Art Spiegelman, Rebelious Writer
Art Spiegelman: Rebellious Writer
A vintage style passenger train, rolling down a snow-speckled mountainside opens the sequence on page 258. The full width of the page is used, and from the caption we learn that this is the (surprisingly posh) train that Vladek took from Dachau to Switzerland, when he was released from the camp. The angle of the train tracks mimics the angle of the road in the next frame; by using similar perspectives, it's easier to notice the transition from Vladek's past and Art's more recent past. Art, Vladek and Anja travel in a white car down a black road surrounded by leafy bushes. The bird's eye view gives the effect of eavesdropping on the passengers as Art asks about the French man Vladek had told him about just a few pages earlier. Vladek responds vaguely here, but when Vladek mentions, "I can't remember even his name, but in Paris he is livingÂ… For years we exchanged letters in the English I taught to him," (258) the perspective shifts to a tight......
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