In this chapter Vladek talked of the time just before the war and of when war just broke out. Before war, they found out that Anja was helping the communists translate documents and was arrested. Before they arrested her she gave the documents to a neighbor who she was a good customer of. The police couldn't find anything at home so they also searched the neighbors and so Miss Stefanska was also arrested. She claimed that a customer just left it, therefore due to lack of any further evidence she was not kept in jail for long. Anja's parents paid Miss Stefanska a large amount of money for the trouble caused. Not only that, Anja's father gave Vladek & Anja plenty of money in which they were able to build a textile factory. Later, came the birth of their first son Richieu, October 1937(Artie's elder brother).
While Vladek was away for the factory business, news of Anja being sick came through from a call. Anja was depressed, hysterical, having a breakdown, giving birth to a child was too much of a strain to her. Vladek went home and accompanied Anja to a sanitarium. They left the child with the governess and the factory business to Anja's father.
On their way they saw many flags of the Swastika and heard many stories of the discrimination and boycotting of jewish businesses. Vladek and Anja were away for three months and when they returned, Anja was like a totally different person from when she left. Unfortunately, there was bad news upon their return, the factory was robbed and they took everything and Vladek hadn't been able to insure anything before they left three months ago.
For over year they were pretty well off despite the nazy's riling things up and chasing Jews out but then a draft notice from the government was received in 1939, August. With this, Vladek and Anja parted and went in different directions. Anja, Richieu and the governess left for home in sosnowiec and Vladek left for the frontier of war against Germany. 1939, September 1st war came and Vladek stood in the front lines.
2. War and the treatment of Jews were the main themes of this chapter.
3. From this chapter we can see that Vladek is a person who cares a lot about work and earning money. He seems to be a pretty stiff and stubborn man. Anja on the other hand seems to be oblivious and weak minded.
Explain what Art Spiegelman is trying to tell us about the main themes in this chapter (what is the message?)
I believe in showing us a story of how Jews were treated, we would be able to understand the confusion before war...
- discrimination
- Nazi power
- before war
- when war began.
Identify the various techniques that Art Spiegelman uses in this chapter to help us understand the themes and the characters
- black and white images
- mouse & cat & pig
- words
- non linear
Explain why/how these techniques are effective.
- more serious
- closer to reality
- not just filled with facts for it to relate to human life
- more emphasis on words so that we read and not just look at pictures
- representation of the Jews , German, and poles
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