Holocaust Novel "The Devil's Arithmetic" #4 (summary and signpost)

Summary:

 The Devil Arithmetic takes place in the middle of the holocaust a very dark era for our time. Hannah the main character try's to just survive in these horrible camps with the friends that she meets. In these camps there is little food, little to drink and a stressful environment day after day. It was pretty common to see the dead washed up around the camps from the very young to the elderly. In this book, the Nazi soldiers take Hannah and other Jews and mark them with number tattoo, as well as making them shave there heads. In Hannah's head, this means things can only get worse. However, Hannah is not shaken up as much as the others because she has already en-vision what will happen while in the camp. This knowledge makes Hannah a brave girl willing to help her family and friends even if it means risking her life.


Memory Moment:

During the drama with Hannah and Gitl, the author stopped from the fighting and made Gitl express herself. She started to talk about how she missed her family, even if they got into fights. She also said she heard they died years ago. I thought this was important because it showed a different side of Gitl and could possibly answer other question in the future. In conclusion this is one of those books that makes you look at things from a different perspective. I can see how a young teenage girl could relate to Hannah.