Holocaust Graphic Novel

No one can ever describe the traumas of Holocaust. Even people who have died or even survived from it don’t even realize that the ordeals of that event are the actual reasons why he/she acts this way in their present life. This depicts directly to Vladek and his experience with the WWII’s Holocaust. Vladek’s portrayal of the Holocaust causes great significance in his son’s Art life. Due to these horrific events that Vladek faced, it changed his entire viewpoint of life immensely although he doesn’t realize it himself. The traumas that he suffered through Auschwitz made him a very parsimonious person. Although he is in a very good position with his financial status Vladek rarely spends money on anything. His stinginess reflects his life during the wartime, when he had to actually learn different kind of skills for survival. These skills included saving a piece of bread for a later meal, including clothes and other important necessities. Those experiences were responsible for his penny-pinching personality. He used to steal napkins, matches, etc. Vladek’s way of life affected Art immensely because Vladek was going through depression and guilt. He was guilty because he never gave Art his mother’s Anja’s journal that she left for him to read. This shows that even though Anja and Vladek were both in love with each other, their relationship never made Vladek a happy person. Even though Vladek married Mala after Anja’s death nothing changed, and he became much more bitter and depressed with life. I think, the graphic novel is such an affective way to tell this tale because it is easier for readers to depict Art’s experience and actually understand it. As all the characters were personified as animals it was easier to read the novel quickly and know which character felt what, as every character portrayed in each panel had expressions while saying their dialogues. Though Art changed a lot of things to ease the intensifying and tarrying evidence of the Holocaust, he still narrated the story in a very serious manner.