The idea that pushed me through the text was the theme of the Spiegelmans' struggle. The way that they struggled to find a safe place to stay, to simply live. The panels on page 157 are a good example of this struggle. Looking closely at the panels shows how the author helps use this theme to drive the story forward.
The narrator, Vladek, is a Jew and narrates the story in a broken English. The word order is not what most Americans are used to hearing. This helps make the story feel more real. The drawing are not very vivid. The lines are wide and the faces simple. This could represent the not so perfect memories that Vladek is retelling. Memories which have all the major points but lack the details that the present has. Panels are also dark. Making the story feel gloomier and examplifying what Vladek felt at the time. All of these details help give the story the necissary feel.
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I know I can not imagine not knowing where I or or my family was going to be the next night. Knowing that when I woke up the next day was not going to be any better.
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