Vladek Spiegelman
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Art Spiegelman
Quote 49
“More I don’t need to tell you. We were both very happy, and lived happy, happy ever after.” (II.5.126)
There’s a see-saw in the book between Vladek’s story and Art’s retelling of Vladek’s story. Vladek’s ending to his story is a romantic “happy ever after.” But <em>Maus</em> shows us that not all was so “happy ever after” after Vladek and Anja are freed from the concentration camps. The image of his parents’ tombstone at the end of the novel reminds us that Anja committed suicide in 1968.