Angel 25
11-30-09
The 166 paged novel The Devil’s Arithmetic, written by Jane Yolen, is about a young girl trying to escape from a time she been mysteriously “transported” in, while getting out of a concentration camp. The characters include: Hannah, Hannah’s mother and father, Aaron (little brother), Aunt Eva, Aunt Rose, Grandpa Will, Gitl (past mother), Shmuel (past father), Yitzchak, Fayge, Esther, Shifre, Yette, and Rachel. During Passover, Hannah opened the door for the prophet Elijah (part of the tradition in that holiday) and got “transported” to the past and soon kidnapped by a concentration camp. When her friends get into grave danger, she escapes from the guard with them and then got “transported” back to her own home with more knowledge on the Holocaust. An important setting for the story would be 1942.
1942 was the most important setting in The Devil’s Arithmetic. One major reason was that Hannah wouldn’t have known how bad it was for her relatives and other people at a camp. Another big reason would be that, if Hannah never came to 1942, she would have never understood the reason of talking or remembering about the past, and would keep complaining about it. She would also have never met any of the friends she met at 1942. 1942 was a setting that was needed in the story.
11-30-09
The 166 paged novel The Devil’s Arithmetic, written by Jane Yolen, is about a young girl trying to escape from a time she been mysteriously “transported” in, while getting out of a concentration camp. The characters include: Hannah, Hannah’s mother and father, Aaron (little brother), Aunt Eva, Aunt Rose, Grandpa Will, Gitl (past mother), Shmuel (past father), Yitzchak, Fayge, Esther, Shifre, Yette, and Rachel. During Passover, Hannah opened the door for the prophet Elijah (part of the tradition in that holiday) and got “transported” to the past and soon kidnapped by a concentration camp. When her friends get into grave danger, she escapes from the guard with them and then got “transported” back to her own home with more knowledge on the Holocaust. An important setting for the story would be 1942.
1942 was the most important setting in The Devil’s Arithmetic. One major reason was that Hannah wouldn’t have known how bad it was for her relatives and other people at a camp. Another big reason would be that, if Hannah never came to 1942, she would have never understood the reason of talking or remembering about the past, and would keep complaining about it. She would also have never met any of the friends she met at 1942. 1942 was a setting that was needed in the story.
