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//Rules //

What rules are you expected to follow in your everyday life? Perhaps you're told no smoking, no standing on the bus, or no diving in the low end of the pool. In //The Devils Arithmetic,// there rules mad by the camp and Rivka. In both rules, it helps the prisoners to stay alive and maintain order. With two rules there are two different outcomes.

The camp rules are made by the Nazis. The rules are tolled by the three fingered woman, the commandant, the tattooer and Rivka. You will never talk unless you're spoken to. You will go fast when you hear the word schnell. And eat when you're given food, so you can stay alive. The intent of the rules is to have a reason to disciplined them, to dehumanize them, and scare or confuse them.

Rivka said camp rules to the zugangi, she also has her own rules. Never stand next to Greeks because the don't understand German. Go to Sarah, J11177, for medical issued. Don't ask why. The intent of her rules is to keep them safe, to help remember their identity, and to organize what they need.

How you choose what rules to follow is up to you.Personally, I would follow both rules, so I would have a chance of survival. I rather follow the rules than be chosen.