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Tiare Mendez
6/29/2017 09:05:11 pm
My opinions about Artie's father didn't really change while reading both parts of Maus. I believe I understood him a little better as the personal conversations between him and Art continued and increased until his death. In Maus I, Vladek and Art are on fairly good terms and Vladek is able to discuss his life before the invasion of Poland. Young Vladek was humble, resourceful, and level headed as opposed to his elderly self, who's personality had been overextended by the Holocaust and comes across as very parsimonious and distracted (to the point where Art admits that his dad fits the Jewish frugality stereotype). Young Vladek is heroic and hungry to survive, keeping his wit through the most onerous times, and this is why I like him. Older Vladek may annoy his son, but Artie should give him a chance. Artie does feel guilty for not taking proper care of his father and I think Artie was being selfish; he shouldn't leave his ill father alone! I really like Vladek (just not his racism) and his extreme frugality is something familiar to me with one of my parents (and I especially enjoyed the moment Vladek, Artie and Francoise went to the supermarket [Maus II, page 90]).
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Journey Allison
8/8/2017 11:15:59 am
My feelings for Vladek actually did slightly change. In Maus I, as a young man, as Tiare said, he was resourceful and thought on his feet. And as we see towards the end of Maus I to Maus II, he seems a little selfish, mostly with money. What I think caused him to be like this was probably Anja's death. Or maybe Mala coming into the picture.
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Yuxin Hong
8/13/2017 12:37:36 pm
In my view, I feel like that you are trying to express that Vladek did change. But in some way, it can't be called "change". He just becomes mature by comparing Maus I and II, right? Hopefully my explanation is correct. Life will change a person actually.
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rebecca
8/14/2017 09:52:23 pm
I slightly agree. although maturity can be see as a big change in this case considering anjas death, life can change a person dramatically. however I think that comparing Mau's I to II was on purpose to show how life changed that person
Markyls Thomspon
8/16/2017 06:21:20 am
I totally agree! Vladek isn't cheap nor selfish.I think is he just a custom to the way that he use to live. He is scared to ever go broke, nor starve for him and his son. That why he had money all the tome save for a rainy day. 8/15/2017 07:35:37 pm
Yes, I agree with you, Artie's father didn't have real change, because I think in Maus1 he talking just like selfish and arrogant, he doesn't care other anybody, although in Maus2 he change a little bit talking wethod, but his heart still dirty no innocent, so it's not real change
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Jelani Jackson
8/16/2017 12:19:27 am
I fell that Vladek was just hard on his son because of all that he went through. He just wasn't being mean and arrogant because he wanted to. He was like this because of his life and his past. They shaped the man that he was. He went through many hardships, so he obviously wasn't going to be very cheerful all the time.
Jonathan Vega
8/15/2017 07:52:10 pm
When reading this book I can see that Artie's father is a strong character who went through so much throughout his life. Like for example on page 61 he saw his own people being killed for no reason. Now when I look at his perceptive in both books I still feel the same about him. As a person I have a lot of respect for him because he never gave up. Putting myself in that situation I wouldn't be able to handle it just like he did. At times he did not carry himself in the right direction, but I think that is life. When you come from a life full a tragedy you can't expect that person to be perfect. Everyone has their flaws to fix and I just think Artie's father was going through life just like all of us.
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Maggie Liu
8/15/2017 11:57:13 pm
I think that Vladek did change. Because in part one of the book said that young Vladek was humble and smart, but the second part said that after he had gone through all the terrible experiences, he became selfish and going "crazy".
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Andres Saucedo
7/1/2017 04:25:56 pm
My feelings really didn't change at all for Artie's father, Vladek, because in Maus 1 Vladek was talking to Artie about his life before the war begun and how he was an intelligent, resourceful young man who always made decisions that would benefit him and his family, like when he thought it would be a good idea to send Richiev with Ilzecki and his young boy but Anja didn't want to give her only son to strangers. Now in Maus 2, it clearly shows how Vladek really had to struggle to live and although there was this one moment where Vladek was racist to a hitch-hiker, a shvarster, he was a really good man and although Artie was annoyed with his father, its understandable why Vladek behaved the way he did and Artie should've understood that and should've had more patience for him.
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Emily gallegos
7/26/2017 03:13:13 pm
I agree with Andres. My feelings for Artie's father hadn't changed. Many people have types of disorders after going to war or anything horrifying in their previous life. I believe that Artie's father may have had a moment to relieve what he felt through telling Artie what had happened during the holocaust and his personal experience about it.
