Reuven And Danny Character Analysis

At the beginning of the novel, their whole friendship wouldn't have started if one, Reuven didn't listen to his urging father and forgave Danny, and two, if Danny didn't stubbornly persist in visiting Reuven in the hospital, where he patiently waited for him to vent his anger. "Also, yesterday I hated him; now we were calling each other by our first names. I sat and

The relationship between Danny and Reuven is a very big theme in The Chosen. Danny and Reuven are two boys who have grew up within a few blocks of each other, but in two entirely different worlds. They meet for the first time in at a school baseball game between their two Jewish schools. Even though at first their only feeling for each other is one of hatred, they eventually get over their differences and become the best of friends. They learn a lot about each other and about the others life and religion. The boys’ fathers have very different views and that’s gets them in trouble. Danny’s father disagrees with Reuven’s father’s point of view on a certain topic, and forbids Danny from ever seeing Reuven again. After some time Reb gets over himself and permits Danny to see Reuven again. This situation goes back to the fathers’ ways of raising their child and their view on their religion.

Reb quickly judges Danny and thinks he does not have a good soul because he does not display the emotions that Reb feels are necessary to be a successful rabbi someday. Danny reminds Reb a lot of his own brother, who rejected his faith. Reb Saunders did not want Danny to end up like his brother so he chose not to converse with Danny because he thought by doing so, Danny would become more compassionate and develop a good soul. Reb says, “Master of the Universe…You gave me a brilliant son, and I have thanked you for him a million times. But you had to make him so brilliant?” (167). This quote demonstrates that Reb is aware his son is very intelligent, but does not see this as the most important trait to

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Throughout the novel Johnny Tremain, the author, Esther Forbes, displays the universal concepts of growing up and changing. When the story began, the protagonist, Johnny Tremain, was a fourteen-year-old boy. At the end of the novel, Johnny emerges as a sixteen-year-old man, unrecognizable from his younger self, due to carrying characteristics that contrast the traits of the young boy he once was. As Johnny aged in the story, he underwent immense changes. Johnny had changed by gaining the knowledge of how to make good choices, obtaining a better comprehension on things in life, and learning to value certain items or deeds in life.

In Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden, had many opportunities to learn life lessons but every time his faulty thinking caused him to focus on the problem and not the solution. Whenever Holden looks at situations he negatively overgeneralizes them with a bad attitude rather than learning from it.

Danny and Reuven represent deeply committed friends. Their live intertwine when historical circumstances , religious realities, and their father's differences in child rearing dramatically affect their respective senses of security and happiness.

On the other hand, Reuven and David mutually support the notion that the lines of communication between them should always be open. Whenever Reuven struggles with a problem or simply a question, regardless the significance, he comes directly to his father for assistance. David listens intently and offers a few suggestions or delivers a thorough answer to his son’s query. For example, when Reuven wonders about Danny, David answers with a lengthy and detailed account. This demonstrates not only the comfort they bear in talking to each other but also the patience they’ve developed that has stemmed from their communication. Despite their lack of communication, Reb Saunders and his son share the same admiration, respect, and trust for each other that are consistent with Reuven’s and David’s relationship.

Danny wouldn’t have chucked the baseball at Reuven, if Reb Saunders had not made the decision of raising Danny in silence. “Do you know what I don't understand about that ball game? I don't understand why I wanted to kill you." (66). The reader can assume that all of the anger and pain Danny had towards his father caused him to throw the baseball straight at Reuven’s face.

In all of their conversations, Mr. Malter seeks to pass his moral wisdom onto Reuven. At the beginning of the novel, after Reuven refuses to listen to Danny’s apology, his father visits him at the hospital to discuss his

In the novel, The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, two boys from two different upbringings are brought together causing everyone around them to make a choice. Reuven Malter, the son of David Malter, a major zionist, is an Orthodox Jew who is oblivious to the Hasidic world. Danny Saunders, the son of famous Hasidic Rabbi, Reb Saunders, is a Hasidic Jew who never had anything to do with the Orthodox Jews. They do not know of each others existence until one game brings their worlds together and they form an unlikely friendship. As the title suggests, each character is chosen for a purpose and has a choice to make which can potentially change their future.

The friendship that started it all starts on a baseball field where the two boys are playing against each other. Near the ending of the baseball game, Danny Saunders hits Reuven Malter in the eye with a baseball, sending him to the hospital. For a moment they become enemies. When Danny first visits Reuven in the hospital, he feels nothing but hatred towards Danny. The seconds time Danny visits the hospital, they start talking and end up becoming close friends as each chapter carries on. Reb Saunders claims that God

At dinner, Reuven tells his father about Danny’s plan on becoming a psychologist instead of a tzaddik, but his father notes that in order to do so, Danny would have to “abandon Judaism” (268). Reuven brings Danny over to his house to talk to his father about telling Reb of his future plans and Reuven’s father says that he cannot be helped as it is “between you and your father” (274). Danny starts getting acceptance letters from universities he applied for, and when his sister visits to announce her pregnancy, Reb Saunders makes no “indication” to knowing about the letters despite having seen then (275). As Danny grows more “thin and gaunt,” Reb Saunders continues to ask why Reuven isn’t coming over (276). When Reuven tells his father about Reb constantly asking for him to come over, he demands that Reuven go to Danny’s house on the first day of Passover

What immediately struck me about the first sequence is the noticeable power imbalance between Walter and Phyllis; in this moment Phyllis is the one wielding it. Looking back on the scene after watching the entire movie, the power imbalance is all the more noticeable to me. Multiple techniques in the sequence subtly highlight this imbalance and hint at Phyllis’ true motivations. The scene begins with Walter driving up to the Dietrichson home. The outdoors lighting is bright, there are children playing in the streets, and a beautiful view of the landscape and homes beyond the street. The car Walter Neff drives is obviously dark against the light scene surrounding it. Later scenes where we see the house, more specifically the garage, it’s nighttime and covered in darkness. It’s almost as if it symbolizes the darkness that entered that home the moment Walter and Phyllis crossed paths. When we first see Phyllis, she’s at the top of the stairs in the front entrance of the home. The room is shaded, except for light emanating from the window that lands right where Phyllis is standing in just her towel. The layout of the maid, Walter, the stairs, and various pieces of furniture all appear to form a Fibonacci spiral that leads the viewer’s focus straight to Phyllis. It’s no coincidence that in

To begin with, Reuven Malter demonstrates many of his different types of gifts throughout the story. Two of the key traits Reuven reveals are the gifts of compassion and the mind for logic. In the beginning of the book Danny tries to kill Reuven by hitting him with a baseball, however, he later comes and apologizes to him and Reuven forgives him (Potok, 70). Not everyone, when provided with a chance, will forgive someone who wronged them. Instead pf clinging onto his resentments Reuven graciously forgives Danny, an act that requires great compassion to fulfill. Another example of Reuven’s gifts is his ability to solve logic problems, “Well, they try to