1. Create a character list for My Name is Asher Lev: Who are they, what do they do, what is the role of each character in relation to the others, etc. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/asher/characters.html 2. Why is Asher so important for his religious community? What does his gift appear to be?
What events in Asher’s life seem to coincide with changes in the gift, and what are those changes? What is at stake for Asher individually and for the Ladover community if he indulges this seemingly individualist path?
1) Asher is the son of Aryeh Lev who, being the right arm of the Rebbe, is the pillar of moral community.
2) Asher’s grandfather was the right arm of the Rebbe’s father.
3) Asher’s uncle, the brother of his mother, worked for the Rebbe as well. …show more content…
5) The Rebbe has a special place for Asher’s family in his heart. And, as the Rebbe does not have any children of his own, it is quite possible that Ashers will one day have to take his place.
1)Asher’s gift to is paint his emotions, feelings, & thoughts which he is not able to express orally.
1) There are different changes that come in his Asher’s gift.
2) As he conveys his emotion through his gift, his paints change according to his emotion.
3) A major change in his gift takes place when the Rebbe allows Asher to learn painting from Jacob Kahn.
4) Kahn teaches Asher a lot about art, and what it is to be an artist.
5) At one point, Asher stops drawing and concentrates on his studies.
6) Then when he is said that he has to move to Vienna, a feeling of anger comes with Asher, and he starts to draw again.
7)He draws Stalin in a coffin.
8) Now he is not able to