Devil's Arithmetic Movie And Book Comparison Essay
In the book and movie of the Devil’s Arithmetic, there were big differences but small similarities. As it usually goes, I think that the book was way more impressive than the movie. Furthermore there was differences in characters, plot and even the main idea some. The book and movie I am going to discuss are both called the Devil’s Arithmetic. The book was written by Jane Yohen. The movie was produced in 1999. In the book and the movie the things that happened is that Hannah doesn’t want to go to the Seder to meet her relatives. She opens up a door and is transported back into 1945. At the end of both the movie and the book, Hannah switches places with Rivkah when going to the furnace so that she can live. There are a few similarities
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In the book, Hannah had a younger brother that was not even included in the movie. As well as the quote of Hannah saying “ I’m tired of remembering” was also not in the movie. In the movie she was in a tattoo parlor instead. In the movie when Hannah is transported back into time, she ends up at her cousin Rivkah’s house. In the book she not only met Rivkah in the concentration camp but was transported into a woman’s house whose name was Gitl. Likewise in the book Hannah was called Chaya when she was transported back into time. In the movie she remained Hannah the whole time. Again in the book Hannah worked in the kitchen with Rivkah but in the movie all Hannah did was dig in the dirt. The movie and the book of the Devil’s Arithmetic there are many differences in characters, plot and even the main idea. The book was much better than the movie, which was poorly done. I like the book better because it has a lot more detail where the movie lacked characters and detail. I would recommend this book to people like my mom who find the Holocaust fascinating but terrifying. The movie was so horrible that I could have done a better job producing it than they
In the book, Hannah had a younger brother that was not even included in the movie. As well as the quote of Hannah saying “ I’m tired of remembering” was also not in the movie. In the movie she was in a tattoo parlor instead. In the movie when Hannah is transported back into time, she ends up at her cousin Rivkah’s house. In the book she not only met Rivkah in the concentration camp but was transported into a woman’s house whose name was Gitl. Likewise in the book Hannah was called Chaya when she was transported back into time. In the movie she remained Hannah the whole time. Again in the book Hannah worked in the kitchen with Rivkah but in the movie all Hannah did was dig in the dirt. The movie and the book of the Devil’s Arithmetic there are many differences in characters, plot and even the main idea. The book was much better than the movie, which was poorly done. I like the book better because it has a lot more detail where the movie lacked characters and detail. I would recommend this book to people like my mom who find the Holocaust fascinating but terrifying. The movie was so horrible that I could have done a better job producing it than they