Escaping The Past In Art Spiegelman's Maus

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Escaping the Past (pg. 136) In Art Spiegelman’s Maus a scene where Vladek and Anja are escaping to Sosnowiec shows the couple trying to get away from their past and move on into their future. However the images where Anja has a tail shows that the past isn’t something avoided with such ease. No other animal has had a tail so far in the story, showing that even as hard as she is trying to disassociate herself with her past, it will follow her. Anja now having a tail allows the expresses that you can’t abandon such a large piece of your identity. Things with as much significance as religion will follow you. Also, in these frames, they couple is shown wearing masks, masks of pigs. They needed to desert their faith to have a chance of survival.

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