order to truly rise to the culmination of his facility. Therefore, utilizing and stimulating the mind in study proves the brightness of a man, for by deciphering the different puzzles of life, he has made theory into reality. In Chaim Potok’s masterful narrative, The Chosen, he contemplates the genius of man through three different individuals, perspectives, and personalities: the remarkable yet restless mind of Danny, the cold intellect of Reb Saunders, and the astuteness of Reuven. In each character
Chaim Potok’s character, Reuven, from The Chosen, is forced to confront, and change his preconceptions about Hasidic Jews. Reuven had formed his own reality about Hasidic Jews that did not match up with who they actually are. Reuven’s perception of Hasidic Jews changes because of his relationship with Danny Saunders. As Reuven is laying in bed after Danny hit him in the eye with a baseball, Reuven is visited by Danny himself. The first time that Danny visits Reuven, their meeting ended with Reuven
surroundings around him. The Chosen written by Chaim Potok, began in the early 1940’s, with a softball game between two Jewish parochial schools, on Jewish section of Brooklyn, New York. Each of the two softball teams represents a different kind of Jewish sect. Danny Saunders represents a Hasidic Sect that led by Reb Saunders, while Reuven Malter, the opposing teams, are composed of Modern Orthodox Jews. Reuven was the son of David Malter, who was a yeshiva professor. In The Chosen, Chaim Potok uses symbolism
One can see many different themes of friendship throughout Chaim Potoks book, The Chosen. For example, Reuven and Danny have a ‘classic friendship,’ while Reuven has a silent friendship with his father. Furthermore, Reuven has a father-son friendship with his dad at first, but later it changes into a ‘friend-friend’ friendship, where they are no longer in the classic state, in which the father guides and teaches the son; but that they guide each other. Three different types of friendship display
What makes the perfect parent? Countless magazines and websites strive to answer the question but often possess differing opinions on what techniques and parenting styles will foster the ideal child. In Chaim Potok’s novel, The Chosen, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders grow up in polar opposite households. While both practice Judaism, their separate sects often highlight differences in their respective upbringings. Literature mimics real life and while reading, I found myself comparing the boys’ friendship
In Chaim Potok’s The Chosen, Danny Saunders is a Hasidic Jew with an amazing mind, who lives with his tzaddik father, Rebbe Isaac Saunders, and all of his followers. Rebbe Saunders never speaks to Danny except when discussing Talmud in order to force Danny to be compassionate. Danny does not understand why his father does this, and is in constant torment because of it. In the neighborhood where he lives there is an expressed tension between the different sects of Judaism, of which Hasidism is thought
two”-the Talmud. When Danny and Reuven we’re friends they had each other to talk to and then in college they had nobody, In the book “The Chosen” by Chaim Potok, It talks about how silence can bring to sides together and hurt and help you. Silence is hard for Danny and Reuven. Because of the silence, Danny wasn’t able to properly communicate.in “the chosen” by Chaim Potok it Reuven’s father says, “Reb Saunders son is a terribly lonely boy. There is literally no one he could talk to.”(110). The way
Friends are beloved characters in peoples’ lives. Filling spare time, friends are people to talk to during both pleasant and trying circumstances. In Chaim Potok’s renowned novel The Chosen, Danny and Reuven share such a friendship. Both boys strive to assist and comfort each other even in problematic, slightly tense situations. Exhibiting his care for Danny, Reuven relates to him what he must hear, rather than what he wishes to hear, and Danny mentions first the friendship emerging between them
In Chaim Potok’s “The Chosen”, Reb Saunders knowingly raises his son through emotional detachment in the form of his own silence towards Danny. Reb Saunders methods, although rather neglectful and harsh, serve Danny successful in the grand scheme of his own intellectual success and his tzaddik soul. Reb Saunders reflects on his own childhood and states “My father himself never talked to me, except when we studied together. He taught me with silence. He taught me to look into myself, to find my own
one has no choice but to be friends with someone else, but that does not need to be a bad thing. For example, nobody really has the choice but to love their family and have a certain level of friendship between themselves. Throughout Chaim Potok’s novel, The Chosen, many different friendships develop and grow. Reuven Malter often displays one factor of the two person relationships in these friendships. Potok put Reuven through many challenges and situations throughout the story that caused him to