Confused out of her mind, wondering where she was, still remembering her old life. Hannah or who is now Chaya is lost physically and mentally. In “The Devil’s Arithmetic” by Jane Yolen a girl named Hannah is transported into the past. Her whole life shifts. In awareness to her looks, name and family transformation, Hannah who is now Chaya is starting to settle into her new home and getting to learn more about her new parents and extended family. Although some people think that Chaya changes her appreciation for her jewish traits and religion in her unfamiliar life, text evidence states differently.
Throughout chapters 1-8 in “The Devil’s Arithmetic” by Jane Yolen, Hannah shows signs of anxiety in her new life as Chaya. In the event of the
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Not in Hannahs situation. Rosemary, Hannah’s best friend wasn't here due to the teleportation. Throughout Hannah's new strange life, she has accumulated 3 new friends, but she will not consider them her best friends. They were all jewish because in this year they were not allowed to have peers with different rituals. Hannah was not fond of this at all. Due to her religion she was restricted. “As a matter of fact, she's catholic…, As if it matters!..., My father will not let me talk to a goy.” Because Hannah is not used to the rules from this time, she is starting to get annoyed that her and a human being can not be friends based on their religion. Hannah believes everyone is equal and they deserve the right to be friends with everyone. “Hannah almost laughed aloud remembering what Rosemary had asked at her first—and only—holiday visit: "Why do they wear those beanies?" Hannah and Rosemary were such good friends. When she met her new friends she even left the best friend spot open because she has some hope that she would see her again. Their different religions would never separate them. Since Hannah is restricted from her religion hannah still looks at her religion the same way she did before,