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Ingrid Diaz
8/6/2017 10:38:26 pm
I agree with Emily because after war people do not come back the same they have a physical and/or psychological impact of war. Because of everything they went through. This is why my feelings for Artie's father did not change, Artie should have been more understanding because it was a big struggle tor his father
Leslie Martinez
8/15/2017 09:37:36 pm
I agree with Emily, when people go to the war they see things that no one ever wants to witness. War is something horrifying and it messes with people in the head. it is very common for people to have disorders, especially mental ones, after the war. It's hard to talk to someone about something that you never want to remember again.
Cierra Gardner
8/16/2017 01:11:34 am
I agree with Emily as well, when people come back home from war, they can have all sorts of problems be it physical and/or mental. Going to war can really traumatize a person
Robert Sanchez
8/12/2017 07:42:39 pm
I agree with you it was harsh for Artie's father to be rude to this innocent man. I wish he would have told him different instead of going the mean way. I feel like Artie is mad at his father because he still thinking about how his father burned his moms stuff because he doesn't want to remember all the memories. But it is not right for Artie to try to stay away from his father especially if hes trying to be with him and spend time with him. So yes I also agree that he should be patient to his father.
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Christina Gallardo
8/15/2017 12:11:10 am
I agree with Andres. Vladek really didn't change his attitude in the book, and neither did I. He was an intelligent man that has been through a lot. At first I thought that he was kind of cruel with Mala, but I'm not justifying the way he treats her, but it is quite noticeable that she's basically only with him for his money. She even knows how much money he has in the bank and she complains about how Vladek never gives her anything. I just think he's been through a lot and that right now he just wants to live in peace, but he can't.
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Kevin Rodriguez
7/7/2017 04:56:03 pm
My perspective and feeling towards Vladek hasn't really changed the course through both books, he was initially just a survivor of the mass genocide during the cold times of World War 2. His past experiences and the intelligence has made him insightful in his older years, before he died. He was a knowledgeable man who had to undergo very tough things that affect his relationship with Art and his wife, Mala. Also with the world around him. Towards the end I felt pity for him, living the last part of his life in a paranoid state, until his death.
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Veronica Viramontes Saab
8/6/2017 09:34:08 pm
I totally agree. Most people believe that he was selfish, but I do not believe so. To me, he did not really have a drastic change in the course of the two books. Due to his traumatic experience but thankfully surviving the genocide, he did become wiser I believe. I believe that he had the mentality that if he had already survived once, this was his chance to make his life better and improve it.
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Richard Bustamante
8/15/2017 12:32:12 am
I agree Veronica. He at first did seem selfish, but it's probably because this story is about him and HIS experiences. He has had a very troubling life and has lived with much fear for most of his life. I've always felt bad for him though. He lost his wife, he's been running his whole life, and now he has a lot of illnesses. He just needs some sort of relief; a break.
Chantal Garcia
8/15/2017 02:23:43 pm
I agree. My feelings towards Vladek didn't change throughout the course of maus I and II. The reason why is because of what he went through..I didn't expect him to be the most humble person or happiest. I felt inspired by artie's father.. Like how he managed to survive through the holocaust and then managing with the pain he is suffering. I don't think at all that he is selfish.. I couldn't imagine how it is to go through that rough experience.
Amanda Jones
8/15/2017 11:56:36 pm
I agree that Vladek didn't have a drastic change. He pretty much just always told his parts of the story, complained about Mala, and always still loved and remembered his wife Anja. He might have seemed selfish at times, but I still felt bad for him.
Kristina Vargas
7/27/2017 05:33:30 pm
My feelings for Artie's father actually didn't''t really change like i thought they were going to before i started reading. I did get to know him a lot more while i continued reading on but i definitely understand him more than i did in the beginning of Maus l. To me you could tell vladek was a really wise nice guy, but tough when he needed to be and his character to me always remained the same to me, especially before the war.
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Million Abay
8/9/2017 06:27:09 am
I agree with you because I also felt he was going to change while trying to survive during the holocaust since many do in traumatic times such as world war 2. But, you could tell by his actions that he loved and would always treat his first wife, Anja, better than his second wife Mala.
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7/27/2017 07:43:17 pm
I think that they're pretty much the same for him throughout both books. After reading and seeing what he went through in the first book I understood his habits a little better. For example, how he never wanted to waste food or throw things away because he didn't have the luxury of having a full meal or keeping many personal belongings during the Holocaust. But the only time they changed were when he interacted with his second wife Mala. I felt that he didn't take her feelings into consideration because he was always pining over his first wife Anja.
