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Vladek Spiegelman Character Analysis. Vladek Spiegelman. Artie ’s father. A Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor, Vladek is burdened by memories of fear, suffering, and loss that, until beginning his interviews with Artie, he has not addressed in years. As a young man, Vladek possesses a shrewd intellect and terrific interpersonal skills, which ...
- Mrs. Spiegelman
Avram trusts Vladek’s judgment, and decides he will not...
- Anja (Anna) Spiegelman
Artie ’s mother and Vladek ’s late wife. A sensitive and...
- Arthur (Artie) Spiegelman
Vladek died of congestive heart failure on August 18, 1982 …...
- Mrs. Spiegelman
Vladek Spiegelman. Vladek is in many ways a baffling character. In his story of surviving World War II and the Holocaust, he is truly heroic. But in the present day, he is high-strung and disagreeable. Most notably, Vladek is extremely tight with his money. At one point, he returns opened packages of cereal and crackers to the store for a refund.
Maus: Part 2, Chapter 3. LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in , which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. The next morning, Vladek announces plans for a trip to the supermarket, to return foods Mala left behind and buy groceries for the week. When Artie reminds Vladek that he and Françoise are only planning to ...
Character Analysis. “Mainly I remember arguing with him… and being told that I couldn’t do anything as well as he could,” Art tells his therapist. “No matter what I accomplish, it doesn’t seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz” (II.2.34). Given what we learn about Vladek in Maus, it’s easy to see how Art feels.
Vladek uses his favor with the kapo, and risks his future ability to ask for favors, to get Mandelbaum a belt, new shoes, and a new spoon. Through Vladek’s kindness, Mandelbaum survives longer than he would have otherwise. Mandelbaum’s eventual death returns the text to the question of writing history.
Maus: Part 2, Chapter 2. LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in , which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. The first panel of the chapter shows Artie bent over a drawing table. The panel shows him in profile, and only his head and shoulders are visible. Two flies buzz next to his head.
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The sanitarium was inside Czechoslovakia, one of the most expensive and beautiful in the world. Anja, Vladek's wife and Spiegelman's mother, went to a sanatorium in Czechoslovakia in 1938. Vladek wants to go to Hungary in order to escape the danger and uncertainty of his life, as well as Anja's.
