5+Compare+and+Contrast+Essay

=PARAGRAPH 1= The Devil’s Arithmetic is a movie and a book about a girl who lives a normal life as an inhabitant of New Rochelle, and then experiences the terrors of the Holocaust. Starting at the beginning of the story, Hannah is at her Seder dinner. When she is requested to open the door for Elijah, she is transported to the time of the Holocaust. At the middle, Hannah must be taught how to survive in a truly abominable Concentration camp. Near the end of the story, Hannah is starting to recall her past better, and she wanted Rivka to take her place. So Hannah, along Shifre and Esther went to the gas ovens. When they kind of went along this storyline, the movie and novel had some significant differences and similarities between them. =PARAGRAPH 2= Moreover, there are a lot of similarities, but a few of them are important and some aren’t. For instance, Hannah didn’t want to go to the Seder in both. Likewise, in the novel and movie they each had Rivka. In the meantime, Shmuel was going to get married. Like these similarities, Hannah in both the movie and novel had been deprived of her hair. In addition, Hannah switched places with Rivka when they were looking for who would be chosen. In conclusion, these are five of many similarities between the novel and movie. =PARAGRAPH 3= Nevertheless, there are quite a few differences between the novel and movie also. For example, she was much older in the movie than she was in the novel. In fact, she was so much older, that she could drive a car. Although Hannah’s name was still the same when she got transported to the past in the movie, her name became recognized as Chaya in the novel. Even though Rivka was Hannah’s sister in the movie, she didn’t have one in the novel. As opposed to Yitzchak being in the story with his children, Yitzack wasn’t there in the movie. Specifically, he didn’t even have anyone that was supposed to resemble. Finally, one more difference between the two stories is that the Nazis didn’t manipulate the gas ovens instead they used pellets. Without a doubt, you can tell that there are huge differences between the novel and the movie. =PARAGRAPH 4= The Devil’s Arithmetic novel is better in my opinion. I think it is better because the movie is missing quite a few things that were in the novel, like about part of the beginning. Another reason is that the novel is longer and has more events, such as the events of the midden. My last reason is that the movie is missing some of the characters or the names and events aren’t right. I like the way Yolen formulated the book in the novel. Like how Rivka was Hannah’s daughter in the past. I would recommend this book/movie to people who are studying the Holocaust. I would also recommend it to people who want to know how it was like for people in those difficult times. These are the reasons why I prefer The Devil’s Arithmetic book.