of pills for her mental stability.

Richieu Spiegelman- He wasthe first child of Vladek and Anja. He unfortunately didn't make it through the holocaust. This soon triggers something inside of Anja.

Mala Spiegelman- after his first wifes death he marries Mala. He is constantly thinking all she want is his money.

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Sosnowiec, Poland where Vladek and his first wife move after marrige.