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Out of all her older relatives, Hannah finds Grandpa Will the strangest, because he occasionally has fits where he seems to think he’s back in the past. From an early age, Hannah is both fascinated and scared by the tattoo Grandpa Will has from his time in a concentration camp. Grandpa Will symbolizes how the past and present intersect, and over the course of the story, Hannah gains a better understanding of why he is the way he is.
Grandpa Will Quotes in The Devil’s Arithmetic
The The Devil’s Arithmetic quotes below are all either spoken by Grandpa Will or refer to Grandpa Will. 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 1
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There was a lipstick stain where Aunt Eva had kissed her on the forehead. She ran some water and tried to scrub it off, feeling guilty because Aunt Eva was her favorite aunt, the only one who preferred her over Aaron. Hannah was even named after some friend of Aunt Eva’s. Some dead friend.
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Chapter 2
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“Give them this!” Grandpa Will shouted at the TV, holding up his left arm to the set. The sleeve of his shirt was rolled up above the elbow.
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Chapter 6
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Photographs of Grandma’s family but none of Grandpa Will’s, because, Aunt Eva had once explained, no photographs had been saved in the death camps. “We are our own photos. Those pictures are engraved only in our memories. When we are gone, they are gone.”
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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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Then all three of them took deep, ragged breaths and walked in through the door into endless night.
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Grandpa Will Quotes in The Devil’s Arithmetic
The The Devil’s Arithmetic quotes below are all either spoken by Grandpa Will or refer to Grandpa Will. 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 1
Quotes
There was a lipstick stain where Aunt Eva had kissed her on the forehead. She ran some water and tried to scrub it off, feeling guilty because Aunt Eva was her favorite aunt, the only one who preferred her over Aaron. Hannah was even named after some friend of Aunt Eva’s. Some dead friend.
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Chapter 2
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“Give them this!” Grandpa Will shouted at the TV, holding up his left arm to the set. The sleeve of his shirt was rolled up above the elbow.
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Chapter 6
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Photographs of Grandma’s family but none of Grandpa Will’s, because, Aunt Eva had once explained, no photographs had been saved in the death camps. “We are our own photos. Those pictures are engraved only in our memories. When we are gone, they are gone.”
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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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Then all three of them took deep, ragged breaths and walked in through the door into endless night.
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