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1. What does the book's subtitle, "My Father Bleeds History," suggest to you, especially the word "bleeds" in Maus

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"My Father Bleeds History," is a powerful phrase that suggests that Vladek's experience in the Holocaust caused him to "bleed" it. Vladek went through the experience that most people learn in history books. Thus, instead of the mind containing the information, Vladek bleeds it as his body carries on the experiences with which he endured. The phrase "bleeds" can be taken as a metaphor in a way, but he really did bleed through history.

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