Wednesday, May 9, 2012

What are the six jobs assigned to the prisoners in The Devil's Arithmetic?

 They were assigned jobs that basically kept the
concentration camp functioning.


1. Some cleaned the
barracks, the guards' houses, the hospital, and the
kitchen.


2. Some cut and hauled wood for the
stoves.


3. Some built more barracks for the newcomers and
more privies or toilets.


4. Most of the workeers were used
in the sorting sheds.


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"....stacking the clothing and suitcases
and possessions stolen from the prisoners, dividing them into piles to be sent back to
Germany." (pg
125)



5. Hannah,
Rivka, and Shifre worked in the kitchen.


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"...hauling water in large buckets from
the pump, spooning out the meager meals, washing the giant cauldrons in which the soup
cooked, scrubbing the walls and floors." (pg
125)



6. When the
four girls are stopped by the Nazi soldier at the end of the book and three of them are
"chosen" by him to complete the load to Lilith's Cave, Rachel was at the pump because
she was getting water for the women in the sewing shop. So, there was a sewing shop
also.

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