In chapter two, we learn about Vladek's craftiness and how his wit gave him unique opportunities such as the jobs he is appointed to such as a tinsmith and a shoemaker. Vladek barters his way into some extra food along with a ticket to the supervisor's good side. With his relationship with the supervisor, he is able to live an easier life then most in the deadly camp. The illustrations of the sicknesses people have and how weak they look display the horrific environment of Auschwitz, showing us how lucky Vladek was to not have to suffer like many did there.(101) CAA STA BLOCK 1
In that chapter it tells you how smart Vladek was. It showed me that Vladek is a survivor who will always find a way. It shows how Vladek is sort of a jack of all trades how he can easily learn how to do many jobs at Auschwitz to keep himself and help Anja stay alive. It also shows how much Vladek loved Anja and how he would do anything to be with her, like starving himself. To me the illustrations add more emotion to the story. For me when I was ready I was very interested by how Auschwitz looked and the horror that was in some character’s faces when they had lost hope of living through Auschwitz.(119) JVM STA BLOCK 3
Vladek knew that he had to have skills to survive. So he lies and says he is a good tin man. When a better job comes along, he says he is a good shoe maker. We learn that is was very hard to survive. He had to hide in the toilet area during selection, so that he would not be sent to the gas chamber. Also, he had to be very sneaky to keep in touch with his wife. He also has to make a huge trade to get his wife to live near the place where he works. There are a few illustrations showing how things work. There is a illustration showing how to fix a shoe and there was a illustration showing how and what the crematorium looks like. It helps the reader visualize and understand better.
What I learned from the this part of the book is that Vladek is extremely resourceful. He knows what to say and when to say it. He also knows how to make friends and to persuade them into helping both of them survive. One example of him making friends for a benefit was when he became friends with the capo. He was given food and housing for the time being. When Vladek is working on dismantling the crematorium, it is shocking at how the Nazis had made the act of massacring people as efficient as possible. The scene of the crematoria also shows how Vladek can adapt from one job to another. One moment he's a shoe repair man and the next he's dismantling pipes. (125) STA JC Block 1
1. In chapter two we learn how sneaky Vladek had to be to survive in the camp, Auschwitz. We also learn how much he loves Anja because he would do anything to keep her alive like starving himself. We also see that he loves Anja because he always risks his life to keep in touch with his wife. It also shows how Vladek loved Anja more than himself. I think the illustrations show more emotion and more emphasis to the story. The illustrations are a good part in the book because they show how Auschwitz looked like and how the crematoriums there looked like. (103) AV STA BLOCK 3
We learned about Vladek experience in Auschwitz in this chapter was really tough. Everyone in the camp had to work every day and same as Vladek. People would die in the camp because of a lot work that they had to do in there. Vladek is apart from her from his wife and child. He knows that Anja is alive and would do anything to keep her a live by giving her food. During the time Vladek was there, he got a skill that we didn’t know is that he is a really good trader. It got him around of what of he wanted to get and would trade it off, which I thought was the key to his survival. (120) RR STA Block 3
As I mentioned earlier, Vladek is that kind of rat who will do anything possible to be organized and controlling for the good of others. While he was at Auschwitz, he did everything he could to be one of the good Jewish people and tried to keep himself busy by doing many things; from trading to making clothing for others. He luckily got on the good side of a guard (which was probably Jewish but forced to help Nazis) and his life at Auschwitz was made much easier. He finally survived the camp and got out, doing everything possible to just have one chance to talk to Anja again. he really loved her and missed her with all his heart and I believe that was the depiction of true love. (130) GC STA BLOCK 5
In this chapter we learn about various jobs Vladek had to do in order to survive in Auschwitz. He started off teaching English, then a tinman, and then a shoemaker. Vladek did whatever he possibly could to assure his wife would live and be okay, even if that meant he couldn't eat.He was saving up his food so he could bribe a guard to let her go to the new barracks. However, the food he was saving had been stolen. Instead of giving up, he just started saving again. Nothing could deter him away from helping/saving her. That shows the depth of just how much he actually loved her and the lengths he'd go to for her. . He put his life, and other peoples lives in jeopardy multiple times to protect her. The illustrations in this chapter really help the reader understand the layout of how close Auschwitz was from Birkenau by the drawing the map. The illustration of how the gas chambers were laid out also helped get a better visual as well as the pictures of making shoes and how much bread you'd need to get a couple of cigarets.
I agree; the gas chambers were a great visual, but it was also a difficult thing to see. What's strange is how powerful a drawing is, and I can't imagine what the real gas chambers were like.
