Chapter 3
What’s the title of chapter 3? What is the image? What might this foreshadow?
What story does Art tell on page 43? What does this show about Vladek’s character?
What changes in the art style when he begins to talk of the way? Why might this be?
What were some of the measures people did to stay out of the war?
What happens to Vladek over time on page 46?
What do we notice about the backgrounds? What might this represent?
Why does Vladek shoot?
What happened when Vladek saw the three moving? What might this show?
What happens to Vladek?
What is different about the last frame on page 49? What might this represent?
What was the name of the man he shot? Why does Vladek look for the name? How does Vladek feel about the man he shot?
What do the Germans notice about Vladek’s hands?
What tasks do the Germans make the Jewish people perform?
What was the autumn like that year?
What do the Jewish people do to stay clean? What happens to many of those people who did this?
What were some of the things Vladek did to stay busy? What could Vladek trade?
What is the reaction to the sign outside? How does Vladek react?
Describe the location they are assigned to?
What tools are they given? What is interesting about the last frame on page 55?
What happened to some of those who worked?
Explain any important images on page 56?
What voice did Vladek here? Explain the images associated with these frames? What do we notice?
What is Parsha Truma?
What is interesting about the art style on page 58?
What are some of the things that occur on Parsha Tuma?
What is a “Roh-eh Hanoled?”
What happens on the train ride?
What occurred in Warsaw?
What occurred in Lublin? What is interesting about the right center frame on page 61?
Where must Vladek urine if he wants to be safe?
Who is Orbach? Why does Vladek stay with him?
What does Vladek think about in the last frame on page 64?
What does Vladek do to cross the border? How is this represented?
On page 65, what did the Germans do to the Jews? Why might the Germans do this to them?
How does Richieu act towards his father? How does Anja act?
What does Mala “only” want to talk about?
What does Vladek do to Art’s coat? Why would he do this?
How does Art feel when he realizes this?
Chapter 4:
What is the title of chapter four? What is similar about this frame in comparison to the other title to the other title chapter frames?
How were living conditions at Vladek’s in-laws?
What is interesting about the last frame on page 74? What might this represent?
What has happened to all Jewish businesses?
What kind of market does Vladek go to?
Who does Vladek see at the market?
What does Vladek do when he goes to the market?
What do you notice in the last frame on page 77?
On page 78, where do we find out Vladek will go?
What happened during the exchange of the bedroom set?
What are some of the interesting images found on page 80?
What does Ilzecki offer Vladek? How does Anja react? How is she drawn?
Explain some of the images on page 82? Explain why they’re drawn this way?
What do the orders say? What kind of space do they move into?
What happened on page 83?
Who were some of the people who were hanged?
What is interesting about the first frame on page 84?
When Vladek thinks of the hangings what happens? What literary terms might this be?
What do we find out Anja did?
What occurs on page 85?
What notice comes? How do they react?
Where do the grandparents go?
How are Art and Vladek drawn on page 87? Why?
Where do the grandparents go eventually?
What might be considered a “double edged sword” on page 88?
What do we find out about the Jewish committee?
How does Vladek advise his father?
How many people went to the stadium?
How did the people dress? Why?
In what order were people put in lines?
Who is Fela? What occurs?
What are some of the important visuals on page 91?
What is Mala wearing? What story does Mala tell?
How is Mala feeling? What makes her lose it?
How do you feel towards Mala? Art? And Vladek?