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Camp Rules vs. Rivka's Rules

 Do you ever get tired of following rules? In life there are rules. Being a European Jew in the early 1900's was really hard, and became even deadly during the Holocaust. NOTE In the book //The Devil's Arithmetic//, the Nazis and a Jewish prisoner named Rivka both have thoughts on the rules that should be followed. Both sets of rules explain how the Jews can stay alive. Both sets help maintain order and boundaries. They each have an order in ways to do things. The Jews had many rules to follow. NOTE

 In the camp, the officer, the tattooist, Rivka, and the three-fingered woman told the rules to the Jews. There were rules for the Jews and one of them were to work hard, or die. This was told as the Nazi's had many plans for them. Another rule was to deprive identity. This was told by the officer. The Jews were told to remember a tattooed number and forget there number. This was told by the tattooist. Also they were told not to question what was asked of them, or they would regret it. This was told by the Nazi's. The intent of the rules is to make the Jews terrified. They wanted to deprive <range type="comment" id="73790">them of <range type="comment" id="882399">there culture too, so they would have to follow theirs. Another intent of the rules that the Nazis had for the Jews, was to deprive them of hope and make them forget their past. That way they wouldn't know anything more about their culture. Lastly, the Nazis wanted the prisoneres to be healthy so they would work harder.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> Rivka, a ten-year old Jewish prisoner, knows all about the Nazis and what <range type="comment" id="50200">mysterious things are going to happen to the Jews as she has been in the camp for at least two years. In addition to the camp rules, Rivka has rules too, such as to <range type="comment" id="738139">remember the tattooed number in some sort of way, so they wouldn't get in trouble if the Nazis asked them. Another rule was to know when to fight if something really serious happened, and don't attract attention to yourself as the Nazis would find something wrong with you and most likely punish you. Also the Jews were told not to stand next to someone with a G in their number, because that means Greek and this could lead to some serious problems. The intent of Rivka's rules was to keep the Jews safe from danger and to keep them alive. Also she wanted the Jews to have hope, so they might have a chance to survive.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Just like we have to follow rules in our everyday lives from our parents, teachers, and older people, the Jews have to follow rules in //T//// he Devil's Arithmetic //. <range type="comment" id="601286">Some are similar and others are different, but the rules both have an intent to why there should be rules. Rules are to be followed to be safe, like Rivka told, and sometimes told to do something which is not good, like the camp told the Jews. <range type="comment" id="235475">Rules are told to be followed and they should not be disobeyed.

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