blog#3

     Hans Hubermann is a very interesting and well rounded individual. Even though he is claimed to be a background type of person, one who blends in the environment he is very talented as well. Hans was taught to play the piano and performed in local pubs for extra money in the winter. The biggest thing about Hans Hubermann is that he is a very kind and loving person. He has a good head on his shoulders and does the right thing. For example he teaches Liesel to read, which is Hans's foster daughter. He also comforts her and calms her down for example when she pees in the bed and she's scared because she doesn't want Rosa to find out, but Hans calms her down and keeps it a secret from Rosa to protect her.
      One of the big conflicts Hans faces is that he is very anti Nazi, and he catches major heat for this in his life. It ends up costing him his son who is very pro Nazi, his friends, and is drafted into the Wehrmacht army in order to protect his livelihood and his family. He is very much against war as well as the Nazi regime, but must endure it for the sake of his family. As a result of his beliefs his own son thinks he's very much a traitor. I think his perspectives are very right and I commend him on his beliefs because they are the right ones. I think Hans is simply doing the right thing, and even though he join the army it was for the safety of his family. I commend him on that also because it is a very bold and noble decision that had to be made for the sake of his family. I like Hans because he make good decisions, he's a loving person, and he strives to be the good good guy.
    

Prisoner on the Hell Planet (the comic within the comic)

       As I read Prisoner on the Hell Planet I couldn't help but to compare the story of the comic to Artie's life and the impact it had on his father Vladek as well. Artie used the same names of his family in his comic, which made his father cry when he finally read it. It also shows how Artie's mom was on pills and wanted to kill herself in real life as well as in his comic strip. Although, in the comic Artie says his mother was the reason he was in the state mental hospital, he never really explains why or the reasons he was put in there in the first place. In the comic Artie wrote I seemed everyone blamed Artie for her death just the because he was upset with her saying she was the reason he was in the state mental hospital. You can only wonder if that was the real reason she killed herself.
        In the story Prisoner on the Hell Planet I think visually the story depicts a more sinister world of depression, misery, shame, guilt, and sadness that is brought out more in the images and not the words. For example when the doctor tells Artie that his mother was dead and that she committed suicide, the images were horrible depicting this event. The images show the doctor with a big evil and sinister smile, kind of like he's happy to deliver this news. I think when we put both the words and the pictures together we learn more of how serious the events were, how Artie's dad loved and couldn't make it without his wife. It really captures and gives us a sense of how sad and depressing the story is. I also think it kind of makes you feel the emotions that are going on in the story as well.