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The texts Antigone, by Sophocles and The Chosen by Chaim Potok, have similar themes. Antigone, is about a king named Creon who bans his nephew from being buried, but his sister, Antigone, buries him anyways. The Chosen, is about two boys named Danny and Reuven who become best friends despite their cultural differences. A similar theme in both of these texts is that too much pride can result in losing everything people love. The theme of the play Antigone, by Sophocles, is that too much pride and

Chaim Potok’s The Chosen set in Brooklyn, New York, tells the story of two Jewish teenagers, Danny Saunders and Reuven Malter, as they experience the effects the Second World War has on their religious traditions. Their friendship faces trials but is eventually re-strengthened. The boys’ relationship fluctuates as it moves from trust to compassion and then to restoration. Danny and Reuven’s relationship progresses from tension in the beginning to an intimate friendship because of a mutual trust

resilient Jewish faith. Next, I liked reading the book because of its deep-rooted characters; I never had to guess as to how they felt or about their weighty history. Lastly, Chaim Potok used expert literary styles, like exhibiting the thoughts od the characters, which made his book quite entertaining to read. I liked The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, the most out of all the books I read this semester because of the relatable story, fully developed characters and expert writing style. Firstly, I enjoyed reading

Chaim Potok uses many different types of silence in The Chosen. He utilizes many of them to facilitate illustrating the characters’ beliefs and emotions. The silence helps to buoy the imagery and strength of the emotions and assists in adding depth to the moment. Each silence also helps to clarify the messages that pass through the story, making them sharper and additionally refined. Chaim Potok’s use of silence helps to exemplify the utter sorrow and angst of the Anti-Zionist Hasidic League (led

The popular author Chaim Potok struggled throughout his life with the sacred (Jewish religion and tradition) and the secular world. Potok suggested four possible responses for a person who faces confrontation with the sacred thought system and the secular thought system. First, the lockout response: a person escapes the conflict by erecting impenetrable barriers between the sacred and the secular and then remains in just one system. Second, compartmentalization: a person creates separate categories

So many of today’s best works of literature were written in the 1900’s, among them The Chosen by Chaim Potok, and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. But which of these classics is the better and more worth reading? There are many differences and similarities between these two incredible books. For example, Danny and Scout are main characters in the different books, and both of their fathers want what is best for their children. But they go about this in very different ways. To Kill a Mockingbird

Throughout my reading of the novel, The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, and I definitely did read it, I found three distinct values to be evident. Friendship, individuality and religion were very focused on and even shaped the lives of the two main characters. Each of these values have a big impact on my life not only since I have come to Augustana, but every day since I can remember. To define friendship is not easy. It is so many things and so many feelings. It is kindness, compassion, honesty

After reading the short story Zebra by Chaim Potok I have identified the theme as you can never give up when things get difficult. My evidence to support this theme is “Then, a year ago, racing down Franklin Avenue, he had given himself that push and had begun to turn into an eagle, when a huge rushing shadow appeared in his line of vision and crashed into him and plunged him into a darkness from which he emerged very, very slowly. . .” This is the conflict of the story Zebra the main character of

In the book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy forms his identity over the course of the novel. At the beginning of the novel Ponyboy felt like an outsider in his own group, he felt like he was the only one that liked what he did. He didn’t feel like he belonged in the group because he didn’t connect with them all in the same way, they connected with everyone else. He had his life all set out. He was going to be just like his brother’s, working and not going to college. But Ponyboy wasn’t like

degree and beyond. While wisdom does affect scholastic performance, there are many types of astuteness that influence a person’s success in life. These include religious knowledge, emotional comprehension, and personal understanding. The Chosen, by Chaim Potok reifies such manifestations of sagacity through characters such as Reb Saunders, David Malter, and Reuvan Malter. First of all, examples of religious prudence are represented by the character and words of Reb Saunders. Saunders possesses