This scene in Maus page was so loaded; it shows an innocence and childlikeness that Art becomes when he is overwhelmed by these huge questions non-mouse people are asking him which he frankly doesn't care about; all he cares about is sharing his story and getting it out of his system. He's trying to make sense of this story and all he wants is his mom; he's trying to understand what his parents went through and overwhelmed by having to express adequately what they went through, but also is dealing with his own problems. He never really coped with his mother's death and is still trying to understand why that happened. It's ironic that the reporter says "You'll make your father proud" as a source of stand-up on this page because there is so much going on, questions flying everywhere and Art is guilty for sharing his father's life story with the whole world. It represents a floating thought in the back of Art's head growing up; the responsibility he had to hold his father together which didn't allow him to be a child in that situation; not allowed to grieve his mother's death. They all are wearing masks and it kind of gives a separation between them all; they're each playing a part in this life and come from different backgrounds, it gives an image that they're all trying to just get by in life figure out who they are... what their own story is. Also, he is so focused on his mother's side of her Holocaust story throughout the whole book and feels connected to her, while he just complains about his dad most of the time. It's like he blamed his dad for her death in a way or uses him as an outlet for misplaced blame; in Art's eyes, his dad could be a living representation of the Holocaust. In this page, he's again focused on his mother, "I just want my mommy"...

Also - it plainly shows how sometimes we all just have tantrum breakdowns now and again.

This book is so raw and intricate; it's like peering into Art's mind and tapping into his emotions like he did creating them. This page really showed me how human he was; it's funny that he has a mouse mask on because he couldn't be more human actually. It showed me how he felt, and I could relate to that in a way. It connected me to him and brought the comic to life even more so.