Arithmetic

Jews and many other people were dehumanized throughout WWII. They were taken away from their homes abruptly, and sent to death camps. Some of the people who did survive, then spoke out about what happened to them and others. The novel The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen better delivers the message of remembering than the movie directed by Donna Deitch because of the Seder, the camps, and the transfer back to the present. The novel better conveys the message of remembering than the movie because…

“Ready or not, here I come.” The enticing story written by Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic, is very comparable and same to the movie. There are many contrast to both the Film, and the narrative, though. There are little small things in the narrative story that almost make it better, but the movie has a lot more gruesome details. They are both very good. The book The Devil’s Arithmetic was written by Jane Yolen and was published in November of 1988. The Movie was made and available on March…

have helped book characters grow stronger in their lives ever since books have been written. In The Devil’s Arithmetic, Hannah Stern gets transferred into a Holocaust Dream where she takes the life of a Jewish girl. Meanwhile, Cassie Logan is an African American girl with a fiery temper. She lived during 1887, and Cassie is from Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Hannah Stern from The Devil’s Arithmetic and Cassie Logan from Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry have similarities and differences. Cassie and…

Holocaust had a negative impact on most people who were involved. I believe the writers use diverse writing techniques to pull their writing together and create the overall theme of all people should be treated fairly and humanely. The Devil’s Arithmetic is a historical fiction novel about a Jewish girl named Hannah who got transported to the time of the Holocaust. She arrives as a girl named Chaya and has to try to survive as…

“Judaism is not a religion, it is a relationship.” In Jane Yolen’s The Devil’s Arithmetic, a girl Hannah travels to a world where she takes on the role of a girl her age named Chaya (A.K.A. her hebrew name), and she isn’t sure why. Although some people believe that throughout her time in this new world Hannah is becoming more attached to her jewish religion, she still has the same understanding as she did before. In this new world Hannah, or Chaya meets four girls, Rachel, Shifre, Yente, and…

The devil's arithmetic is a very interesting story about the deadly holocaust times. Both the book and the movie are good examples of what happened to the Jews. They help younger kids learn about it and helps the world never forget. They are some key differences and similarities that help define the story overall. The book starts off with Hannah complaining that she has to go to seder dinner with her relatives. When she gets there she tries to escape anyway she can so she goes into the kitchen.…

wrong, but you are judged because someone else who shares your culture did do something wrong? Often people develop opinions about someone when they scarcely know them. In the two books, The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson and The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen the characters show that many people are judged because of their culture. In The Day of the Pelican characters are determined by their culture. For Instance, Isuf thinks that Christians kill people. The text states, “‘Isuf…

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…

Hannah just like other kids today was shocked when she saw what really happened at those camps. A girl named Hannah doesn’t care to learn about this tragedy until she opens the door to Elijah and has to relive her relative’s experience. The Devil’s Arithmetic is about a girl named Hannah. Hannah's Aunt Eva and grandpa are jews and they were survivors from the holocaust. Hannah didn't know much about the experience and what all happened and how serious and fragile the holocaust is with her…

Both of the stories are somewhat alike and somewhat different. The movie helped you feel like you were actually there and the book helped you understand why they were there and what was happening in that timeframe. The book title is the Devil's Arithmetic and so is the movie. The movie was made on march 28, 1999 and the book was published in november of 1998. Some of the similarities in the book and the movie were some very great tragedies. For instance nearly all the villagers or most of them…