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 Don't you hate when people boss you around? So did the Jews. In the book called "The __Devil's Arithmetic", __ Hannah, a 12 year-old Jewish girl, travels from modern time to the period of the holocaust. Hannah and her realtives are sent to a scary concentration camp where there are different rules, given by different people. The three fingered lady, Nazi officers, barber, and the tattooist yelled harshly at the Jews and gave them rude replies. One person wasn't as rude. Her name was Rivka.  Rivka gave the Jews rules that would help them survive the crazy camp. The concentration camps had rules that were out of this world. Some of these were: Work or be killed and Don't talk unless spoken to. Rivka had more calm rules such as: Don't lose your bowl and hide the kids in the midden. Rivka never threatened to kill them, unlike the Nazi officers. Also, Rivka never yelled the word //shnell! //

//__Edited Version____ //  // Hope for the Jews //   Don't you hate being forced to do something you didn't want to do? So did the Jews. In the book //The Devil's Arithmetic//, Hannah, a 12 year old girl unexpectly travels from modern time to during the Holocaust. Hannah and her other ancestors are sent to a scary concentration camp, where they are given very different rules.

On the day of Fayge and Shmuel's wedding, Nazi officers arrive. One Nazi officer tells them they must go with them to be "resettled". They are sent on a boxcar for many days and many do not make it. When they first arrive, they are "greeted" by a nasty three fingered lady. She yells the word "Shnell!" at the Jews, which means faster. Then comes the barber. He tells them they must shave their heads until there is no hair left. Afterwards, we are introduced to the tattooist. He tattoos a number to every Jew's arm and says that they are no longer allowed to be called by their name, only their number.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But then the Jews run into a helpful prisoner. Her name is Rivka. She had rules too, but they were helpful ones. Help the kids into the midden, was one of them. Another one was go to Sarah for medical help. Rivka gave the depressed Jews the strongest thing in the world. Hope.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Hope may not seem like it can do much, but think harder. If the Rivka didn't give the Jews hope, they probably would have been chosen (killed). Rivka saved most of their lives. Eventually, other people followed Rivka's footsteps, like Gitl, and had hope. That's how a chain reaction forms.