@mydubiousfacts#luawl I loved the rooster coop metaphor because rooster's are aggressive with one another. Rooster's in a coop together will often peck each other apart, which connects powerfully with the way Adiga portrays the drivers.
@king_renee50564@little_red_hen3#luawl until she's trying to get into college, then she tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth (Satrapi 284)
#luawl Satrapi out here validating our memes on novels full of death, war, and violence: "We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable once that limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it" (266).
@egrundi123#luawl I love this line because if identity is communal and other people's perceptions help to define us, then when we lose a person's perception of us in our life, we lose a part of ourselves too, and a part of our own identity dies.
#luawl 100/10 advice from Marji's Grandma: "In life, you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's because they're stupid" (150).
@amandaghall#luawl That part made me so sad because Mr. Spiegelman was apologetically trying to tell his son why he was so concerned with saving everything, and in the moment, his son was... not very understanding
@mydubiousfacts#luawl I also loved that the story itself was told in Vladek's choppy English--very postcolonial of Art to tell his father's story in his father's voice
#luawl Maus contains many instances of unexpected goodbyes, illustrating the importance of cherishing people while they are with you: "We watched until they disappeared from our eyes...it was the last time ever we saw them; but that we couldn't know" (110).
@amandaghall#luawl OR! When Kip finally realizes his European indoctrination: "I grew up with traditions from my country, but later, more often, from your country" (283).