A Comparison Of Salt To The Sea And Devil's Arithmetic

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The in books Salt to the Sea and Devil’s Arithmetic there is tension. In the books Salt to the Sea, there are four main characters who Go on a journey to safety. There are heartbreak, death, and pains shown through these teams as War rages all around them. In the book, Devil's Arithmetic the main characters sent the past trying to survive the concentration camp after undergoing horrible losses. the books salt to the sea in Devil's Arithmetic both have a pension from tragedy and urgency.

in the book salt to the Sea and Devil's Arithmetic tension is built similarly by urgency and tragedy. in the book salt to the Sea page 132, it says” slowly curled and disappeared beneath the ice.” This quote is a wonderful example of tension built by

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