Levine post 12

After finishing the first volume of Maus, there were many moments that were very powerful.  However, one that stood out to me was on pg. 111 when Tosha gives herself and the three children poison so they could die "peacefully."  This is particularly powerful because it shows just how desperate everybody was to get away from the horrors that were happening.  The fact that the situation was so bad that people would rather take their own lives than suffer through the concentration camps.  Obviously, the holocaust was a horrific event for anybody to have to learn about, but being Jewish, it made me think about what I would've done if I were in the same situation.  We also learn about how Richieu died.  We had known that he died during the Holocaust, but we never knew how he passed away.  This section of the book shows just how miserable the situation was for all the Jews.  These people definitely weren't the only ones who committed suicide as opposed to going to Auschwitz, where most of them would eventually die anyway.  I also found it interesting that there really wasn't any emotion shown in the pictures or the dialogue in this situation.  Possibly it's due to the way that Art feels about Richieu, and how he feels that his father always puts Richieu on a pedestal, so why should he feel so broken up about the death of his brother that he never knew.  Of all the moments in Maus, that showed pathos, this moment was the one that really stood out to me.