the devils arithmetic

The Devil 's Arithmetic An Thematic Analysis The Devil 's Arithmetic An Thematic Analysis The Devil 's Arithmetic is a film filled with themes of the importance and necessity of memory , love , and redemption . Hannah , the protagonist of the film initially is very irritated when her grandparents speak of the war and the Nazi party . She does not , at the onset , believe that there is an importance in remembering the history of the atrocities of the Jewish people during the Holocaust . Through a supernatural twist of fate , however , Hannah learns of

the importance of remembering history through her being forced to live it . These events , too , teach her how to love both herself and her culture and through these acts of love and learning she is redeemed . Although , she is a young girl , this redemption is important as her grandparents are quite elderly and she can understand them and love them for the short time she has left with them . Therefore , the themes of the importance of memory , love , and redemption will be explored here

When Hannah goes back in time , she is part of a new family , who become bombarded by the Nazi party and subjected to their cruelty . Hannah befriends her cousin , Rivka and is taught by her how to hold her held up high , despite the atrocities around them . Hannah wants to fight , but Rivka tells her that she is being heroic just by living everyday and loving herself , no matter how much the Nazis hate her...