Maus; Prisoner on the Hell Planet, A Case in History.

After reading this segment of the book I found it very interesting that throughout the entire comic fom the time he was released, the entire time Arti is wearing what appears to be his prison uniform.  This I think may be symbolic of his somehow being a prisoner to everything around him.  In the begining he states that he lived with his parents as part of his agreement for his release from the mental institution, and later in the comic when everyone is placing blame on him for his mothers death.
This was also another point that I found interesting was that everybody, and in some ways Arti himself, blamed him for his mothers death.  Arti indicates blaming himself when he says; "I suppose that if I'd gotten home when expected..." and again when he has the flashback to when he was laying in bed and his mom came in and asked if he still loved her an he said "Sure, Ma!".  To me this kinda indicated sarcasm and that he wasnt being very sincear.  Another item that i think goes along with Arti blaming himself if when he is in the prison and he says; "Congratulations!... You've commited the perfect crime... ... You murdered me, mommy and you left me hear to take the rap!!!"
Another part that really caught my attention was p. 101 the very last frame Arti is consoling his father and his uncle is on the phone making the funeral arrangements and from the phone we see; "... And for $950.00 we have a bronze casket with bronze colored velvet... of course, for $2000.00 we can...", something about that just caught my eye about the giant price gap.  Also the "PROTECT WHAT YOU HAVE" eagle emblem in the bottom corner,  I cant figure out the significance of that but i feel its supposed to mean something.

About Me`

My name is Zack, I graduated from Mechanicsburg Area Senior High in 2008.  After taking a year off, I decided that I could not spend the rest of my life cooking, even though I am very good at it, or I was going to kill somebody, OK not really but you get the point.  In my spare time, I'm either out fishing, working on my truck; or someone elses, shooting, or thinking of other ways to get into trouble.  I listen to a wide variety of music including Country, 80's, Rap, Rock, Industrial and everything in between, but never classical.
I dont really know what my major is at this point, but im leaning towards psychcology, in which case I would do the 5 year masters program that SHIP offers.  I had Dr Mortimore's class last year and saw that for the psych program I would need this class and seeing her as one of the professors I decided to take her again.