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Chelsea Owusu-Bonsu
7/28/2017 11:27:05 am
I definitely agree with you Saniyah, but about the part you were saying about Mala,You have to take into consideration that he went through everything with Anja. I feel like it is very hard to let such a person go. All the hiding in other peoples home. For instance, Mrs.Motonowa, they were taking a huge risk together knowing one of them could die or even both. So. I understand Artie's father if he kind of treats Mala different or don't take her feelings into consideration
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kera wright
8/10/2017 04:14:55 pm
i agree with you because i feel like he didnt change throughout the books. i also did notice why he was so cheap and why his personality was like that. i think that it all make sense now.
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Evelyn Padilla
8/14/2017 07:26:22 pm
I agree with you completely. I think that his dad was the same through both books, but we learn more about his past making us learn more about him as a person. Like his morals and beliefs are all backed up from what he went through in the holocaust.
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RACHEL ASANTE
8/2/2017 01:29:06 pm
to be honest Artie's father did not have any changes in either novels. He was still complaining about his second wife which drove her to leaving him and taking their money. I can say I feel bad for what Artie's father been going through during the holocaust but it isn't not right that he taken some of those anger on his second wife. I feel like if his first wife was still around things would have been different.
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Aaliyah Reese
8/11/2017 09:18:23 pm
Yes I agree that he did not have any major changes. But I don't thing Vladek meant to be the way he was towards Mala. There was a slight change towards him after he found out about Anja. Not big but in my opinion he turned more stern. With Anja he has genuine love for her. He literally stood by her side no matter. He had to leave his business that one time for Anja cause she needed trustworthy person by her side. That was the fist women he actually fell in love with and she committed suicide. He may have thought Mala could fill the emptiness of loosing Anja but soon realized that nothing would ever fill that spot except her.
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Diana Almanza
8/15/2017 07:24:44 pm
I just feel like the entire experience has just turned his father very bitter and just depressed. Which I don't blame him because his life has been very hard.
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Akeem
8/2/2017 01:45:55 pm
Artie's father does not change over the course of Maus 1 & 2. He was still being cheap and stingy with everything, even to his wife Mala. Artie's father was kind of rude too. From reading the novel he would talk about Mala as if she was gold digger. Even ever mala want to do something nice for herself he would explain.
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Ho Kwan Cheng
8/15/2017 11:04:18 pm
Artie's father didn't change over the two books, he was still a selfish guy, and he was rude sometimes. I only have bad feelings towards him.
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Clifton Strong
8/4/2017 03:04:19 pm
To be completely honest I though Artie was really selfish. I mean sure it was for his book but to me Artie seemed extremely rude. I think so because Artie said he wasn't close to his father anyway but yet he wanted to hear his dad's story. In a way though I feel that Artie listening to his dad's story brought them closer.
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Clifton Strong
8/4/2017 03:08:35 pm
I agree with Akeem that Vladek hasn't changed and has always been a cheapskate. Although I do think it was true mala was a gold digger because she ran off with Vladek's money and left him in Maus #2. Then again I think Vladek shares some of the blame for running mala up the wall with his actions.
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clifton strong
8/4/2017 03:14:59 pm
In my opinion I don't think Vladek was wrong for burning Anja's dairies and notes. I say that because Vladek suffered unimaginably in the war and its a miracle alive. Anja was also the most important thing to him and it hurt him and made him cry when she killed herself. So I don't blame Vladek for burning Anja's notes Artie didn't experience what Vladek did. Therefore Artie can't say a thing but he does have every right to be mad it was his mom after all.
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Clifton Strong
8/4/2017 03:33:33 pm
I meant a miracle that he is alive.
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Elizabeth Bassett
8/14/2017 10:10:45 pm
I agree. I think he also burned Anja's dairies because maybe Vladek wanted to forget all thats happened to him and what he saw.
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Clifton Strong
8/4/2017 03:24:20 pm
In maus 1 I know Anja suffered from depression and was scared but to me she worsened Vladek. Sure they loved each other and they were suffering but so was everyone else. Also to be honest Anja didn't really do anything to help the situation Vladek was the one busting his butt. Vladek was risking his life to keep her safe and sometimes she would complain and be difficult. Which would stress him out because he's worried about her and himself and she isn't helping by yelling and complaining. So in my opinion I think Anja is the reason Vladek is so messed up in the first place.
