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The characters who are shaded are those who have suffered.  Because some are unaware to what is going on(shaded) and others realize(white). It shows you how it really was from a different perspective.  He uses a graphic novel to not make it as depressing as the story really is. It might influence the readers to actually research the real Holocaust. " to go, it was not good, but not to go it was also not good." was remembered because that is such a hard decision to make. You know someone is talking because of the bubbles.

If there were no visuals here i would picture the scenes to be much more graphic. The affect would be having the reader think back to what they know or heard about the Holocaust and picture that instead of cartoon characters. These images make it easy to read and understand because it draws the readers attention away from. The images purpose to help the reader focus on the writing.  He sets the tone by letting you know that people have been affected, yet others don't know what is happening. The layers of meaning  I see here are how the author uses cartoons to draw the readers attention away from their thoughts.