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.How |\does |\Vladek |\make |\sure |\Artie |\will |\return |\his |\phone |\call? He |\tells |\him |\he |\has |\a |\heart |\attack What |\is |\ZyklonB? A |\poisonous |\gas What |\is |\the |\first |\thing |\that |\happens |\to |\Vladek |\and |\Anja |\at |
auschwitz? They |\are |\separated What |\happened |\to |\the |\Polish |\smugglers |\who |\tricked |\Vladek? They |\were |\taken |\to |\a |\concentration |\camp |\and |\never |\seen |\again .What |\does |\Vladek |\trade |\for |\a |\good |\breakfast |\and |\better |\clothes? English |\Lessons
Why |\are |\flies |\buzzing |\around |\Spiegelman |\as |\he |\sits |\at |\his |
drawing |\board? |\What |\do |\the |\corpses |\signify? The |\flies |\are |\buzzing |\around |\him |\at |\his |\drawing |\board |\due |\to |\all |
of |\the |\dead |\mice |\in |\his |\studio. |\These |\corpses |\show |\how |\fast |\all |\of |\the |\jewish |\people |\died, |\it |\also |\shows |\how |\bad |\he |\feels |\about |\the |
holocaust What |\is |\behind |\Pavel's |\comment |\that |\perhaps |\people |\need |\a |"newer, |\bigger |\Holocaust"? |\Is |\he |\being |\serious/literal? People |\are |\still |\racist |\and |\it |\seems |\like |\they |\haven't |\learned |
anything |\from |\the |\holocaust What |\were |\the |\chief |\differences |\between |\Birkenau |\and |
Auschwitz? Birkenau |\was |\a |\death |\camp |\and |\auschwitz |\was |\a |\labor |\camp Why |\do |\you |\think |\Spiegelman |\includes |\such |\a |\detailed |\diagram |
of |\how |\a |\shoe |\is |\fixed? He |\shows |\a |\in |\depth |\diagram |\to |\show |\the |\resourcefulness |\the |
people |\in |\the |\concentration |\camp |\had |\due |\to |\the |\conditions. Vladek |\moves |\seamlessly |\from |\saying |"The |\fat |\from |\the |\burning |
bodies |\they |\scooped |\and |\poured |\again |\so |\everyone |\could |\burn |\
"Here," |\Vladek |\says |\of |\Dachau, |"my |\troubles |\began." |\Why |\do |\you |\think |\Spiegelman |\chose |\to |\use |\Vladek's |\phrase |\as |\the |\title |\of |\this |\chapter |\and |\the |\subtitle |\of |\Maus |\II? Because |\of |\how |\much |\vladek |\has |\gone |\through |\its |\really |\difficult |
to |\realize |\this |\is |\where |\his |\troubles |\started What |\attitude |\of |\Vladek's |\disgusts |\Francoise |\so |\thoroughly |\that |
she |\yells |\at |\him? |\Why |\do |\you |\think |\Spiegelman |\includes |\this |
minor |\incident? Racism, |\showing |\how |\vladek |\is |\racist |\and |\the |\only |\time |\he |\wasnt |
was |\during |\the |\holocaust. How |\is |\Vladek's |\life |\in |\danger |\even |\after |\the |\war |\is |\declared |
over? Even |\though |\the |\war |\is |\over |\and |\they |\are |\out |\of |\the |\camps, |\there |\are |\still |\former |\nazi |\officers |\who |\want |\to |\see |\them |\dead, |\and |
there |\are |\more |\hardships |\to |\face |\with |\initially |\being |\in |
concentration |\camps |\and |\now |\having |\to |\go |\back |\to |\normal |\life. What |\animal |\are |\the |\Americans |\presented |\as? The |\americans |\are |\represented |\as |\dogs,
Are |\the |\Americans |\kind |\to |\the |\camp |\survivors? |\Yes |\or |\No? |\Give |\at |\least |\one |\example. Yes, |\in |\Maus |\the |\survivors |\are |\treated |\nicely |\by |\the |\Americans, |
when |\anja |\and |\Vladek |\are |\being |\transported |\out |\of |\the |\camp |
they |\are |\given |\food |\and |\hospitality, |\and |\treated |\kindly.