Vladek's experience was coincidental in the idea that he was spared from many of the torturous acts that others were succumbed to. He still had many struggles: Vladek yearned for his wife, and he continuously switched jobs, not knowing if the present one was his last. The images do a great job of illustrating as well as providing a second narrator to the story. The illustrations of the gas chamber and the burning bodies were especially powerful.
The images in this chapter are very powerful and make you think about them. I do think it's a little strange how he was spared from being killed on countless occasions. PF R.E. LEE
In chapter 2 we learn that vladek started working as a tinman in auschwitz in the spring of 1944. He did everything he could to save his wife. Like save food and bribe the guard to let her go. He did everything to make sure she would live and be ok. M.S
I agree, Vladek did everything he could to ensure survival. He was smart with his decisions and didn't argue when they told him to do something. PF R.E. LEE
We learned that he had to use survival instincts and his good heart to sacrifice for himself yet be able to survive the horrors he had to face in Auschwitz. CB RE Lee
We learned that Vladek had to switch through many jobs in order to survive Auschwitz. We also learn that he was doing it for his wife.The visuals are darker and show the despair that was felt at concentration camps.
Vladek had to take on many jobs to survive while he was in Auschwitz. His smarts and wits were tested every day in order for him to survive. Basically everything that he was doing, he was doing so he could be closer to his wife. The pictures in this chapter kind of expressed the dark and despair of the place called Auschwitz. PF R.E. LEE
We learned about what Artie's dad, Vladek, had to do to survive in Auschwitz. He was pushed to his abilities but later on we learned that he was doing those things to become closer to his wife.
I believe in this chapter that it truly showed Vladek's love for his wife and just the extent of what he would go through to save her, and how his penny pinching helped in the long run in his survival in Auschwitz. This also was a great depiction of the extremes of what Vladek had to go through to survive these camps. - Jason Raines
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter two, we learn about Vladek's craftiness and how his wit gave him unique opportunities such as the jobs he is appointed to such as a tinsmith and a shoemaker. Vladek barters his way into some extra food along with a ticket to the supervisor's good side. With his relationship with the supervisor, he is able to live an easier life then most in the deadly camp. The illustrations of the sicknesses people have and how weak they look display the horrific environment of Auschwitz, showing us how lucky Vladek was to not have to suffer like many did there.(101) CAA STA BLOCK 1
ReplyDeleteIn that chapter it tells you how smart Vladek was. It showed me that Vladek is a survivor who will always find a way. It shows how Vladek is sort of a jack of all trades how he can easily learn how to do many jobs at Auschwitz to keep himself and help Anja stay alive. It also shows how much Vladek loved Anja and how he would do anything to be with her, like starving himself. To me the illustrations add more emotion to the story. For me when I was ready I was very interested by how Auschwitz looked and the horror that was in some character’s faces when they had lost hope of living through Auschwitz.(119) JVM STA BLOCK 3
ReplyDeleteI agree that he is willing to do almost anything for his wife.
DeleteVladek knew that he had to have skills to survive. So he lies and says he is a good tin man. When a better job comes along, he says he is a good shoe maker. We learn that is was very hard to survive. He had to hide in the toilet area during selection, so that he would not be sent to the gas chamber. Also, he had to be very sneaky to keep in touch with his wife. He also has to make a huge trade to get his wife to live near the place where he works. There are a few illustrations showing how things work. There is a illustration showing how to fix a shoe and there was a illustration showing how and what the crematorium looks like. It helps the reader visualize and understand better.
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned from the this part of the book is that Vladek is extremely resourceful. He knows what to say and when to say it. He also knows how to make friends and to persuade them into helping both of them survive. One example of him making friends for a benefit was when he became friends with the capo. He was given food and housing for the time being. When Vladek is working on dismantling the crematorium, it is shocking at how the Nazis had made the act of massacring people as efficient as possible. The scene of the crematoria also shows how Vladek can adapt from one job to another. One moment he's a shoe repair man and the next he's dismantling pipes. (125) STA JC Block 1
ReplyDeleteI agree that he was very resourceful. Any job that came across his path he could do. He was very good at talking to people and getting what he needs.
