The Chosen by Chaim Potok focuses on the journey of two Jewish boys from childhood to manhood. Its main character‚ Reuven Malter struggles to recover from a baseball hit to the eye and discovers the importance of friendship as well as experiencing firsthand the struggles of understanding others. The Chosen is one of the best books this year because it demonstrates the importance of friendship‚ religion‚ and loyalty. To begin‚ friendship makes The Chosen one of the best books this year. Friendships
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Chaim Potok’s The Chosen follows the story of two Jewish boys‚ Reuven Malter (the narrator) and Danny Saunders‚ in a neighborhood of Orthodox and Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg‚ Brooklyn‚ New York between 1944 and 1949. Reuven comes from a family of Orthodox Jews whose father‚ David Malter‚ is a yeshiva professor and humanitarian. Opposite of Reuven is Danny‚ who comes from a family of Hasidic Jews‚ who are more ultra-Orthodox in terms of religious observances‚ whose father‚ Reb Saunders‚ is the tzaddik
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A Complicated Friendship Chaim Potok’s “The Chosen” is the story of two Jewish boys from different families who learn and grow through a complicated yet eye-opening friendship. The two protagonists are Rueven Malter (a traditional Orthodox Jew)‚ and Danny Saunders (a Hasidic Jew). The boys become friends after a heated baseball game where Danny purposefully injures Rueven’s eye and sends him to the hospital where he receives surgery to correct the wound. Tension at the game is palpable due to flying
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The Chosen by Chaim Potok is an interesting story that covers multiple motifs. It was published in 1967 by Ballantine Books. The characters show these motifs by their actions and thoughts. One of the motifs that stands out throughout the whole book is the idea of choosing versus being chosen. In book one the motif shows up in the location of Danny and Reuven. The two start off with opposing views of each other. The question is whether they chose to have those views‚ or whether their views were chosen
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The Chosen is a phenomenal book so far. In this novel‚ I can really appreciate Chaim Potok’s creative mind. I find it so interesting how hate can turn to friendship. I also find it interesting that two Jews living in the same area can hate each other. How do two young men who come from similar backgrounds…hate each other? The author does a wonderful job of explaining how they do not believe in exactly the same things‚ but indeed are similar. Danny’s family is more “traditional” while Reuven’s family
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This summer I read a book titled The Chosen and it was written by Chaim Potok. To understand this book‚ we must take a trip into the lives of Reuven and Danny. They lived two completely different lives but through a twist of fate they were brought together under difficult circumstances and became friends. Reuven and Danny shared a positive relationship and always found their way back to each other. They supported each other’s dreams and helped one another to find their strengths. They never officially
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The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a story of two boys named Reuven Malter‚ a traditional Orthodox Jew‚ and Danny Saunders‚ a Hasidic Jew. Danny and Reuven compete against each other in a heated softball game. When it is Danny’s turn to bat‚ he hits the softball straight toward Reuven. The ball hits Reuven in the eye‚ which breaks his glasses and sends him to the hospital. Danny visits Reuven in the hospital and their friendship takes off. Some people consider this to be unlikely and think that people
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their outstanding manners and qualities. When someone’s insight and outlook turns out the same then the person gets to stand out to everybody. In other words‚ people with a clear heart and a unique look stand out by their qualities. In The Chosen‚ Chaim Potok conveys the great vision of a person from the inside and outside through Danny’s sister by her liveliness and attentiveness‚ a welcoming attitude‚ and a caring and respectful manner. Danny’s sister shows vivaciousness which allows to make
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seek it out.” In the book The Chosen by Chaim Potok‚ The similarities or the characters through the entirety of the book‚ in the book‚ David‚ Danny‚ and Reuven all share the love for knowledge and wanting to know more and more every day about everything and anything they can get their hands on. The love and pursuit of knowledge with these three men is a very interesting‚ in how much they love to learn and they want for more and more knowledge. David‚ the father of Reuven‚ possess the want to know all
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during the game sends one to the hospital with an injury that nearly costs him an eye. The near loss of the boy’s eye creates a bond between the boys which develops into a deep and lasting friendship. Both boys‚ Reuven and Danny‚ are the sons of European immigrants. In The Chosen‚ by Chaim Potok‚ the boys feel the pull of the "American Dream" with its promise of boundless opportunity and freedom of choicesomething quite alien to their European forebears. The boys instinctively sense this opportunity
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