37+Compare+and+Contrast+Essay

=PARAGRAPH 1= __The Devil's Arithmetic__ is a story about a girl named Hannah, that lives through the Holocaust around the time she was eleven. During the Seader in which Hannah was not fond of, she opened up the door for Elijah at her Aunt Eva's house to celebrate Passover. She travels to the past and lives through the terrifying events that happened during the Holocaust at a concentration camp. During Hannah's time at the camp, she realizes what the Holocaust really means and the importance of remembering what happened during it. When Hannah's friend Rivka was chosen to die, Hannah took her spot and placed Rivka's head rag on her own head because she was very important to Hannah, without the guards knowing. Finally, Hannah was awakened by her family and returns to the future, and realizes that her Aunt Eva was Rivka. As a result, now Hannah has fun at the Seader and talks to Aunt Eva about the concentration camp in which she was held during the war.

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There are many comparisons between the movie and the novel. The description of the camp, the Jewish prisoners, the erie setting and the German soldiers were very similar. When the camp is described as being muddy, having a thick fog at night from the ovens, and being terrifying it is shown in the movie just like it is written in the novel. In the novel and in the movie when the Jewish prisoners are lined up for viewing by the German commander the scenes are scary, sad and the scene has a feeling of being helpless. Hannah has trouble remembering a lot of things throughout her journey back in time, like pizza, her family and her life in New Rochelle. She dreads going to her family's Seader because she thinks its boring and she rather do something else. Hannah doesn't like her religion in the beginning of the story but understand it at the end of the story. Within the movie and the novel, everyone gets an everyday bowl that they have to take with them everywhere they go to survive. Also, in the novel a man shorn the hair of the Jewish people and the Jewish people are terrified. Similar to the book, the movie had Jewish children, women and men terrified of their hair getting shorn off by the German's. Overall, __The Devil's Arithmetic__ novel and __The Devil's Arithmetic__ movie are very similar in so many ways. Both gives a feeling of sadness but then an excitment after Hannah realizes what her religion is all about.

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__The Devil's Arithmetic__ movie and book have many differences between each other. Hannah meets Rivka right in the beginning of the movie. However, in the novel Hannah meets Rivka while she is giving out everyday bowls. On the other hand,in __The Devil's Arithmetic__ movie Hannah meets a young boy and he ask her on a date. None of these chapters of __The Devil's Arithmetic__ novel had anything about Hannah meeting a young boy about her age. Aaron Hannah's little brother was not in any part of the movie. In __The Devil's Arithmetic__ novel, Aaron was written about a lot and hides the afikolman. Hannah is about eleven almost twelve in the book. Different to the novel, Hannah is old enough to get a tattoo and too drive. After all, __The Devil's Arithmetic__ movie and novel have many difference such as Hannah's age, her brother, and a little boy.

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I liked the novel better than the movie because it was more interesting with a lot more details. The novel kept my interest and I felt the pain and sadness that Hannah was feeling in the pit of my stomach. I felt weak and sometimes wanted to cry but I wanted to keep reading to see if Hannah and her family would survive. My favorite part of the novel was when everyone tried to escape because it pulls you out of your chair and you didn't know what was going to happen. I wanted them to get away and become free. My least favorite part of the novel was when the little boy was hurt and couldn't run to the midden to hide from the commandment. He was taken to the smoke stack and died I just wanted to cry. Overall, I would recommend this novel to people who like history and are interested in learning about the Holocaust. This novel make you feel like your in the concentration camp and you feel what the Jewish people went through. It is my belief, that people should learn from history so that something like the Holocaust never happens again.