First, Anja suffers from post pardon depression when she has her child. Through this, Anja loses her sense of self and has difficulties finding herself within her new role. Anja has to leave her home, her old life and go to a sanitarium to recover. Although Anja receives support from Vladek, Anja is marginalized through her lack of ability to control herself.
This marginalization leads to marginalization for Vladek. Vladek