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Chaya's Rules

What is the intent of rules in life? It's normally to keep you safe, healthy, or alive. In the book //The Devil's Arithmetic //, Chaya, the protagonist , is fa ced with many rules at a a concentration camp . Chaya follows the rules day and night.   She meets a new friend, Rivka, who tells her rules she needs to stay alive. She also gets rules from the camp. Chaya must remember all of these important rules or her life could be taken from her!

Some of the camp rules are to move quickly, don't speak unless spoken to, and don't ask questions. The commander tells the Jews these rules. These rules are to keep them well enough to work at the camp. The group is also given some rules by another prisoner who is to keep them in line. The camp's intent there is to discipline the prisoners. The camp rules are hard to follow because they are not written down. Rivka delivers camp rules too. She tells the Jews to memorize their bowl and don't misplace it.

Rivka doesn't only give camp rules. She has made a list of rules herself to help stay alive and healthy. Here is a few of Rivka's rules: you must listen, this rule helps them survive. Don't go to the hospital, the intent is if you go to the hospital the Nazis consider you dead because you can't work. You must let people go, this means if someone gives up on life even if they are close you must let them go or you probably won't survive.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><range type="comment" id="966436">The camp's rules and Rivka's rules are similar in ways. But they are also different. The camp rules are made to keep discipline but also to confuse the prisoners a little. Rivka's rules are made to keep you safe and alive.All rules are different and all rules have their similarities too. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">