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Clifton Strong
8/4/2017 03:31:13 pm
I admire Vladek's strength and cunning to get threw the war but Vladek was also had many flaws. One of the major flaws that made me dislike him a little was that he was a racist. I agree with Artie and Francoise I couldn't believe someone who suffered like he did would be racist. That threw me for a loop I really do think Vladek was wrong. When he thought the black man might steal the groceries in the car. Overall Vladek is a good person remember no one is perfect.
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Isabel Mares
8/4/2017 05:30:46 pm
For me my feelings haven't really change about Vladek because in Maus 1 Vladek is telling Artie about his life before the war. Vladek was an intelligent and resourceful man who made decisions based on what will best for himself and his family. While in Maus 2 we see the struggles Vladek had to go through.to survive and how the events that took place had changed him. In both Maus 1 & 2 Artie is annoyed on how his father acts but he has to understand when someone comes out from horrifying events it does change on how they see the world. Throughout both books I had felt bad for Vladek not just because of what he went through. But because he was a good man but the camps had changed in ways no one could really understand as well how Artie and Mala had treated him.
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Karen Diaz
8/6/2017 12:58:43 am
While reading Maus 1 and 2 my feelings for Artie's father didn't change he went through a lot of horrible events that changed him and I thought he had the right to be the way he was and to also behave the way he was doing so and I thought that Artie should've tried to understand what his father was going through more.
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Gisselle Romero
8/8/2017 01:51:09 pm
My feelings for Artie's father didn't change because he went through a lot of bad things but his son did not see that his father had suffered through so much and that he was changed in ways that people wouldn't be able to understand if they did not go through the same thing I understand why he was the way he was he would never be the same.
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Million Abay
8/10/2017 03:15:15 am
Do you think Artie's father made a good decision marrying his second wife, Mala, or did it just make it more difficult to live life without his first wife, Anja? Why or why not?
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Anna
8/10/2017 12:01:55 pm
I don't feel like Artie's father changed at all during Maus I or II. I feel like he is the same person from when I first read the books. He thinks of himself very highly in my opinion and he would tend to side track on his stories but I guess that is normal when you get older. Honestly I thought he would have been more kind to his second wife, Mala, but he just brought her down a lot over the smallest thing she did and it would make me mad.
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kera wright
8/10/2017 03:53:02 pm
I really dont think that he changed over maus 1 and 2 , i feel like he just have that type of personality. The war might affect him a little bit. i feel like artie and his father has a relationship where they love eachother but show it in a different way. so i think he didnt change. i also have a question if artie knew that his father was in the war, did he think that had an influence on him or make him to understand even more.
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Ron Scott
8/12/2017 05:09:24 pm
I liked Artie's father in the first book and for the majority of the second part. When he told us his stories from the holocaust it made me feel bad for him. It made me question how could the Nazis treat the Jews and poles so bad. When it would show the present memories of Artie's father he seemed more dependant of Artie or Mala. The part that made me see Artie's father differently was when he was judging the black dog. I thought he could've been more respectful during the situation. Françoise was just trying to help a hitch hiker, but Artie's father thought he wanted to steal his groceries.
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Valeria Alcala
8/12/2017 11:06:19 pm
My feelings rarely did change at all. In Maus I, I just saw Vladek as any other survivor, from that I was already sympathetic. My feelings grew stronger when reading the second book. It seemed as if Vladek was more emotional and vulnerable, he was a lot more easier to "read" into. Vladek's actions spoke louder than words. Though he never admitted to it, Vladek's habit of saving and being cheap was from Auschwitz. In Auschwitz he always saved half for later, I feel as if he still does. Artie did wonder why his father was a lot more different than the other survivors, I think its because he is still scared or just ready for the unexpected.
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Yuxin Hong
8/13/2017 12:33:59 pm
I'm not sure whether it can be called "change". Vladek is always a story teller, the difference between Maus I and II, is that Vladek used to be very easygoing and warm-heart. Through Maus I, in my view, Vladek used to be innocent. Just because of the cruel holocaust, he realizes that the meaning of surviving and the devoid of humanity, something like that. He becomes selfish but I can understand him. He cares about money, food and many basic needs. Since he can't forget how hard life he used to live. Yes, people always have distinctive personality, but life will change them. I think we may use "mature" to describe this kind of transition.
