Art And Vladek: Father And Son Relationship

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Art and Vladek doesn’t not have a conventional father and son relationship. It is hard for them to talk and see eye to eye in any situation. Because Vladek lived through the Holocaust he has a different understanding about the world, friendship and money. Art brought and new tape recorder so he could stop writing down all his father’s stories, when Vladek ask him about it and how much it cost Art told him 75 dollars and that it was on sale. Vladek then went on to say “pssh, at Korvettes you could find it for – maximum- 35 dollars” (Spiegelman,1986, p.73). Art on the hand was born after the Holocaust and didn’t have to go through the same things as his father did. This is one of the reason they have a strained relationship. But to blame one

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