Death

I decided to focus on the character, Death.  He isnt actually a character in the novel but he narrates the whole story. Death has a never ending job.  It depresses him and he really doesnt like his job.  When he talks about the colors he does so because maybe he is just trying to see a brighter side of his job.  Knowing what color everything will be when he gets there is always different.  Probably the only thing that is different in his job.  We may see him as being human but there are a few ways we can tell he isn't.  First, we really don't know if it is a he or a she, i just decided to go with he because it fits better.  Second, he says he's haunted by humans so he will never be one of us.  Death isn't the reason we die he is the reason we are able to get into the after life.  He also isn't the typical grim reaper we all think of, he is more like a mirror, every one of us will die and be Death one day so he in a way looks like all of us.

Maus I

While I was reading Maus I, I noticed Vladik's relationship with all of the other characters in the novel.  One that was really puzzling was his relationship with Mala.  If they don't get along why are they together?  i eventually came to realize that for Mala it was about the money.  But that still leaves Vladik, he really has no reason whatsoever to be in the marriage he is in with her.  Personally, I found his realtionship with Lucia was sort of comical.  It reminded me of like a high school crush or something where she didn't want to leave him and she thought it was the end of the world.  Vladik's relationship with Artie seemed to grow throughout the novel.  At the beginning they didn't seem to be very close.  Vladik even says it has been two years since they saw each other last.  Once Vladik starts telling Artie his story, Artie is very intrigued and eager to come back more often to hear it.  At the very end of the novel Artie considers his father a murderer and I believe that their relationship is not going to go anywhere anymore and it will be just like it was before.  I love Vladik and Anja's relationship.  It reminds me of that perfect marriage that everyone wants, except not during the Holocaust.  He would do anything for Anja and you can truely tell that he is in love with her and that nothing can separate them, even what they are going through during the book.