True Meaning Of Friendship
... However, it would contain a provision stating that the motive behind friendship is personal gain. We are first introduced to Vladik’s ideas about friendship in the introductory panels of Maus One, in which Vladik exclaims to his offended son, “If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week…then you could see what it is, friends!” The first two pages of Maus One introduce us to Vladik’s character, the relationship between Artie and Vladik, and Vladik’s ideas about friendship. ... The other reason behind Vladik’s remark is that he truly is passionate about the idea of friendship. ... 115) A quote that I feel sums up perfectly Vladik’s idea about friendship is found on page 125 of Maus One. ... Of course, before we so willingly accept such a cynical view of friendship we must bring into account that Vladik is Vladik because he is Vladik and because the war made him Vladik. ... Some of the stories that Vladik relates contradict his professed view of friendship. ... This, then, is why he sticks to his belief of friendship and ignores the contradictions to it. ... It is left up to the reader to choose which points they want to focus on and what view of friendship they want to believe in.