Maus Week #1

Julianna Mello
Line Illuminator
October 12th

Line #1:  My father bleeds history. Yes, it may be in the cover but is very powerful when you think about it. The fact that Art Spiegelman used the word bleeds already tells you that what Vladek is about to tell Artie wasn't a happy time, it was sad and gruesome. In a way it also does give you a little idea about what the book is about, it would have to be a father telling his story. Although, the way that the story comes through is the readers decision, the way the story should come through is the authors decision. This is something important that this line told me, it also gets me exited to read more and see how the story comes through to me.

Line #2: Y-You know English? page 16. This line tells me that knowing English was a big deal then. If you knew it people automatically would get the idea that you are intelligent, or come from a fortunate background. Anja new English because she came from a family who could probably bath in money. However, Vladek learnt in school already making Anja attracted to him. We are still not totally sure if Vladek went after Anja because of her money, as we found out she wasn't one of the pretties girls.  I also noticed that Anja stumbles over her words not expecting somebody like him to speak english, if thats because he didn't look as fortunate or because it was hard to find a fluent English speaker.