Delete1. In chapter two we learn how sneaky Vladek had to be to survive in the camp, Auschwitz. We also learn how much he loves Anja because he would do anything to keep her alive like starving himself. We also see that he loves Anja because he always risks his life to keep in touch with his wife. It also shows how Vladek loved Anja more than himself. I think the illustrations show more emotion and more emphasis to the story. The illustrations are a good part in the book because they show how Auschwitz looked like and how the crematoriums there looked like. (103) AV STA BLOCK 3
ReplyDeleteWe learned about Vladek experience in Auschwitz in this chapter was really tough. Everyone in the camp had to work every day and same as Vladek. People would die in the camp because of a lot work that they had to do in there. Vladek is apart from her from his wife and child. He knows that Anja is alive and would do anything to keep her a live by giving her food. During the time Vladek was there, he got a skill that we didn’t know is that he is a really good trader. It got him around of what of he wanted to get and would trade it off, which I thought was the key to his survival. (120) RR STA Block 3
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned earlier, Vladek is that kind of rat who will do anything possible to be organized and controlling for the good of others. While he was at Auschwitz, he did everything he could to be one of the good Jewish people and tried to keep himself busy by doing many things; from trading to making clothing for others. He luckily got on the good side of a guard (which was probably Jewish but forced to help Nazis) and his life at Auschwitz was made much easier. He finally survived the camp and got out, doing everything possible to just have one chance to talk to Anja again. he really loved her and missed her with all his heart and I believe that was the depiction of true love. (130) GC STA BLOCK 5
ReplyDeleteI agree that they had true love. He did so much for her no matter what happened to him, that's really admirable.
DeleteIn this chapter we learn about various jobs Vladek had to do in order to survive in Auschwitz. He started off teaching English, then a tinman, and then a shoemaker. Vladek did whatever he possibly could to assure his wife would live and be okay, even if that meant he couldn't eat.He was saving up his food so he could bribe a guard to let her go to the new barracks. However, the food he was saving had been stolen. Instead of giving up, he just started saving again. Nothing could deter him away from helping/saving her. That shows the depth of just how much he actually loved her and the lengths he'd go to for her. . He put his life, and other peoples lives in jeopardy multiple times to protect her. The illustrations in this chapter really help the reader understand the layout of how close Auschwitz was from Birkenau by the drawing the map. The illustration of how the gas chambers were laid out also helped get a better visual as well as the pictures of making shoes and how much bread you'd need to get a couple of cigarets.
ReplyDeleteI agree; the gas chambers were a great visual, but it was also a difficult thing to see. What's strange is how powerful a drawing is, and I can't imagine what the real gas chambers were like.
DeleteVladek's experience was coincidental in the idea that he was spared from many of the torturous acts that others were succumbed to. He still had many struggles: Vladek yearned for his wife, and he continuously switched jobs, not knowing if the present one was his last. The images do a great job of illustrating as well as providing a second narrator to the story. The illustrations of the gas chamber and the burning bodies were especially powerful.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the images did a good job at illustrating. They really helped visualize how things worked
DeleteThe images in this chapter are very powerful and make you think about them. I do think it's a little strange how he was spared from being killed on countless occasions. PF R.E. LEE
DeleteIn chapter 2 we learn that vladek started working as a tinman in auschwitz in the spring of 1944. He did everything he could to save his wife. Like save food and bribe the guard to let her go. He did everything to make sure she would live and be ok.
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I agree, Vladek did everything he could to ensure survival. He was smart with his decisions and didn't argue when they told him to do something. PF R.E. LEE
DeleteWe learned that he had to use survival instincts and his good heart to sacrifice for himself yet be able to survive the horrors he had to face in Auschwitz. CB RE Lee
ReplyDeletei think the way the gas chambers were visual described gave the reader a very accurate depiction of the gas chambers and how they were.
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We learned that Vladek had to switch through many jobs in order to survive Auschwitz. We also learn that he was doing it for his wife.The visuals are darker and show the despair that was felt at concentration camps.
ReplyDeleteVladek had to take on many jobs to survive while he was in Auschwitz. His smarts and wits were tested every day in order for him to survive. Basically everything that he was doing, he was doing so he could be closer to his wife. The pictures in this chapter kind of expressed the dark and despair of the place called Auschwitz. PF R.E. LEE
ReplyDeleteWe learned about what Artie's dad, Vladek, had to do to survive in Auschwitz. He was pushed to his abilities but later on we learned that he was doing those things to become closer to his wife.
ReplyDeleteI believe in this chapter that it truly showed Vladek's love for his wife and just the extent of what he would go through to save her, and how his penny pinching helped in the long run in his survival in Auschwitz. This also was a great depiction of the extremes of what Vladek had to go through to survive these camps. - Jason Raines
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