The Holocaust is known to all of us in some manner. Maybe we know someone who survived this terrible event in history, or one has learned about it in school, either way, everyone has had some kind of knowledge about the horrible things that the Nazi party did to the European Jews during the Holocaust. The Holocaust took a great toll on many lives in one way or another, one in particular being Vladek Spiegleman. Vladek's personality underwent a huge change due to his experiences during World War II. His personality is so dynamic and it was the experiences that he made during the Holocaust that changed him so dramamtically. In the beginning of Maus the reader is thrown into a scenario of the Author, Art's, many visits to his father's. Art and his father, Vladek starte a conversation about Vladek's past, but Vladek is very reluctant to discuss his past with anyone Vladek seems to be a very untrusting old man who is afraid of two major things. The main fear Vladek has is taping into his memories only to relive the pain he suffered and because of this Vladek has a fear of getting too close to anybody. He thinks that he will be betrayed in the same ay that he was before by many Germans and even his own friends. The way he is so cold-hearted to his second-wife also shows how unloving Vladek is too anybody who did not make the same exact experiences as he did. Even to his own son, Vladek has trouble opening up about personal memories and being loving and caring. All these bitter emotions that keep Vladek from being happy in his old age are casued from the painful memories of the Holocaust. Vladek's experiences during the war caused a drama... ... middle of paper ... ...is especially incapable of trusting people who didn't libe the same life, like his son. He is very cold-hearted and sometimes even unkovinf to Art. All this being caused by Vladek's inability to deal with the pain that he suffered through-out his life, ie. the war, the holocaust, his wife's suicide, and his heart disease. Vladek has a very complex personality that evolved so muh because of the expereinces that he made throught the Holocaust. The holocaust thought him to be unwilling to spare anything ( material things as well as his emotions) and made him almost obsessive compulsive about wasting food or money. He has a deep fear that everyone want to take advantage, useadn then betray him. ladek Spiegleman is a disturbed, bitter old man who is unwilling to talk about the things that made him the way he is.
Vladek’s roofing experience allowed him to retain his roofing job instead of being reassigned to a much more miserable job (“Volume II,” 55). There were also several instances where he was saved by his reputation. One day when the guards were deciding who to assign work and who to “take away forever (“Volume II,” 32),” the Kapo who he was teaching English to placed him on the good side, so Vladek can continue with the lessons (“Volume II,” 32). Vladek continued to give the Kapo lessons for over two months. During that period, He was the only one remaining from his group of 200 (“Volume II,” 36) The others were sent away, likely to be killed. If Vladek never got into the lessons, he would have been one of
Another example of the betrayal of a friend occurs not too long after. While Vladek and his family are hiding in the attic bunker in the ghetto, they are forced to go out in search of food at night. One night while they are scavenging they find a stranger who wanders into their house. The stranger tells them that he has a wife and a baby that he needs to find food for and he only wandered into the house to rest for a moment. The refugees take pity on him and allow him to stay with them for a short while, despite their gut feeling...
Vladek was not perfect. He did what he needed to do to survive. Vladek dealt in illegal black market trading, frequently bribed people and sometimes stood idly by while bad things happened to others. But he never lost his humanity. Vladek was never cruel and he helped others when he could.
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Communication is not only limited to verbal interactions, but the actions between two individuals. Vladek’s experience as a Holocaust survivor shapes his mentality throughout the entirety of both volumes. His tendencies appear odd at first, but they begin to make sense as the novel progresses. Art attempts to interview his father over multiple sessions; however, Vladek tends to ramble or steer off topic. In volume one Art tries to acquire information about his father’s experience with army training and on the field. Despite that, Vladek begins to talk about his father. He adds, “the next year father wanted I would again do the same thing, but I begged him and at 22 went into the army” (Spiegelman p.47). Art realizes the change in subject, and tries to get his father to continue with his specific timeline. The act of digressing occurs multiple times in Maus, showing that Vladek is incapable of tell his story to the most accurate extent. In addition, the duo tends to argue over trivial matters. Art voices his frustration in volume two as he says, “mainly I remember arguing with him and being told that I couldn’t do anything as well as he could” (Spiegelman p.44). The combination of feeling inadequate along with continuous arguments with his father was detrimental to their relationship. Art refrains from contacting his father because he
Reaction Rate Investigation Planning I am trying to work out the rate of reaction between marble chips (calcium carbonate) and Hydrochloric acid. This will be my plan of how to carry out my investigation. There are many factors, which I could change in this experiment. These are 1) Concentration. An increase in concentration means there are more particles.
