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summary over chapter 5-7

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:54:10 PST

I need a summary over chapters 5-7 in The Devil's Arithmetic

Hannah goes through her daily routine at the camp. She gets small meals...

Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:47:43 PST

Hannah goes through her daily routine at the camp. She gets small meals and looks through things stolen from prisoners, putting them into separate piles. Hannah helps the children, sneaking bread to them. During the horrors of the camp, Hannah is intimate with Rivka and Gitl. Hannah also experiences grief so great she can hardly bear it when Reuven, a girl she's befriended, is forced to go to the chamber to be killed. Members of the village...

Its called foreshadowing.I had this in my Brit Lit class.

Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:59:22 PST

Its called foreshadowing.I had this in my Brit Lit class.

Annotate chapters 4-12 of the devil's Arithmetic. PlEASE!! this is...

Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:32:01 PST

Annotate chapters 4-12 of the devil's Arithmetic. PlEASE!! this is already a late assignment!!!!!!

There are many ways to address this question. Part of the reason why...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:40:19 PST

There are many ways to address this question. Part of the reason why this is so is because Yolen's work means so many things to different people. I would suggest that you discover what you think is the meaning of the story. You could focus on the power of religion or spirituality, acknowledging and praising one's past, or the power of transformation in Hannah. There might be something else that you deem important in the work. Once...

What quote is important to the story?

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:16:36 PST

What quote is important to the story?

In my mind, the closet door is probably the most important symbol in...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:15:57 PST

In my mind, the closet door is probably the most important symbol in Yolen's work. The closet door is what Hannah must go towards to welcome Elijah during Passover Dinner. The closet door is the portal by which Hannah must enter the past and become Chaya. Given the fact that Hannah did not have much care for her heritage and ethnicity at the outset of the novel, the closet door represents a particular symbol that represents Hannah's...

"Half the shtetel" gathers outside Shmuel and Gitl's house for the trip...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:28:42 PST

"Half the shtetel" gathers outside Shmuel and Gitl's house for the trip to Viosk. Just before the journey begins, Hannah meets four girls of her own age, Rachel, Shifre, Esther, and Yente. Hannah is delighted to have found the company of other girls like herself, and entertains them as they walk through the woods behind the wagons with stories from memories of her life in New Rochelle. The girls in turn acquaint her with the characters...

What is the most important symbol in The Devil's Arithmetic?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:31:21 PST

What is the most important symbol in The Devil's Arithmetic?

Rivka is expressing the idea that each of us is a giver and a taker at...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:49:17 PST

Rivka is expressing the idea that each of us is a giver and a taker at different times in our lives. It is not good to lock ourselves in to being one or the other, because if we are always takers, we never give, and if we are always givers, we never take. Giving thanks to someone for something given is kind, but it should not be the focus of our lives. We should concentrate instead on being both givers and takers, making sure that we...

What does Rivka mean when she says this quote to Hannah in The Devil's...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:39 PST

What does Rivka mean when she says this quote to Hannah in The Devil's Arithmetic?

Who does the group meet on the way to Viosk in The Devil's Arithmetic?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:44:33 PST

Who does the group meet on the way to Viosk in The Devil's Arithmetic?

Im preatty shure Hannah said that or maybe even Aaron could of said...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:49:48 PST

Im preatty shure Hannah said that or maybe even Aaron could of said that Hope i helped ok im sorry it was not Hannah cause her parents died i think it was one of Yitzchack's Children hope i helped :)

Seeing that both characters are extension of the same, I would propose...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:33:20 PST

Seeing that both characters are extension of the same, I would propose that the dichotomy reflects different expressions of the singular person. At the start of the work, Hannah is the stereotypical teenager who is more concerned with the setting of the here and now and the superficial reality that inundates it. She is concerned with her own sense of being and assimilating to others and achieving acceptance of her peers. Only when she...

How would describe Chaya in comparison to Hannah in "The Devil's...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:39:54 PST

How would describe Chaya in comparison to Hannah in "The Devil's Arithmetic?"

how does hannah get home in the devil's arithmatic

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:50:38 PST

how does hannah get home in the devil's arithmatic

Where are the lublin people taken what did hannah tell the others...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:06:02 PST

Where are the lublin people taken what did hannah tell the others about the future why do they sound so strange

There are some distinct elements to Yolen's work that make it fantasy. ...

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:05:00 PST

There are some distinct elements to Yolen's work that make it fantasy. As noted, the time travel aspect as well as the memory loss constitute fantasy. In another sense, some might argue that the idea of being able to create a sense of moral evolution and righteousness could help to be seen as an element of fantasy. This logic suggests that Hannah's experiences help to establish a moral order into the world, which was only brought about...

What about this book makes it a fictional tale?

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:44:19 PST

What about this book makes it a fictional tale?

Yitchak is a butcher by trade, a neighbor of Shmuel and Gitl. He is a...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:34:58 PST

Yitchak is a butcher by trade, a neighbor of Shmuel and Gitl. He is a widower with two small children, and he would like to marry Gitl. During their time in the concentration camps, his children die, but Yitchak manages to escape, and joins the resistance for the remainder of the war. After the war, he emigrates to Israel, and becomes active in politics there. Chaya is Hannah's name when she is transported back in time to Poland during...