As the success of Artie's book begins to grow he experiences the stress of success. He has mixed feelings concerning guilt, remorse, and overall depression. This reminds me of the scene in "Little Shop of Horrors" where Seymour's success manifests into guilt and anxiety.
During the book, Art's girlfriend, Francoise, picks up a black hitch-hiker. Vladek becomes furious and he shows a side of himself that is heavily racist. Vladek is a Jewish man who has been persecuted for being Jewish therefor, you would think he would look to others as equals. However, this is an ironic example of intolerance today. Any man in America will tell you that the Holocaust, Slavery, and Segregation are all horrible things however, we still have major problems with racism in America. This has shown through in many cases throughout the 21st century. The most recent example was the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was arrested for the possession of a legal knife and then died a week later after police brutality and negligence sent him into cardiac arrest. The message of this post is that acknowledging that past prejudices are wrong is not enough. Racism and prejudice shouldn't be allowed to survive because 6 million Jews weren't and neither was Freddie Gray.
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