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8/13/2017 12:44:11 pm
Actually, I felt something in common from my own grandparents and Vladek, maybe because they all endured the World War II. Through the first book of Maus, I felt like Vladek was like my grandparents who lived a thrifty lifestyle and didn't spend a lot of money. At first, I misunderstood them and thought they were just so mean, even to themselves. However, after reading both two books, I realized that I was wrong, since they were not mean, they just wanted to save money, during the war, they had been really poor and money for them was really valuable. What's more, in order to survive in the war, they even learned a lot of things like repairing some shoes or woods, they had the ability to repair things when they were young, thus they used to do things by themselves instead depending on others. I became to understand a little of their life and their habits.
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Jordan Wright
8/13/2017 06:21:21 pm
My feelings about him don't change throughout this story. I thought he was an old man with health problems, and a minor case of PTSD from the war that caused him to be so nit-picky and axious (and also a hoarder). When he was younger, he seemed to much more able minded than he was in old age.
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De’Jah Donahue
8/13/2017 07:29:05 pm
You are so right! The thought of PTSD never once crossed my mind.
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De’Jah Donahue
8/13/2017 07:26:13 pm
Initially I was annoyed with Vladek Speiglman. His constant need to count his pills and his attitude towards Artie did not sit well with me. After reading more and finding out about everything that he actually went through, I understood why he acted this way. The war made him that way. He couldn’t help but save every ounce of food that he didn’t eat because he knew what it felt like to starve. This made me feel very sympathetic towards him in the end.
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It changed, it did have me thinking a lot.
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Makiya Baskerville
8/14/2017 05:21:34 pm
Honestly in Maus I, Artie's father, Vladek, was kind of annoying and weird. He wanted things to go his way. Vladek was also sort of confusing. In Maus II, I started to understand him more. He had been through a lot making him the person he is today. His first child was killed, his wife is dead, he lost his business during the Holocaust. The holds on tight to anything because he has already lost so much and now Mala has left him, he is holding on even tighter.
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Milkiyas Bitew
8/14/2017 07:37:42 pm
At first, Artie's father, Vladek, was ambitious, intelligent and resourceful. But as times passed and as the Germans invade Poland, and conditions worsen for the Jews, Vladek moves easily from his role as a successful businessman to a black market dealer which got him and his family to survive for a while. But as times pass, he finds himself in the camps which led to the changes on him because of all the suffering he and his family endured.
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Julio Trevino
8/14/2017 08:35:21 pm
My feelings did not change towards Artie's father, I say this because this man has been through hell when he was younger it was like a broken record just re-playing over and over and things would not get better it got worse so he adjusted his whole life over and over especially while being married to Anja . In Maus II we might have seen a little bit uglier side of Artie's dad, however, we also have to think where he's coming from, he had a tough life. In all my feelings do not change towards Artie's dad.
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Maryfer Palacios
8/14/2017 09:53:30 pm
In Maus I, as I was getting to know Vladek through Artie, I saw him as a father explaining to his son how life was back then. At the end, Vladek seemed like a father lecturing Artie. Then in Maus II, I learned more about Vladek's personality and he reminded me of my dad. He acted a certain way due to his experiences in the Holocaust. My dad once lived through a bus shooting and he rarely lets me and my sisters sleep in the car for safety reasons. These values grew in Vladek as they did in my dad - passing them to their loved ones. At times, Vladek would go far to save money for his mind still lingered in his past and he knew only this way of survival. As others may judge or disagree with these views, they have grown from life and have to be tied to another time.
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Richard Bustamante
8/15/2017 12:35:15 am
Why was Artie so hard on his father sometimes? Like at the end of Maus I, why did he treat him the way he did for disposing of his mother's belongings?
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Andres
8/15/2017 10:00:57 pm
Well i believe that Artie was upset at his father Vladek for disposing of Artie's mother's belongings because they were her experience of the holocaust and her personal thoughts and feelings. They were all just thrown away and Artie could've used her journals to help make Maus 1 and 2.
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Jalen Jordan
8/15/2017 01:19:08 pm
I can feel the aspect of Vladek not having a real shift in theme or a particular character arc but In the beginning where sections of the books taken place in present day I just saw Vladek as this needy old man that always wants someone to take care of him. As Vladek story from surviving the horrors from the camps, I personally felt that that period of his life mentally scared him for the rest of his life and he is stuck with PTSD or even OCD causing Artie to become enraged with Vladek at times. In retrospect, my feelings for Vladek ; not drastically change but made me have a shift of me feeling bad for him.
