Monday, December 2, 2013

Memory

The creation of Maus appeared to be a struggle for Speigelman. He had to constantly encourage his father to discuss his story. Do you trust his father's memory? Do you believe that the story is authentic? how would the inclusion of his mother's diary help authenticate Vladek's story? Would the inclusion of Mala's memories help make the story more authentic? Share your opinion with concrete examples from the text.
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  1. AnonymousDecember 3, 2013 at 12:34 PM

    I think Vladek's memories are accurate, it would be hard to forget something like that. The addition of Anja's diary would help Validate the authenticity of Vladek's memories, as well as give another perspective to the story. However, I don't think the inclusion of Mala's memories would help the story much, as it is about Vladek, and to an extent, Anja.
    Noah B.

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    1. Oline Wolff-SneedorffJanuary 5, 2014 at 7:41 PM

      I agree! You can't just make up memories like that! I also agree that Mala's story isn’t important in this book!

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  2. Montana WelcherDecember 3, 2013 at 8:09 PM

    I trust Vladek's story because the things he shares that he experienced isn't something that you can make up or forget. Anja's diary would be the authentication to knowing for sure if Vladek was speaking the truth. The diary im sure included Vladek in it and what they experienced during the Holocaust together. Mala's input on her experiences would help make the story more authentic because she might have experienced different things than Anja and Vladek had. Having a variety of different things that went on during the Holocaust makes the story more fascinating and more knowledgeable for the readers. So Mala's memories to me would be authentic because she was there and has her own story.

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    1. AnonymousDecember 5, 2013 at 6:42 AM

      I agree with you opinions. I think it would be interesting to hear Mala's story.
      Summer Collier

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    2. AnonymousDecember 5, 2013 at 6:14 PM

      i agree partly because of what many people said about him not being able to make up and forget.and also what you said about about mala's input authenticate his story. -Dalton Greenlee

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  3. AnonymousDecember 5, 2013 at 6:40 AM

    I trust Vladek's story because the things that he experienced are things that would be extremely difficult to forget, and having the diary would authenticate his story because there were things that she experienced that were the same. Having Mala's memories would also be authentic because she experienced things too, and it would be interesting for readers to hear more of the other stories of what happened.
    Summer Collier

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    1. AnonymousDecember 10, 2013 at 10:44 AM

      i agree, hearing more stories will help the reader get a better view of what happened but it could confuse somebody because they may not know whos telling this story.
      Cheyenne L.

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  4. Dustin R. 3December 5, 2013 at 12:37 PM

    I totally by the authenticity of Vladek's story, something like that couldn't be forgotten even he tried. Anja's diary would only go so far to corroborate Vladek's story, everything would be slightly skewed being that it would be from her perspective and her and Vladek weren't together the whole time. Mala's story wouldn't help that much, she never shows any pain or bad memories. The point of the story is to show the pain of the Vladek's experience, Mala doesn't even seem to like Vladek, and she definitely can't relate to his experiences.

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    1. AnonymousDecember 7, 2013 at 8:59 PM

      I agree that Mala's story was not as emotionally affecting. Although to hear another story would be interesting if it is not getting the point of the story across, then it is not needed.
      Angela B.

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    2. AnonymousDecember 10, 2013 at 10:46 AM

      i agree, each person suffered differently and some chose to show no emotion on the event, but having all the stories helps the reader get a different point of view from each person.
      Cheyenne L.

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    3. Montana WelcherDecember 17, 2013 at 11:35 AM

      I agree but then Anja's diary is what she went through. Even though her and Vladek were not together the whole time, her perspective or input should be good to know as well.

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    4. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2014 at 8:17 AM

      I agree with you, i didnt look at it that way.
      -Ben Shifflett

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  5. AnonymousDecember 5, 2013 at 6:11 PM

    I think it would be very difficult to talk about and would take a lot of encouraging to talk about, considering it would bring those horrific memory's he experienced back.So yes i believe his story is authentic also because it would be extremely hard to forget. His mothers diary would help authenticate his story by backing it up and talking about him in the diary.i think that anyone that knew him at the times thoughts and story's would help authenticate his by reinforcing his story's even though it my be slightly different. - Dalton Greenlee

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    1. Dustin R. 3December 6, 2013 at 12:42 PM

      That's my only thought with including other's stories, it's supposed to be Vladek's story. Adding any other stories, except Anja's, would just mess up a lot of the emotional value of the story.

