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Devil’s Arithmetic

The Devil's Arithmetic is a story of a young girl who is begins as a girl who doesn’t realize how great she’s got it until that changes. The story and the movie were both great examples of the Holocaust giving you a vivid picture of what life was like during that time. Although the book had may have had more description the movie gives you an personal clear picture what it was like.
The story gives a more broad image about the Holocaust. Showing you that you may have been going on with your day and everything thing turns downward in an instant. The movie shows more about the concentration camps and what life is like inside the fence. Including the work that was forced upon them, the punishments that were received for escaping, what happens if you can not handle the camp, etc. They both also express the fear factor of what people feel in the camps. Considering people constantly feared the thought of losing their family and friends. The book is known as Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen and the
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They all had felt the same emotions including fear, sadness, suffering, and just felt like they were worth nothing to anybody. The plot had was nearly the same although Shmuel wasn’t introduced until the wedding which instead of marrying Fayge(which wasn’t in the movie) he got married to someone else on accident. The plot was also the same mostly because when the tried to escape they failed, when Hannah went to die for Rivka, and the brutal treatment they were given with very little food. In also the book and the movie they gave the same kinda theme because the Holocaust is something you shouldn’t joke about. They both made you cringe to some parts because that what actually happened. Therefore they want you to understand that the horrors during this time and also the feelings going through people's

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