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    My Name is Asher Lev Reading and Discussion questions. 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

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    quote is used as an epigraph for Chaim Potok’s My Name is Asher Lev. One can never depict the exact truth‚ as life exists. However‚ seeing the way other people observe the world can help audiences discover new perspectives‚ and learn how they themselves feel; thereby realizing their own truth‚ as demonstrated in Asher Lev’s Brooklyn Crucifixions. Any form of art is colored by its creator’s prejudice to begin with. If one were able to see

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    are things that influence them. Two works of literature that relate to this quote are To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the environment of racial discrimination makes a difference in a courtroom‚ where the suspect is an African American and the accuser is a white man. Also‚ In My Name is Asher Lev‚ symbolism takes a major role in following conformity.

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    “My Name Is Asher Lev” One World Essay Everyone has people in their life that play a very important role in their decision making and choices they make. In the novel “My Name Is Asher Lev”‚ the main character‚ Asher Lev‚ has two very important figures directing his life. One of the important figures in Asher’s life is the Rebbe. The Rebbe is the most powerful leader in the Hasidic Jewish community. When anyone is looking for advise‚ guidance‚ or approval of something‚ they go to the Rebbe. The

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    Extremes Collide In My Name is Asher Lev‚ Chaim Potok writes about a young boy in a Landover Hasidic community in Brooklyn who is an excellent artist. Asher travels through childhood hanging onto his art‚ but when his art interferes with his religious studies‚ Asher’s two worlds of art and Torah collide. Potok deliberately chooses the extreme icons and symbols of secular life‚ such as the world of art‚ on the one hand‚ and of Judaism‚ Hasidim‚ and the Rebbe‚ on the other hand‚ to intensify

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    the street that could not be seen‚” Asher Lev. So far away from his comforting world‚ Asher is forced to think beyond what his mind is upholding him to. Now that his childhood is only serving him as a memory‚ reality is kicking in and tearing his conscious apart. Dealing with the stress from his parents and especially his community‚ Asher starts to reflect to his past. Can art have limits? When I relate this question to Asher’s life‚ I automatically think no. Asher brought a huge dose of creativity

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    My Name Is Asher Lev written by Chaim Potok is a historical fiction book that opens with a Jewish man named Asher Lev‚ talking about his reputation as a famous artist. He is hated because of a painting that some might say was very blasphemous. The story is set in a Hasidic neighborhood in postwar Brooklyn in New York. The story is about the childhood of Asher Lev‚ the artist who is misunderstood in the story for being Jewish and painting crucifixion of his parents. As a little boy‚ Asher could draw

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    Chaim Potok’s Asher Lev is a dual being trapped inside a little boy. On one side there is the family’s beliefs‚ the religious traditions and his great ancestor role-model‚ who Asher is expected to take after‚ if not surpass. On the other‚ there is art encompassing the artist’s emotions and portraying them in form more beautiful than anything else Asher has access to. These sides clash almost throughout "My Name is Asher Lev"‚ but even though those close to him teach‚ reinforce and often force religion

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    within their personal lives as well as in their surrounding community‚ leads them to a fatal state of regret‚ remorse and actuality‚ all of which were consequences caused by their very own actions and decisions. Chaim Potok‚ author of My Name is Asher Lev‚ creates a similar theme of his characters’ ways of contributing to society. Although with a different community and individuality of the characters‚ both works establish a set of contributions and unexpected reactions of the two communities for

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    A. INTRODUCTION The comfort room might be the last place that would come into a student’s mind in which he or she would use as a subject for an improvement plan. Contrary to that‚ the group has decided to focus its study in this area. Sanitation as defined by Oxford’s Dictionary is a system of protecting one’s health. It is an important aspect in ensuring that the comfort room is a harmless place for the use of everyone. Sanitation has always been an issue in every public comfort

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