The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen delivers the message of remembering much better and more aptly than the movie adaption directed by Donna Deitch, because of the relationship of the characters, the shooting scene, and the scenes and characters omitted from the movie.
The relationships of the characters in the novel increase the importance of the theme of remembering much better than the relationships of the characters in the movie. For example, in the novel, some of the prisoners in the concentration camp try to escape one night, and most end up being caught. They are publicly being shot the next day, and Jane Yolen says one of the men “[B]ent down and kissed the top of [his wife’s] head as the guns roared.” That man was named Shmuel and was Hannah’s(the main character) uncle. The importance of the death helped drive the theme …show more content…
This is wrong because when Hannah gives her life to save Rivka in the novel it is a true selfless sacrifice. It shows how the theme has been imprinted into Hannah and how she has truly changed in her nature, which marks the climax and the beginning of the end of the book. Hannah now wants to remember what happened and to honor all those who died and shows it by making the ultimate sacrifice for her friend so that she can remember. On page 159 Hannah says, “Run for your life, Rivka. Run for your future. Run. Run. Run. And remember.” Additionally, in the novel, a character named Rachel is part of a group of girls that Hannah befriends. Hannah is a little mean to Rachel but Rachel takes it all in stride and loves Hannah. However, Yolen on page 92 writes “ Is she … is she … dead?... I should have told her she was my best friend. I should have said yes.” Rachel dies early in the book and her death helps Hannah start making the first steps of turning herself around. Rachel has a
The relationships of the characters in the novel increase the importance of the theme of remembering much better than the relationships of the characters in the movie. For example, in the novel, some of the prisoners in the concentration camp try to escape one night, and most end up being caught. They are publicly being shot the next day, and Jane Yolen says one of the men “[B]ent down and kissed the top of [his wife’s] head as the guns roared.” That man was named Shmuel and was Hannah’s(the main character) uncle. The importance of the death helped drive the theme …show more content…
This is wrong because when Hannah gives her life to save Rivka in the novel it is a true selfless sacrifice. It shows how the theme has been imprinted into Hannah and how she has truly changed in her nature, which marks the climax and the beginning of the end of the book. Hannah now wants to remember what happened and to honor all those who died and shows it by making the ultimate sacrifice for her friend so that she can remember. On page 159 Hannah says, “Run for your life, Rivka. Run for your future. Run. Run. Run. And remember.” Additionally, in the novel, a character named Rachel is part of a group of girls that Hannah befriends. Hannah is a little mean to Rachel but Rachel takes it all in stride and loves Hannah. However, Yolen on page 92 writes “ Is she … is she … dead?... I should have told her she was my best friend. I should have said yes.” Rachel dies early in the book and her death helps Hannah start making the first steps of turning herself around. Rachel has a