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Are Rules Important?

When you think about rules you probably think about school, right? The principles, teachers etc. give  a lot of rules in school and kids don't even follow half the rules! In the book //The Devils Arithmetic //, if the people from the book do not follow the rules they are GONE. In this book lots of rules are given; rules are given from the camp and Rivka's rules. You have to follow these rules because they both maintain orders and boundaries. The camp rules are harsh but helpful and Rivka's rules help them survive the brutal camp.

The camp rules are very strict some of this rules help the people at the concretion camps. They might also do this to torture them. These rules were given by the three fingered lady, the tattooist, and the officers. The prisoners at the camp are not allowed to talk unless they are told to talk. They are NOT allowed to ever say no. If they say no they will get in trouble they must do every command. They had to obey when the Nazi says shnell. They made these rules so they can work harder to get lots of work done. These rules would make the Jews very scared. They wanted them to stay in line, so they could not talk, so they do the right things, and to make sure they keep all their work organized. Also so they are trained well and behave. The people should have gotten more respect if they were going to work for them.

Rivka's own set of rules are very important for helping the girls survive in this camp. One rule t hat was important that she had mentioned was to remember your number. It was important because the number was now a part of their identity. The people who run the concentration camps call the people by their numbers not their names so they have to know it. Another really important one is that they should not go to the hospital there. It is not good idea to go there because most of the time they will do experiments on them and they don't return. If the prisoners go to the hospital they will think that person is to weak to work and they will not return either, however, if they need medication they can go to Sarah an she'll give them some but they cannot be caught. Rivka also mentioned that they have to the //play the game////.// All she means is to play along because she doesn't want them to get into trouble. She's just saying to go with the flow. The purpose of these rules was so they can remember their memories and so that they still have hope.  They all wanted to avoid being "//the chosen one"// and it wasn't good if they were the chosen one. Also so they can help others be safe, and that they don't hurt any other little girl or boy.. This rules are very helpful to them and without it they would not make it that long.

Just like in the book //The Devil's Arithmetic,// there are consequences for every single bad action you do. Rules like these are very important to follow since they maintain order and boundaries. This helps them what not to do and what to do, and for them to stay in the boundaries and also so they can live. <range type="comment" id="578486">Living through the Holocaust was v ery harsh and the camp rules were really bad but sometimes you have no choice and you had to follow them.