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Remembering, sickness, death, pain, fear, and family are all important roles throughout the “Devil’s Arithmetic”. These words are words that went through every Jew's head daily. Being watched every move not knowing what expect in the future.

The book Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen and the movie Devil’s Arithmetic created in 1999 are both heartbreaking stories of life through the Holocaust. It all starts with a young Jewish girl and her family going to a passover meal. After dinner Hannah is transported back to the days leading to the Holocaust. She begins to feel the pain of her past family members who were sent to concentration camps during this tough time for Jews. Hannah had to take risk and put herself in danger to save other family and friends while at the camp. After Hannah is sent …show more content…

While they may have the same plot they have many smaller details that are different. In the book Hannah opens the door for Elijah to a field instead of a hall with multiple doors. In the movie Hannah just has cousins but no siblings, in the book Hannah only has a brother Aaron. Once Hannah has been transported to 1941 she meets Rivka who in the book is a friend but in the movie is her cousin. Soon after Hannah gets there she has to get ready for Schumel’s wedding, but once they get to the ceremony in the book they are taken away quickly where in the movie they get married and then are taken away. This leads to another great difference in the book they are taken away in box cars with no windows of spaces to look out of. In the movie they are riding in wagon like vehicles with a tarp over head. When they arrive at camp in the movie there are no words written on the entry fence, in the book there is a quote written largely as you drive in. Hannah loses her memory of the future after having her hair chopped off, but in the movie she still remembers stuff and mentions things every once in

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In the Devil’s Arithmetic--both the book and the movie--Hannah, a young Jewish girl, begins the story by heading off to her Seder Dinner, much to her dismay. She doesn’t care much about her past, and she doesn’t want to remember what happened to the Jews. She greets her favorite aunt, Aunt Eva, at the door, and unenthusiastically goes along with the celebration, drinking too much wine and treating everyone with disrespect. When asked to go open the door for the prophet Elijah, Hannah reluctantly gets up and opens the door. In an instance, she is transported back in time to 1942, the peak of the Holocaust.

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One major difference is that the setting is much different. In the book, they are in a garage, but in the movie, they are stopped at an unknown place. Another difference includes when the dog appears. In the book, Cujo appears right away, and starts growling, and slowly moves toward Donna. But, in the movie, when Donna is trying to unbuckle Tad's seat belt, Cujo appears out of nowhere, least expediently.

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When she is in the gas chamber she dies from the gas and wakes up in a bed in her aunt Eva’s house. The character 's are a lot alike. Hannah is a caring person in the movie and book. In the movie Hannah takes Rivka’s place to die in the gas chamber just so Rivka could live, and in the the book Hannah told stories, that she had heard before, to the people in the camp to calm them so that they weren’t as afraid.

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She willingly endures the unimaginable hardships of the concentration camp to protect her younger brother; her sacrifices exemplify the heights one can reach when putting the needs of others before their own safety. Rivka's acts of selflessness leave an indelible mark on Hannah's consciousness; as Hannah experiences the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand through a time-traveling experience, Rivka's example lingers in her mind, transforming her perspective and awakening her to the preciousness of life and the freedoms she often takes for

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Have you ever thought about a horrible period in time such as the Holocaust? The Holocaust was filled with unimaginable acts committed by the Nazis, to harm the Jews. The novel The Devil's Arithmetic; in fact, demonstrates these acts, and how the Jews dealt with them. In the novel, a girl named Hannah is at her family’s Seder during Passover. When she goes out the door of her grandparent's house, she finds herself in a house at a much earlier date.

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For example, in the book, only one person drowns Pony, but in the movie, three people drowned him. This is different because in the book Pony is being drowned at the water fountain by only one person. On the other hand in the movie Pony is getting drowned by three people instead of one like it is in the story. Another comparison between the book and the movie would be when Ponyboy goes to court and doesn’t testify in the book, but in the movie he does. These are different because in the book when Pony has to go to court for the murder of Bob he doesn’t testify in the movie when he goes to court he does testify.

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Presently, there are hundreds of books made about the events of the Holocaust. In the novel, The Devil’s Arithmetic, you can read that the author really puts elements of the theme. The overall theme of this, is how to find light in the darkness. Meaning if you are in a position of darkness and hatred, you are able to look past that and think of prosperity and freedom.

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The Devil’s Arithmetic, a novel by Jane Yolen, is very inspiring to me. It explains the feelings of not only just Hannah, but many others. It lets me know that in any situation, you can always persevere. Although this book can be sad, the sadness is powerful. It takes you to a whole new perspective of the Holocaust, not just through facts, but actually living it.

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One of the difference is that In the movie Scrooge had a dog while In the book It never mentions Scrooge having a dog, the dog appears in the movie allot and play a major role on protecting Scrooge and guarding the house in the movie the dog seems like he just trying to have some fun but when he is with Scrooge he need to be serious. But at the end when Scrooge learns his lesson, the dog was very happy and enjoying his time just like a normal dog. Another difference is that in the movie they sang while in the book the never sang, Well In a book it is very hard to show the reader your singing while in the movie it is easy to show facials expressions and singing. Another difference is that in the book Scrooge said to bob Crachit he will double his salary while in the movie he said that he will raise bob Crachit salary both have totally different meaning.

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