A More Dangerous game of Cat and Mouse

The graphic novel, Maus, by Art Spiegleman, highlights different points of the Holocaust through the author's father, Vladek Spiegleman, and his journey through this horrible time. One part of the composition, on page 119, is when Vladek buys some cake from a neighbor, before the Nazis send them to the concentration camps. Much to his distaste, the cake was made with laundry soap, instead of flour. Everyone who bought a slice that day were "sick like dogs" (Spiegleman 119). This could represent the false hope that many of the Jews felt during this time. Most thought that it would be over soon, and that they would survive. Sadly, almost all of them died. Vladek thought the cake would be a good thing in all of their trials, but found it made them worse. Many thought that they would be okay, but found out that it was not going to end like that. Instead, it would be much worse.

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