10+Compare+and+Contrast+Essay

=PARAGRAPH 1= "The Devil’s Arithmetic" is a movie and novel about a present daygirl named Hannah that is sent back to the past during the Holocaust. In the beginning, Hannah is at a Seder and opens the door for the prophet Elijah. While opening the door she is sent to the past. During the middle, she is living with her Aunt Gitl/ Aunt Mina and they are relocated to a concentration camp. She is horrified of the things going on in the concentration camp, like seeing poor people getting killed and so on. She was as scared as sheep are scared of a wolf. Towards the end, Hannah realizes that the guards are about to take Rivka to get gassed because she is sick. So Hannah decides to take Rivka's place and get gassed, but she is sent back to her present life. This is what happened in the movie and novel of "The Devil's Arithmetic".

=PARAGRAPH 2= There were many similarities between the movie and the novel "The Devil's Arithmetic". In the movie Hannah went to a Seder as she did in the novel. At the Seder Hannah talked to some of her family members. Another comparison is that Hannah was shorn of her hair in the concentration camp. They were shorn of their hair so that they wouldn't spread lice. So they all looked like little bald men. Hannah was transported to the past in the novel and in the movie. Hannah was chosen to open the apartment door for the profit Elijah and welcome him in. As in the movie and novel they were gassed. In conclusion you can see the mirror between the novel and the movie.

=PARAGRAPH 3= The book was filled with some differences. The main difference was that everyone was older. Hannah was old enough to drive and to even get a tattoo. One very big difference is that in the book Rivka was a friend of Chaya's that she met in the concentration camp, but in the movie Rivka was Hannah's cousin. A main part of "The Devil's Arithmetic" was that we saw and heard what happened if you tried to sneak away. In the novel you were shot if you tried to sneak away. After that we found out that in the movie you were hung if you tried to sneak away from the camp. In the movie Leah and Shmuel got married, but in the novel they didn't have enough time. So now you see that there were some differences in "The Devil's Arithmetic". = = =PARAGRAPH 4= In class we watched the movie "The Devil's Arithmetic" and we read the book. I think the movie is better than the novel. My favorite part about the novel was that I learned things that I never knew about the Holocaust like how they were relocated by boxcars because I learned something new by just reading. I also learned that many people died on their way to the concentration camps. They died because they weren't getting hydrated enough and they got sick. My least favorite part about the novel was that Hannah didn't respect her religion so she had to find out the hard way. I would definitely recommend this novel to people who like adventure and history because you can see how some people feel about the Holocaust and the author used parts of real stories. So I enjoyed this book and hope to find other novels like it!