The Devils Arithmetic
Going Back In Time
Setting
The setting takes place in Hannah's grandmother's house while celebrating a jewish holiday called the Passover Seder.
Characters
Hannah Stern
A Jewish teen girl transported back in time to 1942 in Auschwitz Poland, struggling to survive the harsh conditions. She never liked her religion and now is starting to see the reason for the holidays and the religion. Her name she is known by when she goes back in time is Chaya Abramowics.
Rivka
Hannah's best friend. She helps her while in the camp with her. Also Hannah's cousin. She is resourceful and very nice to the newcomers. Very brave.
Shmuel Abromowics
Hannah's ( chaya's ) uncle in 1942 Poland. He leads an escape attempt from the camp and things don't go so good.
Plot
Hannah Stern, a teen, who is bored of her relatives stories about there past isn't excited to celebrate a Passover Seder ( which is a Jewish holiday ). She is tired of her religion and thinks it is a waste of her time celebrating a holiday she cares nothing about. Hannah opens the door for the prophet Elijah during the celebration and is transported back in time to 1942 in the camp Auschwitz located in Poland during World War ll. In the time of the holocaust.
Conflict
Hannah struggles to survive in the camps with all the diseases and work. She is having a hard time adjusting to these conditions and understanding what these people went through. She also has a hard time figuring out how to gain back her consciousness. Hannah is having an internal conflict because now she realizes the true meaning of the holidays they celebrate and her religion. The people around her are also being affected. Which makes them have an external conflict.
Auschwitz: Drone video of Nazi concentration camp
Explain it to me: Passover