Maus

    Spiegelman uses excessive realism relative to the rest of his works to show the real-life implications the Holocaust has on the families of survivors. He also uses Vladek’s right eye to show how his present is falling apart. Compared to the rest of the comic pages 100-103 are drawn in a very different style. The characters are humanoid and the drawing style is much more detailed with a focus on straight lines, like the concentration camp uniforms. In this comic, we see how Artie felt when his mother committed suicide. This realistic drawing style shows how he was affected as a child and how real the loss of his mother was for him.

    On page 101 there are four panels showing Vledek’s right eye crying as he finds out his wife committed suicide. While his left eye represents what the past has taken from him his right eye represents the part of him in the present. By showing his right eye crying, the reader sees how his present emotions haven't changed his views on his past experiences. The tears drawn on page 101 also fall like blood instead of tears. The tear falls as a long thread instead of individual drops as normal tears would. It shows how this is the point that Vladek starts bleeding his history at a faster rate. After page 103, Vladek goes through many more flashbacks of this time in the concentration camps as he bleeds his history at a faster rate.