Maus Part II

While reading Maus part II I felt myself wanting to keep reading on and on just to see if they would get caught. It gave me the sort of feeling that I get from the action novels I prefer to read soo much. Another interesting thing about part II that was rather interesting to me was the fact that Artie's mother, and Vladek's wife Anja committed suicide. This puts the story I feel in sort of a different context. It also maybe leaves a hint to why Vladek can be such a nasty person towards his new wife. If you ever went through something as terrible as the holocaust with someone, I'm sure you would feel a very tight bond with them, and then to lose them in one swift instant, of their own accord for that matter, would be traumatizing. Along with this the excerpt from the comic book that Artie wrote about his mother's tragic death was also quite interesting, it gave an insight to his deep dark soul at the time. I understand why his father would of cried after reading it, it was so very personal. Finally one of the things that I have said from the beginning that I like about this book is how quick of a read it is. You get to hear a great story without having to slave over a novel for hours. One of the reasons why I think this is able to happen is because of the fact that so many of the details are included in the illustrations, which limits the descriptive vocabulary.