The Devil’s Arithmetic is a story that takes place during the Holocaust. It is about suffering, tragedy, but additionally about hope and perseverance. In this story, Hannah/Chaya is the main character. It is about her life before she is transported to Poland 1942 and also during while she is there. It talks about life in the camps, after Hannah/Chaya has woken up from her delirium. Both a movie and book have been made of this tale, but they do not exactly mean the same. To begin with, The Devil’s Arithmetic was written by Jane Yolen and published in 1988. It is her original work in what she tried to commemorate to others. Furthermore, a movie by the same title, The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Donna Deitch, which was released on March 28, 1999.
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In both the main characters were forced to be slavish to the sardonic Germans. Then, the profound amount of Jews were exasperated by the Nazis efforts to break them. The lead protagonist was called by different names, but she was still the same person living the same story. She told insightful stories all of her friends and bunkmates in the hope that she may lift their spirits and cheer them up a little bit. Another character that stays the same is Rivka, who is the one that Hannah/Chaya risks her life for. Rivka has been Hannah’s actual aunt in both the book and the movie. In both Hannah/Chaya learns that her forte is, on the contrary, remembering. In addition, the plot is also strongly similar in being elaborate. Both mediums include a girl protagonist who is at a Passover Seder, but is transported into Poland next during WW2. It is telling of her journey in the camps and with the hundreds of people she sees comingㅡand leaving. The devil’s arithmetic, they call it. Not only was the plot the same, but also the themes. The several themes include the suffering of the innocent, inhumanity of man against man, and prejudice against your own species. Not to mention the extreme pain of exhaustion and the fatigue of work and caring for ravenous children. Likewise, there is also the feeling of fear looming around every corner. These similarities are only a few of several, since they were, after all, trying to convey …show more content…
Differences such as name changes, character add-ins, and even minor plot changes. In the movie Hannah, as they called her, is much older. She is a bit troublesome and stubborn. In the book Chaya, as the girls in the village called her, was only 12, and much less stubborn than her alter ego. In the movie, Rivka has been Hannah’s cousin since the beginning. The book entails that Chaya met Rivka while staying at the camp. Rivka took on the role of telling Chaya all of the tricks to staying alive and in assisting the children. Moreover, another difference is how Hannah was digging out rocks in the movie, but in the book she was allocated to serve soup, carry water, and transport milk. There was also a complete other aspect that was included in the movie that was not in the book. That was how Hannah acquired a love interest, Ariel, and watched him die after trying to escape. In the book, there was no speak of a boy named Ariel. In like manner, the plot is also a tiny bit different in the sense of certain people having certain dialogues that were not quite mentioned, etc. In the movie, the plot was centered around Hannah and her cousin Rivka. In the book, it was centered around Chaya, her friends Rachel, Shifre, Yente (Cossack), Ester, and a little bit about the girl they meet there, Rivka. The rest of the differences were not substantial enough to inspire an immense difference in the plot of the central
In both the main characters were forced to be slavish to the sardonic Germans. Then, the profound amount of Jews were exasperated by the Nazis efforts to break them. The lead protagonist was called by different names, but she was still the same person living the same story. She told insightful stories all of her friends and bunkmates in the hope that she may lift their spirits and cheer them up a little bit. Another character that stays the same is Rivka, who is the one that Hannah/Chaya risks her life for. Rivka has been Hannah’s actual aunt in both the book and the movie. In both Hannah/Chaya learns that her forte is, on the contrary, remembering. In addition, the plot is also strongly similar in being elaborate. Both mediums include a girl protagonist who is at a Passover Seder, but is transported into Poland next during WW2. It is telling of her journey in the camps and with the hundreds of people she sees comingㅡand leaving. The devil’s arithmetic, they call it. Not only was the plot the same, but also the themes. The several themes include the suffering of the innocent, inhumanity of man against man, and prejudice against your own species. Not to mention the extreme pain of exhaustion and the fatigue of work and caring for ravenous children. Likewise, there is also the feeling of fear looming around every corner. These similarities are only a few of several, since they were, after all, trying to convey …show more content…
Differences such as name changes, character add-ins, and even minor plot changes. In the movie Hannah, as they called her, is much older. She is a bit troublesome and stubborn. In the book Chaya, as the girls in the village called her, was only 12, and much less stubborn than her alter ego. In the movie, Rivka has been Hannah’s cousin since the beginning. The book entails that Chaya met Rivka while staying at the camp. Rivka took on the role of telling Chaya all of the tricks to staying alive and in assisting the children. Moreover, another difference is how Hannah was digging out rocks in the movie, but in the book she was allocated to serve soup, carry water, and transport milk. There was also a complete other aspect that was included in the movie that was not in the book. That was how Hannah acquired a love interest, Ariel, and watched him die after trying to escape. In the book, there was no speak of a boy named Ariel. In like manner, the plot is also a tiny bit different in the sense of certain people having certain dialogues that were not quite mentioned, etc. In the movie, the plot was centered around Hannah and her cousin Rivka. In the book, it was centered around Chaya, her friends Rachel, Shifre, Yente (Cossack), Ester, and a little bit about the girl they meet there, Rivka. The rest of the differences were not substantial enough to inspire an immense difference in the plot of the central