In “Prisoner on the Hell Planet”, Vladek’s agonizing remorse over Anja’s death is demonstrated at the funeral home when he grabs onto the casket, screaming his dead wife’s name, over and over again, as if it will make her come back (102). Vladek’s reasoning behind his crushing guilt is better understood when he comforts Anja when she says she does not want to live anymore because she has lost her entire family. Vladek tells her, “No, darling! To die, it’s easy...but you have to struggle for life! Until the last moment we must struggle together! I need you! And you’ll see that together we’ll survive” (122). Vladek says the final part of that quote in the present, his facial expression making it so clear that he believes he has failed Anja by not comforting her enough when she became despondent. It seems that Vladek’s second marriage to Mala will never be a happy one, as he thinks he has failed Anja. Vladek makes this explicitly clear when, after recalling another fight with Mala, he asks, “Why, Artie? Why I ever remarried? Oy, Anja! Anja! Anja!” (127). Vladek and Mala fight constantly not only because of their conflicting personalities, but also because Vladek thinks that he is betraying Anja by having another wife. Consequently, he treats Mala poorly. Vladek’s feels responsible for Anja taking her own life and haunts him for
The Holocaust is one of the worst events that has occurred in history where over 6 million jewish people were brutally murdered. There are many facts and first hand accounts of what took place during those times. Many diaries were kept and pictures taken that capture the horrific events that took place. There are others accounts though that claim the Holocaust never happened and that no one died.
Kinetics is the discovery and study of the reaction rates of chemical reactions. These reaction rates involve the pace or rate at which a reaction progresses. Many specific conditions can affect the reaction rate value; furthermore, the factors include the concentration of the reactants, the polarity of the solvent, and temperature1. The rate of reaction can be determined and studied using a rate law, an equation that correlates the rate with concentrations and a rate constant. This experiment’s reaction involving t-butyl chloride has a first order reaction rate, which means that the reaction’s rate law equation is the first order equation shown below.
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Holocaust I've thought, and thought about resistance in the Holocaust and I've come to this comprehension: No phrase or verse or detailed explanation can illustrate the level of terror and oppression that took place. The Holocaust was probably the most arguably infamous series of despiteful human rights and cold blooded murder in modern history. The rise of the powerful Adolf Hitler has set his war against Jewish people, Jewish culture and Jewish memory. If the twisted philosophy of the Nazi regime was to eradicate Jewish memory, then it is our duty to remember the Jewish lives that perished and to keep Jewish memory alive. There was approximately six million Jews were sent to death camps and killed during World War II (1939-1945). So what do you think that led up to this? Why Adolf Hitler hatred towards Jews is so strong that made him did the inhuman cruel murder? Well the resolution lies in the ethnic undercurrents that ran beneath the peripheral of Germany and the world.
The Holocaust, one of the most devastating moments in history. Hitler’s mass genocide of Jews and other ethnicities had left a scar in the world that would never truly heal. During a time of death and destruction, one camp held the title for most fatalities. The Auschwitz concentration camp, one of the most infamous places during the Holocaust with its bloody history forever etched into the mind of its survivors and future generations to come.
Family guilt, and Survival guilt is something many people have it was something vladek had, and honestly I think Artie vladek’s son had some guilt too. Art know he he acts rude with his father, and all vladek trying to do is show love, and care to vladek it's crazy how even after all fis father went through he acts the ways he does towards him. Vladek try’s to have a good relationship with his son, but for some reason artie does not see that. As a father I know that deep inside vladek’s old aging heart he had the hope that one day his son would change the way he was with him. Tired maybe even overwhelmed, but vladek give up on his faith all he wanted to do was love his son. When we are children we want all the attention from our parents, but for some reason when we grow older we think we can overrule them. I can’t say I know what a father’s love feel like because mine is not around to show me the love vladek was trying to show artie.
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The rate of reaction is how quickly or slowly reactants in chemical reactants turn into products. A low reaction rate is when the reaction takes a long time to take place; hence, a reaction that occurs quickly has a high reaction rate. A rate refers to how slow or quick the product is produced. It is possible to control the rate of chemical reactions and speed up or slow down the rate of chemical reactions by altering three main factors which are temperature, concentration and the surface area. When the temperature of the reactants increases, the molecules vibrate at a more intense speed therefore colliding with each other more frequently and with increased energy resulting in a greater rate of reaction. Accordingly, as the temperature decreases the molecules will move slower, colliding less frequently and with decreased energy resulting in the rate of reaction decreasing. Concentration is how much solute is dissolved into a solution and is also a factor that affects the rate of reaction. When the concentration is greater this means there is an increased amount of reactant atoms and molecules resulting in a higher chance that collisions between molecules will occur. A higher collision rate means a higher reaction rate. Consequently at lower concentrations there are reduced chances of the molecules colliding resulting in a lower reaction rate. The measurement of how much an area of a solid is exposed is called the surface area. The quicker a reaction will occur the more finely divided the solid is. For example, a powdered solid will usually have a greater rate of reaction in comparison to a solid lump that contains the same mass for it has a lower surface area than the powdered solid.