Through dialogue we learn a lot about Vladek. How did he get to America? What did he do in the USA after the war? Where did he live?
More importantly, how did he handle the trauma of WWII? Did he talk about his experiences or did he keep everything inside?
Explain your feelings after reading the stories.
He kept everything inside until His son prodded it out of him later in his life. He lived In New York City and he stayed there until his death. He lived there and raised Art there after the war. His experiences in the war led him to a troubled life as it scarred him greatly. I believe his talks of WWII with his son led him to become a more peaceful person after a life of immense troubles.
ReplyDeleteValdek and Art went to New York City after the Holocaust and they lived there living kind of scared after there experiences with the Holocaust just like most people would if they had experienced that. Valdek did not speak much of his experiences in the Holocaust until Art wrote this book basically.
ReplyDeleteHe moved to New York and raised Art. He was very tramatized by his experiences and tried to keep everying inside. His son later tried talking with him about it so he could find peace through talking it out. By talking and revealing some of his feelings, vladek's life improved.
ReplyDeleteVladek moved to New York City with his son Art, and raised him there. Vladek was so troubled by the events that happened during the Holocaust that he bottled everything up and did not speak of it. Until years later when Art decided to begin writing this book. Vladek's life did improve when he spoke to Art about the experiences because now he relayed his feeling to someone else besides himself.
ReplyDeleteArt and Vladek moved to New York City and raised him there. Although the war was over Vladek was traumatized from it. The way he handled this is what i think is the worst way he could have handled it, he kept it inside and never talked about it. It could had been because the memories were too painful. I think that if you tell people your experiences no matter how painful they are, they will help you feel better.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading this book, I wish more books were written in this format.
ReplyDeleteArt and his son, Vladek, moved to new york city where they started their life. although the war had already ended, Vladek still suffered from the lasting impressions of it. Since vladek was not able to express his emotions to anyone, he was forced to keep the deep feelings he had about the war inside. After reading the book,although i understand how hard it must have been for vladek to keep his feelings inside, i believe it would have been best for him to tell someone about his expierences during the war.
ReplyDeleteAfter the war Art kept his son Vladek and they moved to New York. They started a new life there after the war. Hoping to start over and restart his life he wish he could've had, but was affected by the war. When Art started to talk about this book more and what had happened.
ReplyDeleteVladek and Art took a small plane like the one they saw in Florida to New Yrok where he was forced to keep his emotions bottled up. Had he talked to someone about them, talking to Art when he was writting his book might not have been so emotional and frusterating
ReplyDeleteAfter the war, both Vladek and Art moved to New York. There, they began there post-war life. Vladek kept silent of his experiences and did not tell anyone. I think about it as someone holdings a grudge. Deep down, you have this utter feeling. But we you let it out and make peace, your emotions are shown and it feels like you just got rid of a big burden of hatred off you back. I think this is how Vladek felt when he shared his story.
ReplyDeleteAfter the war was over and the Jews were free, Vladek moved to New York with Art. They took a plane, and lived a quiet life and Vladek did not speak much of the memories he had of the past. That was until Art started asking him questions about the Holocaust and wanted to learn more.
ReplyDeleteWhen World War 2 ended Vladek flew by plane over to the United States. He lived quietly and subtley with his dreaded past mostly behind him until the day came when Art wanted to begin asking him questions about his experiences during the Holocaust.
ReplyDeleteAfter the war, Vladek came to the US and stayed in new york. There he raised Artie. He kept everything inside mostly.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that he kept everything inside until Art made him tell him everything. Vladek got to the US on a plane.
Vladek moved to New York with Art. It said in the story he lived quieltly and tried to let the past fade as a memory. Then Art kind of bugged him and finally started telling the story and his experiences.
ReplyDeleteAfter the war Art and Vladek flew to the United States and lived in New York. Vladek hid everything about his past and was quiet around his son. Art was curious and started asking his father questions about what happened in his life. I feel Vladeks kept in emotions actually made him angrier as a person. It was good that Art got all this out of his father because Vladek could finally let go of it.
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ReplyDeleteIf Vladek kept the pain in for longer wouldnt the same affect occur of him just moving on?
After the War Vladek moved to New York City with Art. Vladek's life did improve because he got to take all of those emotions and memories that he had left inside for so long after the Holocaust that this was almost like therapy for him in the sense that he got to get a lot off his chest when Art was writing this book.
ReplyDeletePost war Art and Vladek moved out to New York City hoping to start over their lives. Although Art was greatly affected by the war, he spoke about his experiences which was a very brave thing on his part. I can't imagine Being in the position they were because any type of war situation in the world is dangerous to a person's mental stability and can really damage someone. Luckily Art took it better than some people would.
