“The Chosen” by Chaim Potok illustrates the relationship between two teenage boys, Danny and Reuven, as they grow into adulthood and struggle to find a balance between conflicting parental expectations and their own desires. A prominent theme presented throughout this novel is that although one’s environment and experiences affects one’s distinct and personal identity, the individual is ultimately (ultimately, it is the individual who (is)) the one who decides his or her own identity. Chaim Potok
The Chosen Reminder Books always manage to take a person out of reality for a while. Good books may provide comfort, adventure, or knowledge for the reader. Both To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Chosen by Chaim Potok are both inspiring books to read. However, Potok’s The Chosen manages to stand out due to the fact that it allows the reader to learn more about a different religion and its culture, how to accept different opinions about certain issues, and the true meaning of friendship
Chaim Potok who wrote the book The Chosen, narrates the life of Danny Saunders through Reuven Saunders. The book describes to the reader that the two friends have differences in their culture, family situations, and religious perspectives. However, it shows that with different aspects, they were able to draw from each other in a positive way. Potok creates a friendship through Danny and Reuven, that is created with care, liability, and support for one another. The friendship that started it all
Ever since Reuven got out of the hospital, Reuven’s perspective started to change about Danny and the 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
The Chosen by Chaim Potok focuses on two boys and how they have contrasting religious beliefs and how they were raised very differently though they lived only a few blocks from each other. Throughout the novel, Danny and Reuven show how important it is to have friends. Additionally, it is very apparent that Reuven and Mr. Malter influenced Danny’s ability to learn and read about things his father did not approve of. As a result, Danny and Reuven show us how crucial it is to have a good relationship
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 Danny was raised
appealing to the readers, and Chaimn Potok uses it as a tool in his book The Chosen to draw in readers. In the novel, the lives of two fifteen year old boys, Reuven an Orthodox Jew and Danny a Hasidic Jew, clash together in a baseball game to eventually form a friendship that is torn apart by their fathers’ religious differences. Danny’s father, a strict and influential leader in his sect, insists his son follow in his footsteps and eventually keeps Reuven and Danny from meeting together. Meanwhile
beliefs, societies and our experiences. This can be seen through many texts and films, more specifically in The Chosen, “David and Jonathan”, The Quarrel, and “On Friendship”. In The Chosen the friendship between Danny and Reuven was hard to form because of their two different backgrounds and beliefs but they managed to overcome this and form a strong connection with one another. The fact that Danny grew up in a Hasidic Jewish society made it harder for him to be friends with
The Chosen: Prompt 7 The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, is refined with a relationship between two people, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, who come from very specific places. This allows for a story of true friendship and family relations. The book brings about a series of tests that question the integrity and principles of both main characters. Chaim Potok is able to isolate two different lives against the world and analyze a complex friendship. With this friendship comes differences and also certain
The Chosen was Chaim Potok’s most prolific work. Written in the 1960’s, this novel analyzes and discusses the numerous branches of Judaism through the eyes of a young man, Reuven. The book chronicles the main character, Reuven’s friend Danny’s life from a young age at yeshivas through high school, into college and to graduate school. The Chosen is a most fitting title for this work because the novel focuses on the choices that Danny and Reuven make throughout his life. Choices pertaining