40+Compare+and+Contrast+Essay

=PARAGRAPH 1= The Devil's Arithmetic is both a very exciting novel and a very interesting movie. Hannah has been transported into the past where she finds herself in the time of the Holocaust. She is taken to a concentration camp by the Nazi soldiers where she must survive and remember so she will be able to warn the others that are taken to the camp with her to save them too. When her friend Rivka is chosen by the Nazis to be killed, Hannah takes her place and dies for her so the future will stay the way it was when she left. When Hannah walks through the door of the oven/gas chamber, she is transported back to the present time and the way she thinks of her relatives is changed forever because of her experience in the past. In other words, the main ideas of both stories are the same; however, there are also many differences between the two. =PARAGRAPH 2= The main idea of both the novel and the movie are the same. First, Hannah still has her same name, Hannah. Second, Rivka is friends with Hannah in both. Third, during the wedding, the Jewish villagers are resettled. In addition, they are brought to a concentration camp on trains. Furthermore, when they got there, they were given new clothes and shoes that they were to wear and all of their jewelry and other valuable items were taken. Also, their hair was shorn to prevent lice and they were given tattoos of their new names they would now be called by. Next, men and women were separated in two different sides of the camp so the only contact the two genders had with each other was a the sorting shed where items taken from new Jews coming to the camp were sorted into different piles. Lastly, a plan was made to escape from the camp but sadly they were caught and killed. Finally, Hannah saved Rivka from dying. She is sent into "Lilith's Cave" where she will die. In conclusion, as you can see, there are many similarities between the novel and movie, but there are differences too. =PARAGRAPH 3= A lot of details between the novel and the movie are different. The novel has some more details then the movie. First, in the novel, Hannah is around thirteen. Also, Aaron is Hannah's younger brother. Next, Hannah met Rivka and they would soon become her best friend and much later, her aunt. Then, the midden is where the young children and babies hide when the commandant comes so they won't be taken to "Lilith's Cave." Finally, no one mentions Passover at the camp. Details from the novel are not put in the movie but others are added in place of them. First, in the movie, Hannah is about to get a tattoo and she can drive because she is much older, around eighteen years old. Also, Hannah was an only child. Next, when Hannah meets her future aunt, they are in the house they live in and they are cousins. Then, absolutely no children are allowed in the camp so there is no reason to have a midden for them to hide in. Finally, all of the women have their own secret Passover in the camp. Without a doubt, the novel and the movie are different and since they are different, everyone has their own opinion about each one. =PARAGRAPH 4= I think the novel is better then the movie. It provides more vivid descriptions the way the author explains things and has more details that let me depict my own picture in my head of what everything looks like. My favorite part of the novel was when everyone first got to the camp and they were given showers, new clothes and shoes, their hair was shorn, and they were given tattoos of their numbers that would now become their new names. I liked this part because it was descriptive because the look of the room, people, and everything else is described thoroughly and it is very emotional too. When Hannah and her family drove to the Seder in the present time, was my least favorite part of the novel. This part was not my favorite because I thought it was uninteresting and not very descriptive. Yes, I would recommend reading this book because it was very interesting and exciting. Once I read one chapter, I wanted to keep reading because I wanted to know what would happen next. I would recommend this book to people who are interested in historic fiction and also like to immerse themselves in an amazing story. All in all, I thought this book was phenomenal and it interested me and I'm sure it will excite you too.