Faith In Chaim Potok Reuven's The Chosen

So, what does a person think when he sees a Jew? Does he only look at his long curls or his weird hat? Does he wonder if he showers or not? Are they nice or just shrewd and prideful? Well Reuven from the book The Chosen by Chaim Potok, a Jew in the 1900’s, displays distinct characteristics that would surprise most people. For example, he stands for others when they need him, he even remains caring to those who have offended him. Reuven displays many characteristics that many people wish they had. In book The Chosen by Chaim Potok, Reuven displays amazing character traits such as unstoppable determination, unconditional kindness, and the ability to listen.

During Reuven's recovery at the hospital, he develops a cherished relationship with a cheerful young boy named Billy Merrit. Though he has suffered the loss of both his eyesight and his mother in an auto accident, Billy overcomes the tragedies that have plagued his life and continually lavishes his compassion on others. Recognizing Billy's loneliness, Reuven affectionately befriends him. Reuven and Billy's mutual loving sympathy certainly makes a crucial

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” (Hebrews 11: 1, 6). God’s presence is everywhere and our faith connects us to him. Faith allows expansion of our belief from the natural to the supernatural. Faith is knowing that despite all the odds stacked against one, God will provide. Losing everything due to illness and facing the prospects of being homeless, this writer knew that God would not abandon her. The reward for my faith were blessings beyond my imagination or

What is faith and does it really work? People rely on faith for things hoped for, but have not yet received. Faith is commonly associated with religion. Faith is embracing the unknown. Faith gives people hope and courage. People encourage others with faith. People get on bending knee and pray with faith. Faith can be someone’s first name. Faith gives help through hard times. Faith is not tangible. Faith is in people’s heart. Faith is hoping for a better world. Faith is touching someone’s heart. Faith is a promise for a better tomorrow. Faith is difficult to define, yet people rely on faith every day. According to Webster’s online dictionary faith is, “complete trust and confidence in someone or something.” Faith is trust, courage, and assurance

As it was shown when Jesus healed two blind men and a servant, having faith results in action. In Matthew, two blind men called out to Jesus, and the crowd told them to be quiet (Doc. 1). This caused them to shout even louder, so Jesus walked over to them and asks what they want. The men said that they were blind and wanted their sight back. Matthew 20: 31 says, “Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him” (Doc. 1). Basically, all it took was one touch from Jesus, and they could see. These men proved their faith by not giving up when they were rebuked by the crowd and believing that Jesus could and would heal them. Because of this faith, Jesus took action and gave them sight.

Faith is people’s belief in something higher and brighter. It also can be a religious belief. Faith helped jewish people overcome terrifying conservation camps during holocaust.”You must resist! Don’t lose faith in yourself!” - page 102. Eliezer survived mostly because he kept his faith all the way through the holocaust. However sometimes he was struggling to do it, but his father and bond between them helped him to fight through.

Faith is accepting what you are taught or told without trying to prove or disprove it, rather than discovering it through experience. Those who believe in God have faith. It has not been proven that God exists; similarly, it has not been proven that humans are kind, honest, and good by nature. Young Goodman Brown is a character in "Young Goodman Brown," who leaves his known world in Salem village and travels an unknown road in a dark forest in the middle of the night, a common motif in literature better known as the Hero's journey, and is faced with obstacles. He must decide if he will carry his journey out till the end, or turn back and not learn the truth about himself and other

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God,” she asserted later. Corrie had so much to say about faith, and she is one to be trusted on that subject. Few

In the beginning of the book Billy is an optometry student when he gets drafted to the war. He is sent to fight in Luxembourg against the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge and is quickly

In Chaim Potok’s The Chosen, the main character Reuven is a believable character who learns friendship, and is taught how to see the world from a new perspective. When Reuven is in the eye ward, he observes a blind boy named Billy. After watching Billy, Reuven feels sympathy for him and thinks, “I couldn’t imagine what it was like to know that no matter whether my eyes were opened or closed it made no difference, everything was still dark” (Potok 53). Reuven begins to feel sorry for Billy, and can’t even begin to imagine how it would be completely blind. Baffled by his thoughts, he learns to feel sympathy for others, but Reuven is still “blind” for not knowing how to forgive Danny. Later on in the book, Reuven returns to school with a new perspective.

Predestination In Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut, a major dichotomy is Free Will vs. Fate. This was first pointed out on November 5 when Sam W. said, “There is predestination on Tralfamadore, but there is free will on Earth. A small debate began to take place with Jason saying, “Free will does exist. I do not think destiny will control my path.

In my book cover for The Chosen by Chaim Potok, I use conflicts, themes, and cultural viewpoints to develop my book cover. The first technique that I used is juxtaposition. Two hands are extended across, on the left hand there are religious symbols such as the Talmud, The Star of David, and the earlocks. On the other hand there are symbols that represent freedom to Danny, things such as educational books and Freud psychology books. Choice is being juxtaposed –Danny can either choose religion or a freedom and education. Danny’s cultural viewpoint is what causes him to have these choices. He is young, modern, orthodox, and an American, meaning that he believes that he can choose religion and education openness. When David Malter says, “Reb Saunders’ son does not live in Poland. America is free. There are no walls to hold back Jews. It is so strange that he is breaking his father’s rules and reading forbidden books?”, this

“We need faith to do what seems right without necessarily being sure of the effects

“What does it mean to have to suffer so much if our lives are nothing more than the blink of an eye? … I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something. A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. . . .”

Chapter 2 discusses faith as visualization of, and belief in attainment of desire. It goes on to discuss faith as another word for "Absolute Confidence." When a person has faith in his beliefs then one can say that half of the battle to acquire success is won. Therefore, when faith is combined with the vibration of thought then the subconscious mind picks up the vibration, translates it into spiritual equivalent, and transmits it to infinite intelligence. Knowing how to develop faith is a method by which it does not already exist is very difficult to describe. Faith is a state of mind, which may be developed at, will after the thirteen principles, which can be mastered in this book.