Vladek is a MULTIFACETED

character1. You are going to make a claim about Vladek and then find

two examples that prove your claim. (The circles and the triangles.)

2. You will share your findings with your group and evaluate.3. The group will choose 1, tweak it if need be, and then

“publish it” on a large piece of paper.

Interconnectedness

Your two examples need to relate to each other…Your two examples need to relate to each other…

Non Example: Anja is weak because she TAKES PILLS and was TOO EASY ON ARTIE.

EXAMPLE: Anja has a weak constitution as evidenced by her POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION which prompted her STAY IN A SANITARIUM.

Secret--- pick proof that lends itself to connection.

Think about relationships/connections…

Is there an example from Vladek as a young man that has gotten worse as he has gotten older?

Does one example cause another thing to happen? (like Anja’s depression causes her to go to the sanitarium?)

CLAIM

QUOTE#1

QUOTE#2

Analyzing VladekClaim #1: Vladek is controlling. [circle]

Claim #2: Vladek blames others.

Claim #3: Vladek is smart and clever.

Claim #4: Vladek is unethical.

Claim #5: Vladek has a “survivor” mentality.1.You are creating a plan (circle and 2 triangles).

2.You are WRITING the TOPIC sentence.

PICTOWORD

PICTOWORDA WORD as a PICTURE…

Draw/arrange the LETTERS of the WORD so that the meaning of the word is conveyed…

PICTOWORD

An Analysis of Literature

The LESSONS and REVIEW prior to the test.

I. CharactersA. Vladek is controlling and critical.

1. example: (throwing away Art’s coat)2. Did the war make him this way?

B. Artie feels guilty and like a piece of him is missing…

C. Lucia is desperate.

D. Mala is..

II. PlotA. 2 Plots AND the Allegorical One

1. Artie getting his dad’s story2. Vladek’s experiences during the war

B. Different Time Periods

C. Organization of the Story?[Chronological? Flashbacks? Cause/Effect?]

D. How does “young Vladek”’s story end?

III. Hitler’s Hand[those in power

SHAPE the reality]A. pg. 83: a warning/a symbolB.pg. 86: older people are “re-located”C.pg. 109: eliminating a Ghetto---Tosha’s poisoningD.pg. 110: hiding in bunkers (mouse holes)E.pg. 157: Auschwitz

IV. Deeper LayersA.Are you carrying something? BAGGAGE!

1. “Baggage” is cliché for something hidden that you are carrying with you on the inside… a burden, or secret, or bad experience….

2. So, if a character is literally carrying something, it could mean that they are figuratively carrying something.

Page 68-9….

B. It’s MORE THAN a MEAL SCENE1. They are sharing food… means they share something else

2. It could be a common fate…some sort of connection internally…Page 74…

A.Who is the SUBJECT of this story? (Art)B.What is the “prison” made of? (Guilt)C.Why did Artie write it? (Catharsis; to

unburden himself/baggage)D.What does Artie call his mom on the last

page? (murderer)

Why does Vladek burn the papers?A.Anja committed suicideB.They had too many memoriesC.They were about the HolocaustD.He married Mala

…murderer. Who is he talking to? Why is _____ a murderer?

Find the following…answer the question “SO WHAT??”pg. 117: IRONICpg. 121: foreshadowingpg. 121: theme…pg. 122; bottom framepg. 125: symbol…the path is a swastika… so what?pg. 133: post-modern characteristicpg. 133: irony… what kind?pg. 135: irony…what kind?pg. 136: how does the picture illustrate what the caption sayspg. 142: “What you think? Someone will risk their life for nothing?”

–What does this tell us about Vladek? Do you think someone will?

Who’s fault is it that Richieu died?

Practice Paideia