In the novel, The Devil's Arithmetic, the author presents some very important themes. We learn from the protagonist, Hannah, and her family, that we should not be as ignorant as Hannah was. At first, she didnt understand the past events that her family had suffered through and that is why she was somewhat disrespectful toward them. However after she had been through what her family had been through by travelling into the past, she realized how frivolously she had treated her family's traditions and she began to have great respect for her family. This reveals that we should try to understand and respect our elders' religion, history and traditions so that we can learn from them and prevent horrific events from happening again. We should also be thankful that we were born in relatively a peaceful time. We should appreciate what we have now. .
We can also learn from the conflict between the Nazis and the Jews. The Nazis oppressed the Jews by putting them in concentration camps. Millions of Jews died in the camp by either disease or overwork. It was a horrible outrage! The Jews had neither freedom nor human right. They were treated like animals. For the Jews, the gas ovens and the dreadful works were their nightmares and phobia that they would never forget. We have freedom and freewill to do whatever we like to do so we should appreciate everything we have now and always remember that the horrible wars of the past actually happened. They are not just fictional events. We must learn from these events, and never let similar situations occur again. People should not cause racial hatred and oppress each other. Everyone is equal, no race is superior to others. There .
is still hope of a better future for everyone. We should never lose hope, even when we .
are in danger. This is illustrated when Gitl laughed at Chaya's rumbling stomach. Gitl .
said, " Without laughter, there is no hope. Without hope there is no life.
The book, Devil's Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen was about the Holocaust. The type of book is historical fiction. The main character is Hannah. Her name is Chaya when she travels back in time, but her original name was Hannah. She is about 13 years old and is average height and weight fir her age. ...
In his essay "The Art of Eating Spaghetti"", Russell Baker explains how a high school writing assignment changed his life (4). At first, Baker was bored by anything that had to do with his English classes. He loved to write, but he hated the compositions that he had to write in class. He described t...
Gargantua played ball or tennis, discussed the virtues, properties, the efficacy and nature of whatever was served at dinner, studied the mathematical sciences, learned arithmetic-based card tricks, singing, learned to play seven different instruments, writing, drawing, painting, sculpture, horsemanship, passed as a knight-at-arms, hunting, wrestling, swimming, botany and mountain climbing. ...