Firstly, Vladek’s survival in “Maus” embodies the dance of luck and fate during the Holocaust. His journey through the nightmare of Nazi-occupied Europe is teeming with situations where chance dictates life and death. For example, the time when Vladek narrowly avoided a surprise Gestapo raid in chapter six. He mentions that he happened to be hiding in the cellar
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