Still, in a novel so focused on the past, why did Spiegelman keep Mala in the story? He could have chosen not to include moments with Mala in Maus because after all, she was not a direct part of Vladek’s account of the holocaust. Yes, Vladek brings her into his story of the past through his comparison of Mala to Anja, but he if he removed her, the reader likely would not have known had he chosen not to include her. He could have chosen to discard his father’s comparisons and complaints of Mala to instead only to include conversations he had with her that directly added to Vladek’s
Still, in a novel so focused on the past, why did Spiegelman keep Mala in the story? He could have chosen not to include moments with Mala in Maus because after all, she was not a direct part of Vladek’s account of the holocaust. Yes, Vladek brings her into his story of the past through his comparison of Mala to Anja, but he if he removed her, the reader likely would not have known had he chosen not to include her. He could have chosen to discard his father’s comparisons and complaints of Mala to instead only to include conversations he had with her that directly added to Vladek’s