The Complete Maus Quotes Part B (visual/book/inhuman/hope/guilt)

Question 1

Vladek broken image depiction

Answer 1

Vladek is depicted across several frames which shows us a broken image of Vladek

Question 2

Stationary bike metaphor

Answer 2

(image of past as wheel) symbolises im trying to move forward but being unable to

Question 3

Depiction of Vladek when describing Anja

Answer 3

black to represent sadness

Question 4

Inhumanity of soldiers shown

Answer 4

inhuman face of Nazi soldier

Question 5

To represent being affected by past symbolism

Answer 5

sometimes both striped

Question 6

Guilt and horror visual

Answer 6

hanging bodies

Question 7

No safe paths

Answer 7

Swastika as path

Question 8

Quote about book being real

Answer 8

“REAL - more human”

Question 9

Happy every after quote

Answer 9

“we were both very happy, and lived happy, happy ever after”

Question 10

Treating like human being quote

Answer 10

“I want to be treated like a human being”

Question 11

Vladek helping others quote

Answer 11

“Of course I paid, what do you think? someone will risk their life for nothing?

Question 12

Live/friendly quote

Answer 12

“if you want to live, it’s good to be friendly”

Question 13

Hitler not human quote

Answer 13

‘not human’

Question 14

Parshas truma quote

Answer 14

‘you will come out of this place - free’

Question 15

No God quote

Answer 15

“but here God didn’t come. We were on our own”

Question 16

Art on guilt not helping father

Answer 16

“I’d rather feel guilty”

Question 17

Mother kill self quote

Answer 17

“killed herself”

Question 18

Wish been in Auschwitz quote

Answer 18

“I somehow wish I’d been in Auschwitz with my parents so I could really know what they lived through. I guess it’s some kind of guilt about having had an easier life than they did.

Question 19

Pavel on Vladek guilt

Answer 19

Maybe your father needed to show that he was always right - that he could always SURVIVE - because he felt GUILTY about surviving. And he took his guilt out on YOU, where he was safe… on the REAL survivor”’

Question 20

Pavel on Art guilt

Answer 20

‘“And now that you’re becoming successful, you feel bad about proving your father wrong”’

Question 21

Pavel guilt everyone quote

Answer 21

“maybe everyone has to feel guilty. Everyone forever”

Question 22

Anja guilt/trauma quote

Answer 22

“I think to run into the electric wire and finish everything”