PEOPLE
The Germans are cats because...
They hunt down mice, they're seen as mischievous, they tend to play with their victims, etc.
A full page or multipage image is called what?
What is a spread?
In the beginning of the book, young Artie looks for closeness with his father by complaining about his friends. How does Vladek respond (roughly)?
"Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week...then you could see what it is. Friends!"
How does Art Spiegelman help the reader recognize when he's in the present versus in the past?
There typically aren't border in the present when he's telling the story of his past.
As a young man in Poland, Vladek leaves Lucia for Anja because....
She is both smart and rich
The ugly, unwanted (but warmer) coat Vladek forces on Artie is a symbol for this.
What is love? (Baby don't hurt me)
Because Jews are forced to creep around and are exterminated like vermin, Spiegelman draws them like this.
What is as mice?
When Vladek kills a German soldier, what happens to the body?
He goes back to account for it after being captured.
The Jewish people are drawn as mice because...
Mice often have to hide, they're viewed as vermin, they are largely helpless, etc.
Maus often has images extend over into other images in a technique called what?
What is a bleeding
Art is concerned that his father found a certain object of his because it could cause him a lot of pain. What was Art afraid of Vladek finding and why would it hurt him?
His old comic (Prisoner on the Hell Planet) about his mother because it could bring up painful memories of Anja.
In order to show that dividing people into groups is arbitrary and foolish, Spiegelman draws mice with what that helps them pass as Polish?
What is a mask with a string
Artie spends a lot of time trying to find these, which belonged to his mother.
What are her diaries?