. |\What |\does |\Vladek |\do |\for |\the |\American |\soldiers? He |\trades |\his |\mechanical |\skill |\for |\food |\and |\supplies |\for |\himself |\as |\well |\as |\other |\prisoners. |\He |\fixes |\the |\Americans' |\broken |\down |
cars |\to |\help |\them |\drive |\them |\again. Comment |\on |\the |\symbolism |\of |\the |\scattered |\family |\photographs. |
How |\do |\they |\reflect |\what |\has |\happened |\to |\the |\Jewish |\community |\as |\a |\result |\of |\the |\Holocaust? All |\of |\these |\scattered |\photographs |\symbolize |\the |\complete |\and |
total |\destruction |\of |\the |\jewish |\community |\as |\a |\whole. |\The |
photographs |\resemble |\memories |\of |\one's |\family |\in |\the |\story |\and |
in |\the |\world |\today, |\seeing |\all |\of |\the |\memories |\scattered |\shows |
the |\total |\destruction |\of |\the |\jewish |\community. Why |\was |\Vladek |\reluctant |\to |\move |\to |\America |\after |\the |\war? He |\had |\already |\established |\himself |\as |\a |\successful |\person |\and |
had |\many |\friends |\in |\poland. |\He |\also |\went |\through |\a |\lot |\of |\trauma |\after |\the |\war, |\and |\wanted |\to |\be |\in |\a |\place |\he |\was |\familiar |\with
Why |\does |\Vladek |\snoop |\in |\Anja's |\closet |\when |\visiting |\the |
Zylberbergs? |\What |\does |\he |\find |\there? He |\goes |\into |\her |\closet |\to |\see |\how |\good |\of |\a |\housekeeper |\anja |
is, |\he |\ended |\up |\finding |\pills. Why |\does |\Vladek |\think |\Artie |\should |\leave |\out |\the |\story |\of |\Lucia |
when |\writing |\his |\book? |\Then |\why |\does |\Artie |\include |\her |\anyway? Lucia |\is |\Vladek's |\first |\wife, |\Lucia |\passed |\away |\in |\the |\holocaust |
and |\it |\is |\a |\very |\sensitive |\topic |\for |\Vladek. |\He |\doesn't |\want |\this |
story |\to |\be |\written |\because |\he |\thinks |\it |\will |\bring |\back |\the |\painful |\memories |\and |\doesn't |\want |\to |\be |\hurt |\again. |\He |\also |\has |\some |
guilt |\in |\him |\for |\remarrying |\and |\moving |\on. What |\do |\the |\words |\and |\images |\on |\the |\title |\page |\of |\this |\chapter |
seem |\to |\foreshadow? The |\image |\of |\Vladek |\and |\Anja |\looking |\over |\into |\a |\lake |
foreshadows |\the |\unpredictable |\future |\that |\they |\have, |\it |\shows |
the |\uncertainty |\of |\their |\future |\and |\how |\whats |\in |\store |\for |\them |
could |\be |\abd. How |\does |\Spiegelman |\visually |\emphasize |\Anja's |\descent |\into |
despair? Anja |\has |\lots |\of |\mental |\issues |\after |\surviving |\the |\holocaust, |\you |
can |\see |\that |\in |\the |\earlier |\parts |\of |\the |\story |\anja |\is |\wearing |\
lighter |\clothing, |\while |\as |\time |\goes |\on |\and |\her |\depression |\keeps |
getting |\worse |\and |\worse |\her |\clothes |\get |\darker |\and |\darker, |\you |
can |\also |\see |\that |\as |\time |\goes |\on |\the |\coloring |\of |\vladeks |\sweater |\gets |\lesser |\and |\lesser, |\showing |\the |\loss |\of |\hope |\for |\her What |\does |\Vladek |\see |\for |\the |\first |\time |\while |\traveling |\to |
Czechoslovakia? He |\sees |\gypsies |\in |\a |\camp, |\which |\reminds |\him |\of |\the |\holocaust, |
