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Rivka Rules and Camp Rules

Rules are all over the place and sometimes you wish there are no rules. In //The Devil's Arithmetic// many rules are told to the prisoners. These rules are supposed to help the prisoners to survive. They were also to maintain boundaries. The best way to see the differences between Rivkas rules and camp rules and the camp rules is to compare and contrast them. There is a big difference between the concentration camps rules and Rivka's rules.

In //The Devil's Arithmetic// when the prisoners got to camp the the three fingered lady, tattooist, and the officer told the rules. One of the rules was to learn the word "Schnell" which means quick or quickly.Also never speak unless spoken to because you don't want to attract attention to yourself.The most important rules are to work hard, never complain and mostly never question.The last rule is that you are not a name you are a number. The purpose of these rules is to discourage confidence, and to make the Jews work harder.



Rivka is also someone who told Hannah some rules and has been there for a long time. ====One of the important rules that Rivka said was to remember everything about your bowl because for the prisoners need it so much. One of the most important rules is to keep your identity by making up sayings for each number. Also to never sit next to a greek because they don't know how to speak the language and they die quickly.==== ====The intent of Rivka's rules are to prevent bad things from happening and mostly to keep you alive ====

These rules are hard to remember, but they mean the difference between life and death for the Jews. The camp rules and Rivka's rules were both helpful. Rules are sometimes bad but in this situation they really help the Jews