Devils Arithmetic

The Devils Arithmetic, written by Jane Yolen, is a Contemporary Age novel. The main character of the book is a 12-year-old Jewish girl named Hanna. Who is really embarrassed by her family’s heritage and traditions.
The first literary device I am going to defend is the plot. The book first takes place during Passover. Hanna wonders why she is forced to spend every Jewish holiday with her relatives, listening to her family’s history and remembering everything that happened to her grandparents in the death camps. On the night of Passover Hanna is chosen by her family to open the door for the spirit Elijah to come in. However, instead of seeing a long windowless hall with green dark numbers leading into other apartments, there was a greening...