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Maus By Art Spiegelman

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In the book, Maus by Art Spiegelman One theme is to never give up. The main character Vladek Arts dad is telling her to his stories from the Holocaust and his experiences. He shares how multiple times he thought that he was going to be killed but was not. On page 188 for one example is it says "I started to believe. I tell you, he put another life in me." By saying this he is telling that he was at a moment where he had no hope and he was given some. Another thing developed in the book treat others how you would like to be treated. "Here Felix have a piece of bread." (Spiegelman 219) he gave me his friend some bread in the middle of a time they had very limited food supplies. You didn't is because he felt that his friend needed that piece

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