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Why Did Vladek Destroy Anja's Journal Analysis

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Why did Vladek destroy Anja's journals? I believe that there were two reasons why Vladek destroyed Anja’s journals. The first reason is because he wanted to ease his own pain. Having those journals means that he will always be reminded of her Anja. Throughout the book I could feel the love and longing that he has for her. The second reason that Vladek would want to destroy Anja’s journals is because he was trying to protect his family. There was a part in the book where Anja was convicted of helping the communist. The seamstress was arrested instead of Anja, because Anja was the one that asked her to keep the letters that she had received from the ‘communist’. Jewish people are mice, Nazis are cats, the rest of the population are pigs. What

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