The Devil's Arithmetic And The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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The Holocaust was such a traumatic, horrible time in history, many authors want to write about it and they use wonderful techniques to make the reader feel the horror and never want to repeat this again. In the passage, Teens Against Hitler by Lauren Tarshis we learn about young men who escaped camps and help others escape and stop the Nazis. As seen in the article, Betrayed By America, by Kristin Lewis, we learn of a young boy’s story about being put in a concentration camp in America for being Korean. In the novel, The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, we learn about a boy who’s father is a head Nazi and he meets a friend inside the camp, ends up getting inside to play with his friend, and gets put in a gas chamber leaving a mystery …show more content…
One great example of this is when writers use historical fiction to explain what could have happened to someone in a past event. Both historical fiction novels, The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen and The Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne use the effect of strong relationships in their writing. Shown in The devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen we read on page 163, “She couldn’t look at her aunt anymore, that familiar, unfamiliar face.” This shows a powerful moment in the novel when Hannah, the main character comes back to the present to see her older Aunt Eva after the adventure she had with her younger self. She realizes how awful this moment was in history and how much her aunt went through and had to deal with. In the novel The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne it states on page 213, “‘You’re my best friend Shmuel’ he said, ‘My best friend for life.’” This shows the characters Bruno and Shmuel’s strong relationship for just being kids. They understand what true friendship is and appreciate each other so much even in the hardest times. These authors also use different strategies to attract the reader’s attention. In, The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen, she uses the element of time to make the reader interested. On page 91, we read, “She was from the future, somehow,” This shows how she remembers her old life in the future, but is trapped in this one not knowing why. The time difference confuses her when she knows about all that will happen, yet no one believes her. The other strategy in, The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, the setting stand out to the reader. This is shown on page 20, when he writes, “Something made him feel very odd, and unsafe.” He was living next to a concentration camp in a decent house. Right outside his window he saw people being tortured and couldn’t do anything. This shows why he is so curious
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agree that it is okay to be different, while others think the very opposite. In both historical fiction novels novels, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, and The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen, experiences this issue. The Boy in The Striped Pajamas is a novel that follows a catholic child during the holocaust time period in Out-with, Germany. In The Devil’s Arithmetic the author mainly focuses on a young girl and her jewish family when they are taken away by soldiers and sent to a concentration…

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