Holocaust Spiegelman Character Analysis

The capacity to survive the holocaust as a result of honing these undesirable traits makes him feel justified to maintain them even after the war. He feels that these traits were positive and desirable during his time of difficulty and as such he needs to ensure he passes them on to Art, so as to equip him with the traits necessary to make him a survivor as well (Spiegelman 73). However, in the post-war world, these traits are not desirable or positive and lead to his character being considered aggravating to those people around him. The experiences from the holocausts served to crystalize these traits and embed them further into becoming a part of him. This ingrained behaviors later become the cause of many divergent opinions between him and