the path

On page 125 of Spiegelman’s Maus, Vladek and Anja are walking in the streets, trying to find a place to go. Vladek and Anja continue to find a safe place to stay, but the inevitability of their fate is depicted in the illustration.


The reader is looking at the two walking through the streets from a bird’s eye view. This allows them to see that the road is in the shape of a swastika. The words “where to go” are bolded and yet there is the swastika to convey that there really is no place for the couple to go without being in danger. Since the path they are on is made of a swastika, it shows that no matter where they decide to travel, they cannot escape their future- that they will walk into the Nazi’s trap sooner or later. Vladek is able to escape his impending death numerous times; however, he does end up at a concentration camp in the end. If he had not decided to attempt to escape into a different part of Europe, he would have never been sent to Auschwitz. His cousin and his family were able to stay with the kind women and survive the entire Holocaust without being sent to camp. 

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  1. Leo McManusApril 19, 2015 at 10:35 PM

    It is funny how sometimes we miss the most blatantly obvious things. I read your first paragraph and looked at the path thinking to myself, "well it looks like there are a couple of different ways to go." Then you point out that the whole image is basically a giant swastica and it is clear that Art actually is showing how Valdek is completely trapped without even knowing it. Well done!

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  2. UnknownApril 20, 2015 at 12:07 PM

    this is so nice!! I really liked the page you used

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