Comparative Analysis: The Book Versus The Movie

What did you enjoy better? The movie or the book? They were both different in many ways, but they were also the same in many ways. First, in the movie, some of the characters were missing such as Gitl, Tzipporah, Rueven, Yitzchak, Fayge, Rachel, Yente, and Rosemary(Hannah's friend). Also Cousin wolf and grandpa Will. The reason for this is because the movie isn’t trying to match up with the book, but to illustrate how harsh the Holocaust was and ,in addition to how inhumane the Jews were treated in the concentration camps. Also, without all of these characters, it makes it easier to get the point across. Another thing was that Hannah was old enough to drive and get a tattoo and was an only child in the movie. However, in the book, Hannah was 13 and had a younger brother named Aaron. Finally, in the book, there is no seder in the women's barracks. But in the movie, in order to make Rivka feel better after her mother's death Hannah does a seder

A lot of the scenes in the movie where different and a lot of scenes weren’t included. Such as the

Hannah initially demonstrates an apathy toward her own heritage. She has no interest in going to the Passover Seder dinner and sees it as something to be endured rather than to be celebrated. Prior to the dinner she spends time at her friend Rosemary's house, where she eats a meal ahead of time. Rosemary is not Jewish and Yolen implies that Hannah actively avoids anyone of a similar background to her own. The Passover Seder is a ritual designed to commemorate the past and those who have come before. Hannah has little interest in its origins or relevance in the present. It is not until she is torn from her own family and transported to a dark period in history that Hannah comes to appreciate her heritage. She is alive because of decisions and sacrifices that were made by others well before her own birth. If these sacrifices had not been made, she might never have