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Names Period___ MAUS II Directions: Discuss each question with your group and write the key points from your discussion on the lines below. 1. Knowledge is power is a major theme in Maus. Discuss this theme, examples from the book, and examples from your own life. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Artie’s therapist, Pavel, says “you think it’s admirable to survive? Does that mean that it’s not admirable to not survive?” Discuss the meaning of this. Do you agree or disagree? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Artie quotes a line by Samuel Beckett. “Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.” What does he mean by this? Do you agree with him? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Artie wonders why the Jews in Auschwitz did not try harder to resist the Nazis. What risks were connected to resisting the Nazis? What were the advantages of cooperating with the Nazis? What was an obvious disadvantage to always cooperating with the Nazis? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. How would you sum up the character of Artie? How would you compare him with his father? What things about Vladek irritate Artie? In what ways do you think Vladek influenced his son? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Discuss and explain the irony at the end of chapter 2. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________