Luck is the dance of chance, while fate orchestrates our existence. “Maus” by Art Spiegelman, is about his father’s memories of the Holocaust, an endless march towards death. In “Maus'', Vladek's survival can be attributed to a combination of luck and fate as his experience during the Holocaust illustrates the unpredictable and arbitrary nature of survival in such extreme circumstances.
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