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George Aponte
8/15/2017 02:03:27 pm
I kind of feel bad for vladek because first of course was traumatized from the holocaust and later on the death of his wife.Changed the way he looked at life but sometimes he can be too much.
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Joshua Giron
8/15/2017 08:37:45 pm
I think in the beginning I really thought Vladek was weak . He just did what he supposed to do and suffered with all the pain in the first book but as the second book approaches I felt like he manned up and started breaking the rules doing stuff you're not supposed to . He was doing anything just to get food , polish friendly with him , sending letters, switching clothes . He had more of a dare devil inside of him which I really liked
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Julio Antunez
8/15/2017 09:37:29 pm
My feeling towards Vladek at the beginning of the book 1 was that he seem too attached to the war and that he wanted to show his son the thing that the war had caused him, by showing how to save money. At the end of both books I started to feel sad for vladeks for he is suffering. This was because it was not his fault for him being the way he is, it was the war and the lost of his 1st wife that made him have these habits and no matter what he does he seem like he can't escape the past
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Edgar Godinez
8/15/2017 09:41:39 pm
My feelings towards Vladek didn’t really changed over the course of Maus I & II. Vladek is still the same person, he might have changed a bit character-wise but it is completely understandable. He went through so many things during World War 2, it would seem nearly impossible for someone to come out exactly the same after being in a cold blooded war. Artie should have definitely had more patience towards his father.
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Xavier Sanchez
8/15/2017 09:48:05 pm
I feel like Artie father did change over the course if maus l and ll. In the beginning of the book I thought he was kind of a selfish dad that only cares about how much money he make and when he was younger during the holocaust he was strong to have to deal with the situation he was in at the time and thought on his feet quickly to help him out
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Dung Viet Nguyen
8/15/2017 10:59:12 pm
I think Artie's father did a little change over the course of two books. At first he was not a good man in the house. Overtime that he experienced running during the war he changed into someone much stronger and tough.
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Jada white
8/15/2017 11:12:20 pm
I agree with you it wasn't a major change but he did change a little from book 1 to book 2.
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Ho Kwan Cheng
8/15/2017 11:02:50 pm
I don't think Artie's father changed a lot over the whole book, he is selfish and dirty, so my feeling towards him didn't change through the whole book.
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Anna Antunez
8/15/2017 11:07:40 pm
I have a big question about Artie's father and his relationship, it's why he had stayed with his second wife, Mala, if he knew she was only with him for his money. Another thing that got me really mad was why he was so sad but mainly shocked that she actually left with some of his money??
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Jada white
8/15/2017 11:11:15 pm
In my opinion I don't think he had a major change I think he was in the process of still changing because they way we acted towards people in Maus 1 was kind of the same in maus 2 I would say he change just a little bit while talking to others but his mind and heart still wants pure.
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Ashley Walton
8/16/2017 02:01:05 am
My feelings didn't change about his father. In my eyes he was always hardworking no matter what the situation was, even though he knew Jews were being killed he still made it his job to make sure they were good. But in maus 2 he gets emotional to me and in maus 1 you hear him talk about emotional stuff but it's a different emotion when he talks about his wife.
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8/16/2017 02:45:53 am
My feelings towards Artie's father didn't change at all over the course of the books. I mean, how Vladek transitioned from the resourceful, willing-to-survive young man, into the selfish and frugal man he's become is due to his experiences during the war and Holocaust. Life changes a person, no matter how much "tougher" your experiences are compared to others, you only know your world, you live your life only, so whatever you encounter will help mold and alter you. I still respect Vladek, even though he was kind of a but, he did what he flt he needed to do to survive.
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Jonathan Castillo
8/16/2017 05:42:51 am
My feelings on vladek changed somewhat during the book like when he was in the holocaust he was trying to do anything and for his family to live during that time. After the holocaust I can see him a little cheap but i have to think about what he has gone through. Even though His new wife is not like that and she went through the same thing.
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Amari tate
8/16/2017 07:42:54 am
My feelings towards him did not change at all I feel like he went through a lot and had the right to act the way he did because of what he went through.
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Lorenzo Penzado
8/16/2017 05:15:08 pm
Honestly, I feel bad for him because for one he lost his wife which was the love of his life and his son, plus the close friends he probably grew up with. Throughout the whole book I didn't find one reason to dislike him because he went through hell to get where hes at.He saw people die and had to starve to death for days which made him weak, so he had a harsh life. Artie is basically the only one he really truly loves because he the one that is most closest to him, even though Artie at times gets annoyed and angry at him.
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