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Maus 1 final Essay Introduction: The book Maus is by Art spiegelman, The book takes place in Poland, during World War II. Artie is Vladek's son, and Anja is Vladek's wife who passed away. Artie who is Vladek’s son who writes a book of his father's crucial experience during World War II . Vladek is a Jewish survivor of World War II. Vladek had came from a upper class polish family which had give him a boost in surviving. Vladek did not only survive World War II from luck but also from resourcefulness. By being resourceful you need to have skills and strong determination. Vladek's survival was based on luck during World War II. For example, one night Vladek dreams that his grandfather tells him that he will be released from the camp by Parshas Terumah. This quote shows“ You will come out of this place-Free!...on the day of parshas truma” (Spiegelman,57)his grandfather tells him. The particularly day was three months away the day he is released in his dream… three months later when it is Parshas Terumah. “and the prisoners are lined up in the …show more content…

In a situation when Vladek went in the direction to take a streetcar in Kawka in Sosnowiec, Vladek had to pass by some children playing and some kid screams a JEW!!. Vladek was being resourceful and said Heil Hitler to show he is not a Jew and did not run away because they would have found out he is a Jew. “ HELP! MOMMY! A JEW!.... “Quick,The mother came outside to see what was!”.. “I approached over to them- HEIL HITLER”... “If I ran away they,would see: “yes, it is a Jew here” (Spiegelman, 149). This quote has shown Vladek is being resourceful and using strategy to show ways he is a German and not a Jew. This is a situation between life and death if they would have found out he was a Jew they would've killed him, since he was resourceful he lived. This is a part of Vladek's survival which has been based on

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