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 *  Rules **

Every body has to follow rules, right? With out rules or even laws there would be a lot of chaos going on, but it depends on who's rules you decide to fallow. In the book, //The Devil's Arithmetic//, the prisoners in the concentration camp, are presented with two sets of rules. Some rules are presented by the prisoners and some by the people who run the camp. Both sets of rules help the prisoners stay alive, maintain order, and require you to know your number. And finally they both state that if the rules aren't followed, the people in the camp will get hurt or killed. In what ways do the to set of rules differ?

All different people in the camp tell the camp rules, the three fingered woman, the tattooist, the officer, and Rivka (the girls who gives out bowls). One important rule is that you must definitely obey what's said, told the three fingered lady. To stay alive you can't call attention to your self. And most importantly, the officer said, don't try to escape. The purpose of these rules is to worry prisoners and to deprive them of their freedom.

There is only one person that tells Rivka's rules and that is of coarse, Rivka. The first one that she gives is to never be afraid. Secondly, you must remember other people's numbers, and make you number part of you so you can remember your past. Rivka made these rules to help or protect the Jews.

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