As depicted numerous times throughout the novel, Art's parallel attitudes towards his father are shown within these panels. Art himself doesn't mind spending time with his father, yet he can't stand living with him. This is because of the things his father does. In this case, his father got rid of Anja's old journals. At this point, Art gets a lot angrier than he normally does at his father's actions. He even cusses at his father and calls him a "murderer," something "even to [his] friends [he] should never yell." By specifically using the word "murderer" instead of idiot or imbecile, Art is somewhat blaming his father for the death of his mother. Also, the last panel is shaded so it looks like tears are coming out of Art's eyes. Before this, he hasn't really shown much emotion towards the death of his mother, other than the comic in the middle. This shading represents the pain that doesn't heal. The pain of losing a parent, but also the pain of the holocaust. His father even says how the books had brought back so many bad memories. This shows that while Spiegelman depicted everyone as animals to somewhat mask the true terrors of the Holocaust, these mice themselves wear masks to not only protect themselves, but to prevent them from hurting the people they love.