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Write a commentary, with evidence from the book, about your author's style of writing, choice of diction, and allusions/references to real life events OR to other books (by the author or by other authors).

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Write a commentary, with evidence from the book, about your author's style of writing, choice of diction, and allusions/references to real life events OR to other books (by the author or by other authors).

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The author uses a distinct tone in this book, the way he describes his father talking shows that his father actually has an accent. "He did a good job no?." (Spiegelman 40).

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Novel - uniteyouthdublin.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/maus-a-survivors-tale-my-father-bleeds-history-by-art-spiegelman.pdf.

Background Wall Picture - www.kimballjenkins.com/artistoftheday/2016/12/2/artist-of-the-day-art-spiegelman-click-on-image-to-see-more.

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Look at the title page for the chapter on page 38/41. What do you think the words and images foreshadow?

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Look at the title page for the chapter on page 38/41. What do you think the words and images foreshadow?

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The title foreshadows that since Valdek is now fighting on the front lines during the war that he might get captured. The image also illustrates the same explanation as the title.

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Chapter 2 - Give a paragraph description of Vladek (Artie’s father). Use details (with citations) from chapters 1&2 to support your assertions. Does anything happen in chapter 2 that changes our perceptions of him?

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Chapter 2 - Give a paragraph description of Vladek (Artie’s father). Use details (with citations) from chapters 1&2 to support your assertions. Does anything happen in chapter 2 that changes our perceptions of him?

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Valdek is a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor. Valdek was seen as a "nice and handsome boy." (Spiegelman 13), during his younger days. Valdek was always approached by various women because of his looks. He had a mature and ambitious aspect to him when he was younger because, he said "I had to quit school at about 14 to work." (Spiegelman 16). Vladek possesses a shrewd intellect and terrific interpersonal skills, which help him navigate perilous situations throughout the war. The older he got he became neurotic, stubborn, and miserable.

The thing that changes my perspective of him that happens in chapter 2 is that his wife becomes depressed and suicidal, so he takes off work and goes with her to a sanitarium to help her get back to her normal mindset. His actions during this time shows his tremendous compassion he has for his wife, not only physically but emotionally and mentally as well.

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Chapter 2 - What animals are used to portray the Germans and Polish people? Describe some characteristics we associate with these animals. Do you agree with the way Spiegelman uses the various animals?

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Chapter 2 - What animals are used to portray the Germans and Polish people? Describe some characteristics we associate with these animals. Do you agree with the way Spiegelman uses the various animals?

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The animals portraying the Germans as cats, the poles as pigs, and the Jews as mice. The characteristics that associate with these animals have good and negative traits. The cats are seen as sneaky and conniving, the pigs can be seen as harmless but can also be seen as filthy. The mice are seen as weak. I agree with the way Spiegelman used these variations of animals because, they fit the entire human to animal theme while also comparing to the story and the character traits.

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List five (5) events from chapter 2. Explain their significance.

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List five (5) events from chapter 2. Explain their significance.

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Look at the title page for the chapter on page 22/25. What do you think the words and images foreshadow?

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Look at the title page for the chapter on page 22/25. What do you think the words and images foreshadow?

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The image on the title page foreshadows of a swastika which makes me foreshawdow that during that time the Nazi regime is either becoming known or is rising into power. The title makes me foreshadow that either the Nazis come or get brought up at some point during this chapter

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Page 21/ 23: What is the irony of the conversation between Artie and his father?

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Page 21/ 23: What is the irony of the conversation between Artie and his father?

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The irony between Artie and is father was that his father didn't want some of the things he was saying published in the book, and Artie promised but still used the material anyways.

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List five (5) events from chapter 1. Explain their significance.

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List five (5) events from chapter 1. Explain their significance.

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Look at the title page for the chapter on page 8/9. What do you think the words and images foreshadow?

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Look at the title page for the chapter on page 8/9. What do you think the words and images foreshadow?

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The image on the title page foreshadows a women in distress holding onto a man's leg, which can mean either she doesn't the man to go where he is supposed to be going. The title can be seen as either a name of the person in the picture, or it gives off the vibe that the person is of high authorative power.

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Artie is still visiting Vladek often, trying to collect as much information as possible about Vladek’s past. Artie is eating dinner with his father, and his current wife. Artie tells Mala about the extreme lengths to which Vladek went, during Artie’s childhood, to guarantee that Artie never wasted food. He always forced Artie to eat everything. Vladek explains that his father had tried to keep him and his brothers out of the army, starving them and depriving them of sleep for months before the medical examination to make it look as though they were too unhealthy for military service. Valdek failed the first examination and was told to return in a year, but once it was time for another examination he begged his father to let him fight in the war which he did. Vladek tells him about fighting in the trenches near the German border, and how he was forced to kill a enemy who was coming across the river. Valdek was soon overcome and discovered, causing him to be taken as a prisoner of war with a few other comrades. Valdek is transported to a prisoner of war camp with harsh conditions for jews, but he convinces his comrades to sign up for labor assignments with him. Valdek talks about how the work was brutal but the living conditions were better, he tells Artie about his dream that he would be free and how it came true. He speaks about his journey on his way home to his family, and the events that took place during that period.

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. Artie visits his father regularly to hear more of his stories. He arrives one day to find Vladek counting pills. Artie shifts the conversation to his mother. He wants to know whether Anja had boyfriends before Vladek. She had a male friend from Warsaw who she would rush to see. The man, Vladek learned, was a Communist who had  Anja translate messages into German for him. Vladek, who was careful to stay away from Communists, only discovered this after a seamstress living in their apartment building, Miss Stefanska, was arrested for possession of Communist. The police was looking for Anja, which caused the couple to flee to a different town once she promised to stop dabbling in communist affairs. Valdek opens a textile factory, causing him to move to a different town leaving a pregnant Anja to live with her family. Anja has the baby, but undergoes postpartum depression causing her to have to go to a sanitarium with her husband. Anja gets better, but on the train home the couple notices a flag flying with a swastika on it which sparks questions and fear amongst the couple and the passengers on the train. Anja father tells Valdek that their shop has been broken into causing him to be upset, but they have to also deal with the violence and discrimination present in their town causing them to flee to another town. Valdek gets drafted into the military.

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Art  both the author and the narrator of Maus - wishes to draw a book about his father's experiences during the Holocaust. The chapter shows artie the author, going to his fathers house in order to get information on his journey dealing with the holocaust to turn it into a book. His father "Valdek" talks about about his relationship with "Lucia" before he met Artie's mother. He goes into detail about the things that took place with Lucia. Valdek then talks about how he met Artie's mother, and the course of action he took once meeting her and how their relationship progressed and the events that took place during the progression.

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Spiegelman, Art. “Maus-a-Survivors Tale My Father Bleeds History.” Uniteyouthdublin, Pantheon Books, uniteyouthdublin.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/maus-a-survivors-tale-my-father-bleeds-history-by-art-spiegelman.pdf.

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Hunter, Timeya. “Maus Mischief.” Padlet, 18 Mar. 2019, padlet.com/Timeya_Hunter/dq42m3dcbs9v.