Maus II

A common theme i see to be coming up in this book is the authors father being very sly and saving many people around him. First he was the only one who survived the first shipment of prisoners because he used his language skills and his sneaky skills of connecting with this Pole and his humanity. Then By Vlad getting a job as a Tinman he was able to contact his wife and keep her strong enough to not take her own  life. In the meantime he had to yell at his wife to not give up any food, but Vlad is seen giving food away many times sometimes to people he knows is going to die so there was not point to do so, this shows he really has a kind soul. Finally Vlad gets a job as a shoemaker and eventually gets his wife transfered to a new camp right next to him. The obvious theme here is that Vlad is a pure alpha male looking out for as many of his own kind as possible.