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Fayge is the woman who marries Shmuel near the beginning of the novel. She has calloused hands, indicating how she is accustomed to hard work. When Shmuel and some others begin plotting an escape attempt, Fayge has already lost hope and refuses to join the plan. Later, when Shmuel is in front of the firing squad, Fayge joins him so that she is shot too.
Fayge Quotes in The Devil’s Arithmetic
The The Devil’s Arithmetic quotes below are all either spoken by Fayge or refer to Fayge. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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“But if there is no Old Rochelle, how can there be a New?” Shmuel mused out loud. “Perhaps there is a Rochelle all alone, though the child does not know it.”
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Chapter 7
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Pretty girl, with faraway eyes,
Why do you look with such surprise?
How did you get to be so wise,
Old girl in young-girl disguise.
Chapter 18
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When it was silent at last, the commandant threw the shoes on top of Fayge’s body. “Let them all go up the stack,” he said. “Call the Kommandos. Schnell!”
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Fayge Quotes in The Devil’s Arithmetic
The The Devil’s Arithmetic quotes below are all either spoken by Fayge or refer to Fayge. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5
Quotes
“But if there is no Old Rochelle, how can there be a New?” Shmuel mused out loud. “Perhaps there is a Rochelle all alone, though the child does not know it.”
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Chapter 7
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Pretty girl, with faraway eyes,
Why do you look with such surprise?
How did you get to be so wise,
Old girl in young-girl disguise.
Chapter 18
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When it was silent at last, the commandant threw the shoes on top of Fayge’s body. “Let them all go up the stack,” he said. “Call the Kommandos. Schnell!”
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