Do movies based on books portray the same details? The Devil's Arithmetic was published in November 1988, and the movie was released almost 11 years later, in March 1999. Both are about a girl named Hannah who gets transported back in time to the year 1942. The book and movie versions of The Devil's Arithmetic are based on the same events, however, there are countless differences between the two. In the beginning of both the book and the movie, the protagonist is Hannah Stern. She lives in New Rochelle, New York, and is reluctant to go to the first Passover Seder. Once she is at the Seder, she gets drunk. When she is asked to open the door for Eliahu HaNavi, she is teleported back in time to 1942. There, she meets her family of that time,
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In the book, she is 13 years old, but in the movie she is looks to be about 18 years old. Another major difference is that when she is transported back in time in the movie, she meets her family members - her cousin Rivka and her aunt Mina. However, in the book, Rivka is Hannah's friend from the Nazi work camp, and her aunt's name is Gitl. The fact that in the movie, Rivka is Hannah's cousin, alters their relationship substantially in the '40s and the present. In the book, the midden, or trash pile, is one of the first things that Hannah learns about when at the camp. The movie does not show the midden, where the children hide from the Nazis. When Hannah initially gets to the camp, Rivka explains what her number means to her, and when Hannah comes back to the present, she tells her Aunt Eva what Rivka told her in the …show more content…
Like many other movies derived from books, there are numerous differences. The book has many people who aren't named in the movie, and the movie shows scenes that the book does not. The book described the Abramowiczs as a fairly poor family in a small shtetl, but in the movie it shows a wealthy family in a big village. There are also many similarities between the book and the movie. Both the book and movie contain the same main ideas in the plot, and have more or less the same storyline. Even though movies based on books generally contain the same ideas, they don't always have the same details and sometimes don't even have the same
In the book, she is 13 years old, but in the movie she is looks to be about 18 years old. Another major difference is that when she is transported back in time in the movie, she meets her family members - her cousin Rivka and her aunt Mina. However, in the book, Rivka is Hannah's friend from the Nazi work camp, and her aunt's name is Gitl. The fact that in the movie, Rivka is Hannah's cousin, alters their relationship substantially in the '40s and the present. In the book, the midden, or trash pile, is one of the first things that Hannah learns about when at the camp. The movie does not show the midden, where the children hide from the Nazis. When Hannah initially gets to the camp, Rivka explains what her number means to her, and when Hannah comes back to the present, she tells her Aunt Eva what Rivka told her in the …show more content…
Like many other movies derived from books, there are numerous differences. The book has many people who aren't named in the movie, and the movie shows scenes that the book does not. The book described the Abramowiczs as a fairly poor family in a small shtetl, but in the movie it shows a wealthy family in a big village. There are also many similarities between the book and the movie. Both the book and movie contain the same main ideas in the plot, and have more or less the same storyline. Even though movies based on books generally contain the same ideas, they don't always have the same details and sometimes don't even have the same