The Devil's Arithmetic Book Report

Over 6 million jews were killed during the holocaust! It is so inhumane how the jews were slaughtered so carelessly by the nazi’s. Even though this horrible period came to happen the survivors never want to forget. Why? They do not want to forget the horrible time and how hope spread like wildfire through the camps. How loved ones can throw away their lives to save their families. This is what Hannah did in the book and the movie. You should never forget as well. The Book’s Title is The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. The movie is titled The Devil’s Arithmetic and was made in 1999. The book starts out with Hannah not wanting to remember. She does not want to go to the family Passover. She is forced to go with her little brother Aaron. Although it was the same old Passover, but this time Hannah took part in the wine part. She drunk too much and was asked to open the door for Elijah. Then she ‘passes out’ which we do not realize till the end of the book. She goes back in time to Chaya who was taken in by Gitl and Shmuel. Shmuel was getting married and it was about time for the wedding when Yitzchak and his kids showed up early. Hannah wanders off and meets Rachel, Shifre, Esther, Yente. They get to know each other. Hannah leaves after telling stories and goes and gets dressed for the

Such as Gitl was not there at all as she was in the book. Yitzchak, Reuven, and Tziporah are all missing in the movie. Also their is Aaron, Hannah’s brother, who is not there. They were an important bunch of people that should have been included because I think they built the plot a lot better when they were there in the book. Plot was different too, important plot details in the book were left out of the movie such as different jobs in the camp. In the book there was a bunch of variety when it came to jobs such as sorting, cleaning, digging. In the movie there was only