Art Spiegelman's Characters

Art Spiegelman succeeded in portraying the Jews as mice through humanizing them and showing real emotions. One example of Spiegelman giving his characters human traits is in the middle of chapter 4 on the right of the page when Vladek suggests that his family give up his son Richieu. Anja says, “I'll never give up my baby, never!” (Spiegelman 81). This humanizes her character and displays the emotions that a real mother would have in this situation. Another example of the Jews being portrayed well as mice is at the end of chapter 4 when Mala yells at Artie for messing up Vladek’s things and not putting the back. She yells, “Wait! Put everything back exactly like it was or I'll never hear the end of it.” (Spiegelman 93). This shows the effect