In fact, Chaya is forced In fact, Chaya is forced into a concentration camp and witnesses many atrocities before she sacrifices herself for her friend. Hannah is annoyed, at best, with her Jewish heritage and many of the customs associated with it. The reader finds this out during the Seder meal of Passover at the beginning of the book. Chaya, however, finds pride in her Jewish heritage and allows it to inspire her bravery.
The similarities of the two characters are, perhaps, more important than the differences. Hannah and Chaya are both Jewish. They both are forced to board the train. Twelve-year-old Hannah is transported back in time to Nazi Germany, where she meets younger versions of her family members.
She lost the other two fingers when prisoners attempted to escape or rioted. There are more Nazi officers than there are Jews. There are more Jews than there are Nazi officers. Hannah has learnt how the Holocaust still impacts on her today and why it is so important to go through the same rituals every year to remember the horrific loss of life.
She understands more about her roots and heritage, and will never be the same again. In Isreal, Chaya is Hannah. So the answer to your question is that Hannah, the American, has turned into Chaya, the Isreali. They are the same person having a different experience. Shmuel is getting married, but of course he is not getting married to his sister. Consider the following quote, that clearly tells us, and Hannah, whom Shmuel is going to marry.
Shmuel is a nine-year-old Jewish boy who has been imprisoned in Out-With Auschwitz Camp along with his grandfather, father, and brother. Shmuel currently lives with his brother, Josef, and his Papa in a hut at Auschwitz.
Chapter 12 describes how they are treated when they get there. Hannah and the others from the village have been stuffed into boxcars. The doors open and many people are dead, including a baby. Gitl is one of the few to survive, eventually moving to Israel and starting a charity to help Holocaust survivors reunite with family members.
The butcher who is hoping to marry Gitl, though she has no interest in him. Obviously interested in her, he bends to any of her wishes, hoping to please her. He is the only prisoner who manages to escape during a breakout attempt and joins a resistance movement to fight the Nazis.
He eventually moves to Israel and becomes a politician, joining the Knesset, the Israeli Senate. Hannah's father's sister and Hannah's favorite aunt. Hannah learns that she is named after Aunt Eva's dead friend, Chaya. Aunt Eva has a quiet sadness about her. Hannah initially pities her for never having married, though Hannah acknowledges her beauty. It is finally revealed that Aunt Eva and Rivka are the same person.
A girl about Chaya's age who tells Hannah she will be her best friend. Rachel perishes before reaching the camp, resulting in Hannah's great guilt and sorrow. One of the four girls Hannah as Chaya meets before Shmuel's wedding.
She perishes in the camp. She is nicknamed "the Cossack". Fayge's father and a Rabbi. He acts as a spiritual and community leader when the villagers are rounded up by the Nazis.
He implores the villagers not to resist but to place their faith in God. He meets his death in the camp when he is chosen for execution. A young girl, about ten years old, whom Hannah meets in the concentration camp. Rivka hands out bowls to the newcomers. She is resourceful and intelligent, quickly discerning how she may improve her chances of surviving day to day.
Though younger than Hannah, she takes Hannah under her wing and shows her the ways of the camp. Hannah repays this kindness by sacrificing herself to save Rivka.
The girl whose life Hannah enters to experience the horrors of the Holocaust. She learns that Chaya is a relative from her past.
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