29+Compare+and+Contrast+Essay

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The Devils Arithmetic was a novel that was turned into a movie and has many interesting events in it. The story is about how a girl named Hannah had to learn the rules to survive in the concentration camps. In the story Hannah gets sent back in time and relives the Holocaust. Eventually, Hannah comes back to the present time and talks to her aunt about how she knew her in the camps and learned how horrible the Holocaust was. =PARAGRAPH 2=

Here are some ways the novel and the movie are the same. First, as the prisoners enter the camp numbers are put on the prisoner's arms. Second, the different genders are separated and placed in different barracks. Third, there are no babies allowed in the camps. Fourth, camp prisoners had to work most of the day and sometimes even during the night. Fifth In both stories Hannah learns that her aunt is actually Rivka from the concentration camps. . =PARAGRAPH 3=

Here are some ways the novel and the movie are different. First, in the novel the number is burned onto the prisoner's arm by one person but in the movie the numbers are written by more than one person with a pen in blue ink. Second, in the movie the prisoners were seperated by gender with a wire fence and in the novel the prisoners were separated by a wall and barracks. Third, in the movie there was a baby that was born and eventually died. Fourth, in the movie instead of being shot the escaping prisoners are hung. Fifth, in the movie Hannah wakes up in bed and talks to Eva about how she knew her name of Rivka and in the novel Hannah talks to her aunt at the dinner table. Although the movie and novel are similar they have their differences.

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I preferred the movie because it was much easier to understand. I thought the novel was very confusing when Hannah was sent back in time. My favorite part of the story is when Hannah came back to the present time and went over to her aunt to talk about what she knew about the concentration camps. My least favorite part about the story was when Hannah opened the door for Elijah and was sent back in time. I disliked this part because it made everything so confusing. I would recommend this story to older more experienced readers and people who are interested in the Holocaust. When I saw the movie and read the novel I learned how horrifying the concentration camps were.