Types Of Characters: Maus

The Types Of Characters for "Maus"


I finished reading the story, "Maus" at the very beginning of the week. In this story, I think that the protagonist in this story is Vladek because the story mostly has him telling Artie about his experiences. I thought that the antagonist in this story is the Nazis because they were trying to get rid of the Jews, like Vladek. For example, on page thirty-five, panel two, the Nazi threw Mandelbaum's hat and told him to go get it, so when Mandelbaum went to retrieve it the guard acted as if it looked like he were trying to escape and shot him, just so he could get a vacation for catching someone try to escape. I thought that the dynamic character would be Mala because she left him at the beginning but they got back together at the end. I think the static character would be Art and Francoise because they do not change much. They have the same feelings or emotions throughout this story. For example, Vladek came to see his father mainly so he could get ideas for his story about the Holocaust and see his experiences and perspective about it.



I thought that the round characters were Yidl and the Kapos because they had different personalities. Yidl treated Vladek differently when Vladek gave him some food and the Kapos had different personalities. For example, when Vladek taught a Kapo English, he was nice to him. Also, when Vladek made conversation with a Kapo he was kind and acted as if he wasn't talking to one of his prisoners but later got mad at Vladek for know reason. I think a flat character would be Anja, Mancie, the french frog, and other minor characters are flat because they had the same personality through out the book. For example, Anja always loved Vladek and Mancie always helped Anja and Vladek give stuff to each other. Also, the french frog was the same because he was always kind to Vladek and gave him stuff.



This week I finished reading "Maus" and started reading "Summer of My German Soldier". In the story, "Summer of My German Soldier", we meet a girl named Patty who lives in Jenkinsville, Arkansas. Some Nazis that became prisoners of war, or "POW", came to live in this town. She meets one of the Nazis whose name is Anton who happens to speak English and she wants to become his friend. Meanwhile, she has trouble with her family. Her parents neglect her and don't pay attention to her but draw all their attention to her little sister, Sharon. One day, when she was trying to be sweet to her mother, her mother just told her to do her hair more nicely. She started saying how Patty doesn't care about how she looks and how perfect Sharon is which really annoys Patty because her mother didn't even try to talk about it in private. She said everything with Patty right in front of her. There is a woman named Ruth who helps take care of the house is always kind to Patty and helps her out in difficult situations. Sooner or later, Patty went out to eat with her grandmother and then went shopping behind her mother's back because if she had known Patty wouldn't have been allowed to come. After a few days, Patty accidentally broke a car's window and ran away. When she told Ruth about it, she gave Patty some money to pay the person back, but when she saw her father coming down the road, she froze and her father stopped his car. The person who's car got damaged was him, so he went after her and beat her.