50+Compare+and+Contrast+Essay

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__The Devil's Arithmetic__  is both a novel and a movie. Hannah, the main character, doesn't like to remember the Holocaust when she goes to her grandparent’s house for the Seder. But when Hannah goes to open the door for the Elijah, she finds herself reliving the life of a Holocaust victim, who was in a concentration camp at the time of the Holocaust. When Hannah finally remembers what the result of the Holocaust is, she decides to take her friends place to be excecuted. Later, Hannah got transported back to the future and learns her best friend in the concentration camp, grew up to be her Aunt Eva. Lastly, __The Devil's Arithmetic__ has many similarities and differences.

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__The Devil's Arithmetic__  movie and novel both have many ideas in common. They are similar because in the movie, all of the women, men, and children were separated in the camps, and in the novel all the men and women were separated at the boxcar loading. During the movie, all of the valuables and possessions were taken from the Jews. Also during the story, rings, bags, and jewelry were taken away from the Jews. In the novel and movie Rivka, Hannah's best friend in the camp, turned out to be Hannah's Aunt Eva. While Hannah was in the camp, in the movie, Hannah said to Rivka, "Rivka, what is worse, knowing or not knowing." which was also said in the novel by Hannah in the camp. Likewise, __The Devil's Arithmetic__ novel and movie have many things and ideas in common.

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As you can see, __The Devil's Arithmetic__ novel and movie have similarities, but also have many differences. In the movie, Hannah is seventeen and doesn't have a brother, but in the novel Hannah is twelve and has a younger brother Aaron. Next, when Hannah gets transported back into the future, during the novel, she walks back into the Seder at her Aunt Eva's, but wakes up from passing out of drinking too much wine in the movie. When watching the movie, a baby was born and the Nazi's didn't want babies in the camp, so a Nazi comes in and takes the baby and mother to be gased, but when reading the novel, there isn't a baby. During the beginning of the novel, the reader finds that Gitl is Hannah's aunt, while in the movie, Gitl is Rivka's mother. In the end of the novel, Hannah is taken to Lilith's cave to be excecuted, but when watching the movie she is put into the gas chambers. Finally, __The Devil's Arithmetic__ movie and novel have a lot of differences, but they were very exciting stories.

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In conclusion, the novel and the movie have similarities and differences, but I like the novel. I enjoyed the novel better because the author's description lets me depict the story in my head. My favorite part of the novel was when Hannah finds the tattoo on Aunt Eva's arm, and discovers that she was Rivka. Also, the novel made more sense than the movie. The book went through every part of the Holocaust, including the boxcars, concentration camps, hair shorning, and tattooing. My least favorite part was when a Nazi took an injured boy and brought him to the oven. I absolutely recommend this book. I recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys history, like the Holocaust. Overall, I think __The Devil's Arithmetic__ novel is much better than the movie. 