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Mind Map by murrihy.kate.k, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by murrihy.kate.k
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The Complete Maus
- Artie
- impatient with his father
- even though he
didn't experience the
holocaust, he carries
the burden of it with
him
- creates distant from his family, especially Vladek
- suffers mentally
- impatient with his father
- Art Spiegelman
- when we see him as a human - Time Flies
- when we see him as a human - Time Flies
- Vladek
- Obsession wth money - Marries Anja over Lucia
- Self obsorbed
- Womaniser
- Resourceful - gives anything a go to survive
- Never gets over Richieu's death or Anja's; eg last page
- Marries Mala - doesn't treat her well, more
about companionship than love
- always compared to Anja - never matches up
- always compared to Anja - never matches up
- Very much loved Anja - lots of crying over her
- Obsession wth money - Marries Anja over Lucia
- Mala
- very different example of a survivor than the others
- gains readers sympathy
- strong constitution
- very different example of a survivor than the others
- Anja
- unstable eg - pills, after
Richieu's death,
throughout the camps,
eventual suicide
- wanted to
survive, just
never got past
the burden of
the experience
- Strong influence over the others, even after her death
- unstable eg - pills, after
Richieu's death,
throughout the camps,
eventual suicide
- Guilt
- Survivors Guilt
- Relationship with family
- Prisoner on the Hell Planet: Guilt over his mothers death & feeling
responsible
- Artie & the
Counsellor: Guilt about him surviving over his parents & Richeu
- Vladek convinces Artie & Francois to stay on holiday
- Over Richieu's death - always made to feel bad for this
- Survivors Guilt
- Racism
- Symbolism of the Races as different animals
- Vladek's racism towards the black hitch-hiker p 258-60
- Star of David
- Nazi Flag
- p210 - changing from Mouse to Cat as man is explaining he's
German not Jewish
- Symbolism of the Races as different animals
- Survival
- Not always about living survival - Tosha eg, was
about surviving the holocaust & Nazi's on her
terms; Mala - came out okay; Vladek - survival
at any cost; Anja - physically survived, but not
mentally
- Artie
- Not always about living survival - Tosha eg, was
about surviving the holocaust & Nazi's on her
terms; Mala - came out okay; Vladek - survival
at any cost; Anja - physically survived, but not
mentally
- Loss
- Trust in other people
- family members
- Possessions
- of Individuality - eg, all drawn as mice
- Religion & Faith
- Freedom & Choice
- Trust in other people
- Fear
- Nazis/Auschwitz
- Rumours: "We Knew the stories..." p159
- Cut off connections - took their businesses away
- Ghetto's
- Nazi Flag/Swastika symbols
- Train - first time they see it p 34
- p127 - Path in shape of Swastika
- Train - first time they see it p 34
- Hanging of Vladek's friends for selling blackmarket stuff
- Star of David
- p111, Tosha Killing Richieu and others
- p111, Tosha Killing Richieu and others
- Rumours: "We Knew the stories..." p159
- Cat vs Mouse
- Death & Survival
- Being Alone - Prisoner on the Hell Planet. Anja asks Artie if she loves
him; Vladek marrying Mala; Mala coming back to Vladek;
- Artie's need to understand and re-tell his parents story
- Nazis/Auschwitz
- Relationships
- Father & Son: distant, strained
- Mother & Son: Prisoner on the Hell
Planet; Artie resents his mother for her suicide
- Vladek & his women
- Father & Son: distant, strained
- Death
- Gas Chambers, death camps
- Hanging
- Time Flies - Artie on top of the pile of dead bodies
- Gas Chambers, death camps
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