it |\shows |\how |\even |\though |\he |\still |\survived |\the |\holocaust, |\it |\will |
still |\have |\a |\impact |\on |\him |\for |\the |\rest |\of |\his |\life. Why |\must |\Anja |\and |\Vladek |\part |\ways |\at |\the |\end |\of |\this |\chapter? Because |\of |\the |\nazi |\invasion |\of |\poland |\they |\are |\forced |\to |\split |
ways What |\childhood |\offense |\of |\Artie's |\was |\Vladek |\particularly |\strict |
about? |\Why? Artie |\did |\not |\eat |\everything |\on |\his |\plate
. |\Briefly |\describe |\Vladek's |\response |\to |\the |\knowledge |\that |\he |\has |\killed |\a |\German |\soldier. Practical |\and |\unsentimental
Its |\a |\very |\persuasive |\image |\and |\is |\very |\touching Why |\does |\Vladek |\decide |\to |\work |\at |\a |\carpentry |\shop |\where |\he |
will |\not |\make |\nearly |\as |\much |\money |\as |\he |\does |\from |\his |\off-the- record |\dealings? So |\he |\can |\have |\working |\papers |\for |\protection Why |\is |\deciding |\whether |\or |\not |\to |\register |\at |\the |\stadium |\such |\a |
difficult |\choice |\for |\Vladek |\and |\his |\family? It |\could |\be |\a |\trap |\if |\they |\are |\on |\the |\register, |\if |\they |\dont |\register |
they |\can |\be |\shot From |\what |\you |\have |\learned |\of |\Vladek |\and |\Artie |\so |\far, |\do |\you |
think |\Artie |\correctly |\or |\mistakenly |\read |\Vladek's |\motives |\during |
their |\work |\around |\the |\house |\in |\Artie's |\youth? |\Is |\Vladek |\a |\show- off? |\Would |\he |\enjoy |\proving |\Artie |\wrong? Vladek |\likes |\to |\show |\his |\skills |\however |\hes |\more |\interested |\in |
teaching |\them |\to |\his |\son Why |\does |\Anja |\agree |\to |\let |\Persis |\take |\Richieu |\into |\hiding |\after |
so |\forcefully |\rejecting |\Ilzecki's |\offer |\to |\do |\so |\before?
She |\has |\no |\choice |\but |\to |\send |\him |\away What |\is |\significant |\about |\Zylberberg |\having |\been |\a |\millionaire |
and |\still |\being |\unable |\to |\escape |\the |\camps? Vladek |\sees |\the |\final |\image |\of |\him, |\that |\even |\money |\cant |\ensure |\safety Avram |\and |\his |\girlfriend, |\who |\are |\sharing |\Vladek's |\bunker, |\offer |
to |\pay |\Vladek |\two |\watches |\and |"some |\diamond |\rings" |\for |\his |
advice |\on |\what |\their |\next |\move |\should |\be. |\Vladek |\tells |\Artie, |"I |
didn't |\want |\to |\take. |\They |\needed |\these |\to |\live. |\So |\I |\took |\only |\the |
small |\watch." |\What |\two |\things |\does |\Vladek's |\comment |\tell |\us |
about |\his |\character? He |\was |\generous |\and |\caring |\however |\now |\he |\is |\selfish |\and |
greedy Why |\do |\you |\think |\Spiegelman |\named |\this |\chapter |"Mouse |
Holes"? |\What |\are |\the |\literal |"mouse |\holes" |\the |\title |\refers |\to? The |\jewish |\people |\going |\into |\bunkers |\and |\into |\hiding, |\they |\are |
like |\mice, |\running, |\hiding, |\and |\finding |\food.
What |\does |\Artie |\call |\Vladek |\when |\he |\learns |\that |\Vladek |\has |
burned |\Anja's |\diaries? |\Why |\do |\you |\think |\Artie |\chooses |\this |\word? He |\called |\her |\a |\murderer |\because |\her |\writing |\is |\destroyed.
