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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

In Chaim Potok's The Chosen the theme of religious tolerance is everywhere. In the story, two fifteen year old Jewish boys meet and become friends. Even though their families are both Jewish, they have very different beliefs and customs. The families have to have tolerance towards each other and to accept each others customs even if they do not agree with them. They also have to have tolerance to all the people in their own families, for even within a family there can be differences in beliefs. Danny

Wisdom is precious. If one does not grasp it tightly, it may all too soon fade away. In the book The Chosen, Chaim Potok writes of three people who show wisdom in both their deeds and speech. They display it randomly, not only in serious events or critical descisions. It comes spontaneously to them, and that is worth admiration. Reuven, Danny, and Mr. Malter all share the quality of wisdom. When Reuven’s eye gets hit by a baseball, he is confined to live in the hospital for a few days. During his

Fitzgerald. Intelligence may hold different definitions through different sets of eyes, how one determines what or who inhabits intelligence depends solely on perspective. In the book The Chosen, Chaim Potok provides many different perspectives on intelligence, including some amazing and powerful characters. Chaim Potok gives an inside look into the lives of two main characters, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, two highly religious teenage boys who play baseball at any waking moment outside of their studies

“The Chosen” by Chaim Potok is a story that leaves a pretty long lasting effect on a reader. With relatable characters, captivating storyline, and a friendship sometimes you wish you had yourself. First of all the characters in the story Danny and Reuven. They are a very interesting pair, they met on very odd terms, as rivals. Who knew they would end up being as close as they are by the end of the novel. I feel like a lot of people actually meet this type of way. They start by hating each other

The book The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, is a very touching novel about two boy’s growth and experiences from ages 15 - ~21. In this book, there is a boy named Danny who I feel a lot of sympathy for. His father has decided to raise him in a certain way, which is unique to Hasidic Jews, so he can “have a soul.” The method is to not talk to the son, except for learning experiences, which would be extremely difficult on nearly everyone. Even though Danny is being raised in such a difficult way, he is lucky

The papers that I chose to include in the “Best Works” section of my writing portfolio I believe best featured my writing strengths. My essay on Chaim Potok’s novel, In the Beginning, exemplified my ability to follow a story’s plot and draw connections in its telling. The thread of Mrs. Horowitz’s books was particularly fascinating to me while reading the novel; so, I wanted to focus on that aspect and explore how a seemingly insignificant box of old books became a cornerstone in the narrative of

In Chaim Potok’s 1967 novel, The Chosen, Danny Saunders is the son of a Hasidic rabbi who wants Danny to become a rabbi as well. Danny ends up going away to study psychology at Columbia, where he will eventually no longer maintain his strong, Jewish identity which can be proven by the way that Reuven notes that he sounds like an apikoros, he calls Graetz a great scholar even when he reads the volume which berates Hasidism and he enjoys the works of Darwin and Freud which are things that true Hasids

even people that absolutely hate each other can later become good friends. Danny, a Hasidic Jew, hit Reuven in the face with a ball during a softball game. Danny aimed right at Reuven and Reuven ended up getting a piece of glass stuck in his eye. In Chaim Potok’s The Chosen, Reuven Malter, the main character, is a caring person, and learns that the best friendships are the ones that require the most work. Reuven did not know yet, but he would meet his best friends with a young Hasidic boy, Danny, after

No one can truly understand sympathy until they have suffered. In his The Chosen, a postmodern novel, Chaim Potok surveys the meaning of compassion learned through suffering. Danny Saunders, a brilliant Hasidic Jew, is living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn along with his friend, Reuven Malter, in the 1940s. With his photographic memory, Danny aspires to become a psychologist, but he knows that he will have to inherit his father’s position as the rabbi of their community. In addition to this, his father