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The Devil's Arithmetic is a 1988 [[Historical Fiction]] novel by [[Jane Yolen]] about a teenaged Jewish girl named Hannah, who is transported through time to a 1942 Polish concentration camp. Hannah goes from being disrespectful of Jewish beliefs to realizing the importance of remembering after seeing the horrors of the time. |
''[[The Devil's Arithmetic]]'' is a 1988 [[Historical Fiction]] novel by [[Jane Yolen]] about a teenaged Jewish girl named Hannah, who is transported through time to a 1942 Polish concentration camp. Hannah goes from being disrespectful of Jewish beliefs to realizing the importance of remembering after seeing the horrors of the time. |
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It was made into an [[Anvilicious]] movie starring Kirsten Dunst in 1999. |
It was made into an [[Anvilicious]] movie starring Kirsten Dunst in 1999. |
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==== Tropes used by the novel: ==== |
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* [[Adult Fear]] |
* [[Adult Fear]] |
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* [[As the Good Book Says...]] |
* [[As the Good Book Says...]] |
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* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Hannah when telling the men about the failed escape attempt. |
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Hannah when telling the men about the failed escape attempt. |
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Subverted with Hannah knowing the outcome about the escape attempt. |
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Subverted with Hannah knowing the outcome about the escape attempt. {{spoiler|The men don't listen to her and end up getting hanged}}. |
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* [[Complete Monster]]: Commandant Breuer. |
* [[Complete Monster]]: Commandant Breuer. |
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* [[Composite Character]]: In the film, Rivka becomes Hannah's cousin and replaces the relatives she meets when she first journeys to the past. |
* [[Composite Character]]: In the film, Rivka becomes Hannah's cousin and replaces the relatives she meets when she first journeys to the past. |
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* [[Fan Disservice]]: Twice. First when the women are ordered to strip to their underwear when they enter the camp. Secondly when |
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Twice. First when the women are ordered to strip to their underwear when they enter the camp. Secondly when {{spoiler|they are about to be gassed}}. |
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* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Gitl does this several times to Chaya. |
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Gitl does this several times to Chaya. |
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* [[Grandfather Clause]] |
* [[Grandfather Clause]] |
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* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]] |
* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]] |
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* [[Identity Amnesia]]: While Hannah's hair is being cut off, she realizes she can't remember her old life at all, and eventually just believes Hannah never existed. |
* [[Identity Amnesia]]: While Hannah's hair is being cut off, she realizes she can't remember her old life at all, and eventually just believes Hannah never existed. |
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* [[Infant Immortality]]: |
* [[Infant Immortality]]: {{spoiler|Averted completely. The Rabbi's young children are killed early on and 11-year-old Sarah is gassed at the end}}. |
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* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Not explicitly stated but left in with a bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]]. When Hannah is speaking to her Aunt Eva she remarks "the way you speak, I will never get over it |
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Not explicitly stated but left in with a bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]]. When Hannah is speaking to her Aunt Eva she remarks "the way you speak, I will never get over it." Rivka says the same thing in the past once which makes sense {{spoiler|since they're the same person}}. |
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** Also about the photo "someday I will make you a copy |
** Also about the photo "someday I will make you a copy." |
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: As the quotes says above, Chaya means 'life |
* [[Meaningful Name]]: As the quotes says above, Chaya means 'life'. {{spoiler|Ironically, she gives her life so her future relative can live.}} |
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* [[Shot At Dawn]] |
* [[Shot At Dawn]] |
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* [[Tear Jerker]] |
* [[Tear Jerker]] |
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* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: [[Truth in Television]] as all the Jews have their hair shorn when they enter the camp. In the book Hannah remarks she has trouble telling the other women apart. |
* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: [[Truth in Television]] as all the Jews have their hair shorn when they enter the camp. In the book Hannah remarks she has trouble telling the other women apart. |
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* [[War Is Hell]] |
* [[War Is Hell]] |
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* [[World War II]] |
* [[World War II]] |
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* [[You Are Number Six]] |
* [[You Are Number Six]] |
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[[Category:Historical Fiction Literature]] |
[[Category:Historical Fiction Literature]] |
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[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] |
[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 1 May 2017
The Devil's Arithmetic is a 1988 Historical Fiction novel by Jane Yolen about a teenaged Jewish girl named Hannah, who is transported through time to a 1942 Polish concentration camp. Hannah goes from being disrespectful of Jewish beliefs to realizing the importance of remembering after seeing the horrors of the time.
"You are a name, not a number. Never forget that name, whatever they tell you here. You will always be Chaya -- life -- to me." |
It was made into an Anvilicious movie starring Kirsten Dunst in 1999.
Tropes used in The Devil's Arithmetic include:
- Adult Fear
- As the Good Book Says...
- Cassandra Truth: Hannah when telling the men about the failed escape attempt.
- Chekhov's Gun: Subverted with Hannah knowing the outcome about the escape attempt. The men don't listen to her and end up getting hanged.
- Complete Monster: Commandant Breuer.
- Composite Character: In the film, Rivka becomes Hannah's cousin and replaces the relatives she meets when she first journeys to the past.
- Fan Disservice: Twice. First when the women are ordered to strip to their underwear when they enter the camp. Secondly when they are about to be gassed.
- Faux Symbolism: At the start of the film, Hannah is about to get a tattoo but is stopped because she is late for dinner.
- Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Gitl does this several times to Chaya.
- Grandfather Clause
- Heroic Sacrifice: Chaya who Hannah has been reincarnated as saves Rivka this way.
- High Octane Nightmare Fuel
- Identity Amnesia: While Hannah's hair is being cut off, she realizes she can't remember her old life at all, and eventually just believes Hannah never existed.
- Infant Immortality: Averted completely. The Rabbi's young children are killed early on and 11-year-old Sarah is gassed at the end.
- Meaningful Echo: Not explicitly stated but left in with a bit of Fridge Brilliance. When Hannah is speaking to her Aunt Eva she remarks "the way you speak, I will never get over it." Rivka says the same thing in the past once which makes sense since they're the same person.
- Also about the photo "someday I will make you a copy."
- Meaningful Name: As the quotes says above, Chaya means 'life'. Ironically, she gives her life so her future relative can live.
- Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped: The point of the book and the movie, to introduce young teenagers to the the Holocaust.
- Shot At Dawn
- Tear Jerker
- Together in Death
- Trauma-Induced Amnesia
- Traumatic Haircut: Truth in Television as all the Jews have their hair shorn when they enter the camp. In the book Hannah remarks she has trouble telling the other women apart.
- War Is Hell
- World War II
- You Are Number Six