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‍ Thing of some rules that you follow at home or in school? In //The Devil's Arithmetic//, a girl named Chaya has to follow Camp Rules and Rivka's rules. The rules help keep prisoners alive, maintain order, and remembering your number. The rules are different.  In the camp, a three fingered woman, a tattooist, and a soldier expect the Jews to follow the rules. One of the three fingered woman rule is to not call attention to yourself. The tattooist told Chaya to remember her number. A rule the soldier said was to work hard and you will live. The intent of the rules are there to train the Jews, make people work in hard conditions, and to terrify the prisoners.  A ten year old girl named Rivka has some rules too. Rivka told Chaya to never stand next to a Greek because they are gotten reed of fast. Read your number like it's part of you because they are good and bad. Lastly don't go into LIlth's Cave or you will die. Rivka's intent of having these rules is to help people keep their indenity, show friendship, and keep hope.   These rules will help all the prisoners to live. The camp rules are not so bad if you think about it. Chaya has knowledge of how to stay alive because of Rivka. With out these rules Chaya would die.  ‍ 