Year 10 English Enrichment 2024 Semester 1: 'Maus' Essay Quotes

Hitler ‘crumb’ quote.

‘Ever since Hitler I don’t like to throw out even a crumb.’

Hitler ‘crumb’ quote visual language.

Head in hand, eyes downcast, gesturing hopelessly. Art has angry emanate radiating off him, and his face is highlighted to show his frustration.

‘Even for himself’ quote.

‘Even for himself he won’t spend any money’

‘Even for himself’ quote visual.

Mala is frowning, her hand positioning shows her wagging finger.

‘Pauper’ quote

‘He lives like a pauper!’

‘School supplies’ quote.

‘Whenever I needed school supplies or new clothes mom would have to plead and argue for WEEKS before he’d cough up any dough.’

‘Couldn’t do anything’ quote.

‘I couldn’t do anything as well as he could.’ Art is small in this moment, reflecting how small his father made him feel.

‘Real survivor’ quote.

‘He felt GUILTY about surviving. And he took his guilt out on YOU, where it was safe… on the REAL survivor.’

Art ‘ovens’ quote.

‘When I was a kid I used to think about which of my parents I’d let the Nazis take to the ovens if I could only save one of them.’

Art ‘nauseous’ quote.

‘I felt nauseous… the guilt was overwhelming!’ The world around him becomes crooked, obscene, falls apart around his ears. Haggard man in prison uniform.

Art ‘guilt’ quote.

‘I guess it’s SOME kind of guilt about having an easier life than they did.’

Art ‘accomplish’ quote.

‘No matter what I accomplish, it doesn’t seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz.’ Art is a small child against a dark background.

Art ‘Zyklon B’ quote.

‘Sometimes I’d fantasize about Zyklon B coming out of our shower instead of water.’

Vladek ‘photos’ quote.

‘All what is left is the photos.’ Photos bleeding across the page, drowning Art and Vladek.

Vladek ‘snapshot’ quote.

‘From the rest of my family, it’s NOTHING left, not even a snapshot.’ Broken up panels, shows the only remnants scattered on the floor beneath his feet, seeming small against his giant shoes.

Vladek ‘cry’ quote.

‘STILL it makes me cry!’

Vladek ‘memories’ quote.

‘These papers had too many memories. So I BURNED them.’ Vladek is hunched over, saddened, looking smaller than Art.

Art ‘moaning’ quote.

‘He’s moaning in his sleep again.’ Text runs out of the frame.

Art ‘survive’ quote.

‘In some ways he DIDN’T survive.’

Mala ‘burst’ quote.

‘I feel like I’m in prison… I feel like I’m going to BURST.' Mala is slumped over, with her head in her hands.

Art ‘neurotic’ quote.

‘He made me completely neurotic about fixing stuff.’

Art ‘crying’ quote.

‘If I didn’t eat EVERYTHING Mom served, Pop and I would argue ‘til I ran to my room crying.’