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  6. AnonymousDecember 7, 2013 at 8:55 PM

    Yes i trust his father's memory. The father gives specific details about his life in the Holocaust and spends his time telling his full story. For example, even though Vladek's father passed away, he took his own personal time to record his experiences and to tell Vladek the stories. He would not want to just make his experience up because that is an experience that no one would willingly go through. I think adding his wife's diary would make the story even stronger. It would also give a different perspective to the holocaust and add another person's experience to the story. It would add variety for the reader's of the book.
    Angela B.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 10, 2013 at 10:41 AM

    i think his fathers memory is good, it would be hard to forget something like that. also having the diary helps prove his stories. having mala's memories in there too also helps because she went through it too.
    Cheyenne L.

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    1. Oline Wolff-SneedorffJanuary 5, 2014 at 7:43 PM

      Exactly I don't believe that he could have make up all those memories! I don't think that the pain and bad memories can be forgotten.

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    2. UnknownJanuary 14, 2014 at 8:42 AM

      I agree with your opinion, The diary definitely with help. -Colton Grant

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  8. UnknownDecember 30, 2013 at 11:31 AM

    Yes, I trust and believe that Vladek’s story is authentic because nobody can make a story up like that because he experienced it. In authentication, Vladek has real pictures of him and family members being at the time period of World War II ( Maus II p.115). But ultimately he had a registration number on his left arm as a prisoner of Auschwitz (p.26 Maus II).
    The inclusion of his mother’s diary would help authenticate Vladek’s because it would verify the the location of her stay and Vladek’s if she wrote it that.. Overall, we would get a different story on Anja’s diary and any input from the diary such as her thoughts, day summaries, or would have been helpful for addition authentication. But we never know will never since Vladek destroyed the diary (p.156 Maus I).
    We know that Mala did go through the camps (p.131)and she states that she went through the camps. Maus I The inclusion of Mala’s memories would be interesting to listen about her side of the story but if there isn’t a connection with Vladek or Anja while being in any of the camps, then there isn’t much authentication of Vladek’s since Mala did not know Vladek.

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  9. Oline Wolff-SneedorffJanuary 5, 2014 at 7:36 PM

    I think every holocaust survivor will always remember their “story”. It’s such a painful experience and I think it’s hard to forget these kinds of memories. I truly believe that Vladek's story is authentic because it sounds trustworthy and I don’t think he would “lie” or make things up. I actually think it’s good that he is willing to share his story. The diary of his mother could help a lot because then we could have gotten a perspective of the “story”. She could have written about them being together and could support his memories. I don’t think Mala’s story is important in this book, because she doesn’t really give any emotions and Maus is all about experience, pain, bad memories and loss.

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  10. Sam JarrellJanuary 13, 2014 at 1:26 PM

    I completely believe the authenticity of Speigelman' story. The reason he had to pry the story out of his father is because his father probably did not want to remember the horrific things he encountered. However, I'm sure that the diary included Vladek and what they experienced during the Holocaust together so i believe that it probably would help the credibility of the story. But I seriously do not believe that somebody could lie about something they went though that was so significant.

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2014 at 8:15 AM

    i believe some parts of it, but it would be hard to trust his memory because when something catastrophic happens the human mind tends to push it out. The diary would help him so much on his story because it would be a primary source, she would have written down what had happened after it happened kind of like anne frank.
    -Ben Shifflett

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  12. UnknownJanuary 14, 2014 at 8:36 AM

    I believe most of his story. Also it would be hard to remember it all threw the rough times in his life. He has been threw a lot of tragic times in his life. The diary could help prove his story. Also i don' think he would lie his mind is probably just cloudy and can't completely remember exactly what happend.

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2014 at 7:03 AM

    I think every holocaust survivor will always remember their “story”. It’s such a dramatic experience and I think it’s hard to forget those kind of memories. I truly believe that Vladek's story is trustworthy and I don’t think he would lie or make those things up. I actually think it’s good that he is willing to share his story. The diary of his mother could help out quite a lot because then we could get a good perspective of the story. -Justin Register

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