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ReplyDeleteIN my opinion he wasn't holding a grudge toward anyone, he just was torn by the memories of his experiences. I mean if there was something that happened to you that was bad or embarassing you wouldn't talk about it right?
Adding to my previous post I forgot to mention how Vladek decided not to speak much of his experiences. My apologies :)
ReplyDeleteVladek and Art moved, by plane, to New York. He had bottled everything inside, but Art had kept asking his father about what happened. Art had gotten his father to tell him the problems he went through. After reading this I feel that Artie helped get his father's story out and help him let go of the sadness of what happened.
ReplyDeleteAs the war ended, Vladek and his son Art moved to New York. They planned to start a new life there and attempt to erase those bad times at the Concentration Camps. Vladek ,though, never forgot the experience and the pain that the Germans had brought on them.
ReplyDeleteAfter the war Vladek and Art moved to the US. They went by plane to settle in New York far away from the war to live peaceful lives. Art's father did not speak very much on the topic of his experiences of the Holocaust. I feel like he kept his story inside because he did not want it to haunt Art, so he waited until Art was grown up. I feel that Art helped his father confront the feelings that he has had bottled up for so long.
ReplyDeleteHe moved to New York afterwards and remained there for the rest of his life, where he raised Art. Talking about his traumatic experience helped him cope with what he went through.
ReplyDeleteAfter the war Vladek moved to New York City on a boat and raised his son Art there. When Vladek talks about himself during and before the war he sounds like a different person. The war could have possibly given him an anxiety disorder, which might be the reason why he is so reluctant on spending any money and also having everything tidy. If Vladek were to have recovered from the war one might not notice because losing his wife could be the problem to his problems. He never recovered from this so it is possible that losing his wife affected him far greater than the war, especially because his wife didn't simply just die, but committed suicide. This forced Vladek to partially blame himself and Art for it. The writing of this book allowed Vladek to talk about his problems to Art.
ReplyDeleteAfter the war, the Spiegelmans moved to New York, New York City to begin new lives as immigrants. After all that happened in the war, all of Vladek's feelings were kept bottled up inside because he didn't want to talk about it anymore so he could focus on living a new life with his family. I felt bad that they had to completely start over but also good that they escaped the evils of Germany and Europe.
ReplyDeleteVladek flew to New York with Art and kept his stories to himself until very late. He lived in New York raising Art until his death. Eventually Vladek was able to share with Art his memories of that time and it was good for him to be able to express his feelings in this way.
ReplyDeleteVladek moved to New York City with his son Art. He also raised him there. At first Vladek never spoke about the Holocaust. Until years later when Art decided to begin writing this book. Vladek's life did improve when he spoke to Art about the experiences because now he relayed his feeling to someone else besides himself. He finally got the chance to let it all out.
ReplyDeleteAfter WWII, Vladek and Art move to New York city. Vladek then took care and raised Art until he was a grown man. Vladek did not take WWII and Holocaust pretty well. I think his father changed because he tried to toss away all his memories of the war and his wife's death. He decided to burn most of all the belongings of his wife so he wouldn't be remembered and he thought Art wouldn't be interested in it. I think that Vladek was mollified a bit when Art wanted to write and listen to the story of his life during WWII and helped him accept what had happened. I thought this book was great after reading it, and I was very much attached to it. Although, I did not like how the book ended because Art holds a grudge on his father and I felt bad for him.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you that it was good for Vladek to share his feelings by waiting a while until he was actually ready to tell Art his stories.
Art and his father moved to New York. I think Vladek was trying to forget about the past and try to move on with his life after the war. That is why he didn't speak or bring up anything about the war until later. He waited until he was able to overcome his emotions and talk about it. I feel terrible for Vladek having experienced such a difficult event in history, but I am glad that he survived and escaped to the Americas.
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ReplyDeletei agree with alec when he says that holding his emotions inside was the worst thing for him to do. when you hold such strong emotions inside for such a long period of time it can cause a tremendous amount of stress for yourself. if
vladek could have just told someone about his experience during the war i believed he would have been much more open with his son about it throughout his sons life.
@ matt marty
ReplyDeleteI agree that Vladek was holding in all of his emotions. Vladek held in his emotions all these years because he did not know who to tell or what to say. But he finally told his son Art because that was the closest person to him and he needed to let his emotions go. I also too feel horrible for Vladek because he had to keep in his emotions all those years.
It seemed as if Valdek was hiding from his feelings about the war. He didn't know what to think of the events that he expierence. In New York, were he lived in after the war, Valdek tried to forget until his son got him to speak.
ReplyDeleteAfter WWII Vladek took a small plane to New York where he raised his son Art. In America Vladek was an unhappy man that still felt haunted by the holocaust. When Art asked him what had happen in Auschwitz it was the first time he let out his experiences.
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