enough to be picked. In the Chosen Danny and Reuven experience this within their friendship. They make the hard choice not to talk to each other for fear of consequences. They would have chosen the other ‘flower‚’ which would have been to ignore Reb Saunders’s wishes. Free choice allows children to fully experience life. The ability to make choices grants freedom‚ allows one to learn from mistakes and leads to happiness. The ability to choose provides freedom. Danny feels trapped within his situation
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Secondly‚ Reuven extends the hand of friendship to a boy whose beliefs completely differ from his own. Even though Danny follows Hasidism‚ Reuven puts aside his anger to become his friend. Reuven’s Father tells him‚ “‘The Talmud says a person should do two things for himself. One is to acquire a teacher. Do you remember the other?’ ‘Choose a friend‚’ I said. ‘Yes’” (74). Danny and Reuven acknowledge that even though they come from two different religious sects‚ they can still be amazing friends.
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affection for another. In The Chosen‚ by Chaim Potok‚ various friendships impact several people. Danny and Reuven’s friendship influenced both young men in different ways. Their friendships sculpted the rest of their life in many different aspects. If Danny had not befriended Reuven‚ he most likely would never have experienced a life outside of Hasidism. If Reuven did not befriend Danny‚ he may have always hated Hasid‚ and never really understood them. If Billy and Reuven were not friends‚ Billy would
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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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Danny and Reuven represent deeply committed friends. Their live intertwine when historical circumstances ‚ religious realities‚ and their father’s differences in child rearing dramatically affect their respective senses of security and happiness. Danny and Reuven‚ an Unbelievable Friendship On one side of the visible light spectrum is ultra-violet rays‚ and on the other‚ infrared rays. If two people were to stand on a visible light spectrum and represent their personalities based on where each
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The Chosen by Chaim Potok inspired me to become a better person by demonstrating how religious barriers can be broken. In The Chosen Danny and Reuven are boys who grow up in the same neighborhood but do not talk and are not friends because they are from different Jewish Sects. After injuring Reuven in a baseball game‚ Danny bonds with him in the hospital and the two become friends. This is a shocker to a lot of the people in the Brooklyn community because Danny is a Hasidic Jew while Reuven is Orthodox
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have interesting characters. The life of the main character Reuven in The Chosen proves an interesting one indeed. He has grown up in the Jewish faith and customs. Baseball his favorite sport almost cost him the sight in his right eye. But throughout the story he shows kindness. And not only that‚ Reuven tells his story through his descriptive‚ endurant‚ and intelligent nature. Always eager to describe something to every detail‚ Reuven is descriptive. Examples throughout the story show this trait
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In the novel‚ The Chosen‚ written by Chaim Potok‚ you learn how important a relationship between a father and a son really is. Both of the main characters‚ Danny and Reuven‚ are deeply influenced by their fathers. Both of their relationships are based on education‚ but they differ in every other way. One relationship is caring and compassionate‚ while people believe the other is cruel and harsh. Danny was raised by his father Reb Saunders. The only time Saunders speaks with his son is when
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“The Chosen” (1981) by director Jeremy Kagan explores the tension between ultra - orthodox Hasidic Judaism and its more cousin‚ Modern Orthodox Judaism. The film also provides us a glimpse into the process of cultural assimilation that Jews went through during the the early 19th century era in America. The film follows Reuven and Danny. Although hail from different backgrounds‚ the pair are linked in ways that are deeper than just friendship. Both the theme and the subject of the film are contained
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willingness to realize they must grow as a person. The development of the plot between the characters signified this. Even though characters such as Danny‚ Reuven‚ and Reb had conflicting personalities‚ they were still able to find a way to interact with each other and advance a subplot. This newfound “Wisdom” created a friendship between Danny and Reuven. It took time for Reuven’s father‚ Reb‚ to accept this‚ however his maturity along with knowledge allowed him to see. Even though both boys had clear
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