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A blokova is a prisoner in a concentration camp who acts as an overseer to the other prisoners. Like many blokovas, the one Hannah encounters is not Jewish and looks down on the Jewish prisoners as beneath her. The blokova has already lost two of her fingers to the Nazis as punishment because she failed to keep the Jewish prisoners in line, and over the course of the novel, she loses a third finger.
The Blokova Quotes in The Devil’s Arithmetic
The The Devil’s Arithmetic quotes below are all either spoken by The Blokova or refer to The Blokova. 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 11
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“You are zugangi, newcomers, the lowest of the low,” the tall, dark-haired woman said to them as they huddled in the stark barracks room. She was in a blue dress with green piping and the short sleeves displayed a long number tattooed on her arm.
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Chapter 12
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“When the man finished the number, he reached out and touched the collar of her dress, smoothing it down gently. “Live,” he whispered. “For my Chaya. For all our Chayas. Live. And remember.”
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The Blokova Quotes in The Devil’s Arithmetic
The The Devil’s Arithmetic quotes below are all either spoken by The Blokova or refer to The Blokova. 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 11
Quotes
“You are zugangi, newcomers, the lowest of the low,” the tall, dark-haired woman said to them as they huddled in the stark barracks room. She was in a blue dress with green piping and the short sleeves displayed a long number tattooed on her arm.
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Chapter 12
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“When the man finished the number, he reached out and touched the collar of her dress, smoothing it down gently. “Live,” he whispered. “For my Chaya. For all our Chayas. Live. And remember.”
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