Characters in Maus
Art Spiegelman
Who is the son of Vladek and author of Maus?
"Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week, THEN you could see what is FRIENDS!"
Who is Vladek?
"HAH! You don't understand...at that time it wasn't anymore families. Itw as everybody to take care of himself!"
What is family/friend relationships?
Mala
Who is Vladek's second wife/Arti's stepmom?
"I don't know! I have a good family...a fine son...I should be happy...but I don't care. I just don't want to live."
Who is Anja?
"He lost to them big amounts of money, so they would like him."
What money/power of money? What is wit and luck?
Haskel
Who is Vladek's cousin and a Jewish commander?
"...you murdered me mommy and you left me here to take the rap!"
Who is Art/Artie?
"...You put me here...shorted all my circuits...cut my nerve endings...and crossed my wires!..."
What is mental health/depression?
Mr. Zylberberg
Who is Anja's father and Vladek's father in law?
Who is Janina - the governess?
"HE'S MORE ATTACHED TO THINGS THAN TO PEOPLE!"
What is (marriage/family) relationships? What is trauma?
Mrs. Motonowa
Who is the Polish woman that sells food on the black market and takes Vladek and Anja in to live with her and her son?
"I won't go to their gas chambers...and my children won't go to their gas chambers."
Who is Tosha?
"And you know, Miloch and his wife and boy, they all survived themselves the whole war...sitting their with Motonowa."
What is luck?