Terms
Jews are depicted as mice, Germans as cats, Poles as pigs, and Americans as dogs
animal allegory
narrates the story, drawing on interviews with his father regarding his experiences in World War II and, eventually, Auschwitz.
Artie
The country the story takes place in
Poland
Vladek escaped from the first work camp on this day
Day of Parshas Truma
Country where Nazis are from
Germany
where the characters are aware they are part of a story
metanarrative / metafiction
the true protagonist of the story. often stationed on his excercise bike, explaining the details of his experiences throughout the war.
Vladek
the animal used to portray the SS Officers
a cat
The type of tattoo on Vladek's arm
his prison number
City where Vladek and Anja lived together
Sosnowiec
uses fragmented narratives and shifting time
flashback / temporal distortion
Vladek’s second wife and a survivor of the holocaust as well.
Mala
How Artie's mom "left"
suicide
What importance did the "stadium" have in the story
where Jews were sorted, Vladek's dad was separated from Vladek's sister and jumped over fence
State where Artie lives in present day
New York
repeated ideas/objects, such as masks/disguises, food/hunger
motifs
Vladek’s first wife. She survived internment in the concentration camps but later committed suicide while Artie was still a child.
Anja
The camp that Anja and Vladek are taken to at the end of the book
Auschwitz
The name of the first comic that Artie wrote. Who was it written about?
"Prisoner on a Hell Planet" and it was about his mother's death.
Rego Park
objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts, such as animals, diaries
symbol
Vladek and Anja’s first child.
Richieu
Vladek found that Anja (Anna) was translating documents for
communists
How did Vladek support his family when the Germans took over their city?
by using the Black Market.
City where the black market is located (79)
Modrzejowska