Read the excerpt from The Number Devil. What is the number devil trying to accomplish? "By the way, the reverse is true as well"
the number OHe is trying to support Roberts understanding. devil addeed OHe is trying to make Robert wake up from his dream The reverse? What do you mean?" "Simple" said the number devil with a grin. "Just as there are infinitely large numbers, there are infinitely O He is trying to make fun of Robert's limited math knowledge O He is trying to get Robert to do something against his will small numbers. And an infinite number of infinitely small numbers." And so saying, he twirled his walking stick like a propeller in Robert's face I'm starting to teel dizzy, thought Robert. It was the same feeling he'd had on the slide. Stop" he shouted "Why so jittery, Robert?" asked the number devil. "It's perfectly harmless."
because if you look back into the story it talks about how the suffer through no shoes and hardly any magizens to read or newspapers and all they had was to listen to the radio to find ouy what is going on in the world
