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    Could you picture six million people dying for no reason. Dying because they were sick and could not work. Dying because they were too young or because the parent wouldn’t let the child die so they got killed with them. It seems kind of ridiculous but this happened to the jews during World War II. The book The Devil’s Arithmetic and the movie The Devil’s Arithmetic explained how awful the camps were and how bad the nazis treated the jews. They book and the movie were alike in some parts, but they are way different overall. The book The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen explained to me how bad the jews got treated during WWII. The book had way more detail than the movie The Devil’s Arithmetic(which came out March 33, 1999). The overall story…

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    An Analysis of the Plot in The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Hannah, the main character in the novel The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen, wants nothing to do with her heritage, until a sudden transformation shows her the importance of history, and the importance of family. In the novel, Hannah is transported back in time to the Holocaust in an unknown concentration camp, where she forgets her modern knowledge and lives the life of a girl from that time named Chaya, which is her Hebrew name…

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    Although, when I read Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr for the first time at the age of 22, I learned that children’s books contain useful lesson for life. The ideologies that become implicit in Owl moon when analyzed are the following: We come to the understanding that the story takes place in the country side by focusing in the…

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    brother and sister shmuel and rivka. She was talking of the future and they of course did not believe her. And they were about to leave for his wedding to his fiancé fayge. When they got to the synagogue, nazi trucks came over and Hannah tried to warn everyone but they all believe that they were just going to be resettled to another part Poland during the war. But instead they are being taken to knelt th worst places on the entire earth at the time. Were most of them will die and other will see…

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    Literature unites everything that I find exhilarating about life, most of my free time is 2 taken up with reading and creating my own stories which I share with friends and family. To 3 me, Literature and the written word are humankind's greatest accomplishment, which is why I am 4 determined to devote my life to its study. I am not content with simply reading a text, as I 5 have a hunger to learn everything I can about what I read - how it was written; why it was 6…

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    Movies and books have been around for many, many years, and books go back to the start of time. Some people have taken a famous book and made into a picture show, or as we know it today, a movie. However movies can only be so long. Producers have to take away and add stories from the book to fit it in about 2 hours. Many of the movies keep the main story line, but sometimes producers of the show really switch it up. The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen, was written about a Jewish girl who is…

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    Suzy was an American girl who is blind to what was happening in the other countries. Leah is a german- born jew refugee who had escaped the tragedy that is the Holocaust. The literature that we are reading is a pair of diaries written by the girls. The reading is put together by Jane Yolen. The diaries show each of the girl's perspective. Suzy is a young girl who is curious about the lives of the refugees. She feels as though the children are aliens. There is one girl that seems to stand out…

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    Leah and Suzy Leah and Suzy have been through what you might think a rough patch in their relationship, but for them, it was an event that changed their life forever. The story “Suzy and Leah” by Jane Yolen are chronological diary entries from two girls. The character Leah doesn’t find Suzy very appealing, as where Suzy is just trying to be kind and helpful towards Leah. Therefore, it appears that Leah doesn’t appreciate Suzy’s acts of kindness, but little does Suzy know what really happened to…

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    ¨Suzy and Leah¨ by Jane Yolen Within the story of ¨Suzy and Leah¨ by Jane Yolen, it talks about two young ladies, Suzy and Leah, one born in the U.S. and one who was a German-born Jew who was a refugee. Both of which, when they first saw each other, had no idea they would change eachotherś life in the future. Both would help each other out and have similar feelings. Within this I will be telling you about Suzy, the American, got along with Leah along with their problems with each other On…

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    Disturbing phrases are added into the pleasant fairytale. As the fairytale of Briar Rose progresses, Becca’s journey also progresses as she unravels the truth behind Gemma’s past. She learns about the events in Sleeping Beauty as it becomes more apparent to her. The two stories intertwine to give us a sense of suspense and climax as both develop a clearer picture for its readers. We can see that Yolen has used an allegory where a text is represented symbolically. Becca’s journey is only…

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