Journal Oct. 25

2. I chose to write about Art and the Jewish stereotypes that his father matches up with. One major Jewish stereotype is that they are penny-pinchers; they don't want to spend money. Art's father hates spending money. He also saves tons of things that he doesn't need. Even when others offer to throw the things out for him, he refuses. I think one of the major reasons why Vladek doesn't want to get rid of anything is because he had everything taken away from him during the Holocaust. I believe that it would just be natural for one to want to hold onto all of their belongings after everything that they had was taken away. The Holocaust took nearly everything that he loved away and destroyed it. It took away his belongings, his family, and his dignity. The only thing that it didn't take away was his wife. Oh wait, it did. It made her incredibly depressed to the point that she committed suicide. What reason would he have not to want to save everything after all his things were taken away from him.