Art is writing a book about his father Vladek's story of surviving Auschwitz in order to understand his father and the pressures he faced. As he writes, Art feels immense pressure to finish the story, as if he is a prisoner to the book. He envisions himself in Auschwitz experiencing the same fears and threats his father endured from SS agents, showing how his father's experiences have influenced him deeply.

1. Explanation: The story that Vladek told him
stuck in his mind. That is one of the Description:The
reasons he is writing about it. This backround
backround symbolizes what Art is thinking. clearly shows
The pressure of finishing the story. By that Art is not in
remembering Auschwitz, and the fear his his New York
father always had, he feels that way. The apartment. It
pressure that his father got from the s.s. looks like he is
agents is rubbing off on him. The pressure in Auschwitz.
makes him feel like he was a prisoner to his
book.
Expand: I think this relates to the
whole book because Art is a jerk
because of it. The pressure of
finishing his story makes him feel
like he is a prisoner. No one is
happy when they are prisoners.