Reuven was glad that Danny came to visit again despite their previous encounter. after sending Danny away, he was surprised at his own actions and had come to regret it at the end. His own father reminded him that the Talmud says that if a person is willing to apologize for his own wrongdoing, then you must at least try to understand and forgive him and that is exactly what Reuven intends to do after feeling angry and depressed with himself from what he had said to Danny. Throughout this chapter, an unlikely friendship between the two boys develop. They begin to talk and learn more about one another rather than dwelling in fateful day of the ballgame; in other words, they let bygones be bygones.
Reuven found a new appreciation of his health since he could have gone blind. Another example of perception change from the novel is when Reuven realizes Danny isn't how he appeared to be. During the story, Mr. Malter says “Things are always as they seem to be, Reuven?”. He says this because Reuven told him that it seemed like Danny hit him deliberately.
Although Reuven could have spent his time thinking and worrying about his own problems, he instead decides to focus, worry, and think about others in tough situations, especially Billy. Therefore, the kindness and concern he displays towards Danny and Billy greatly stand out in his
One of the main themes through The Chosen is the use of eyes and sight. Beginning with the baseball game where Reuven loses his sight, this theme plays a large part throughout the book. The baseball game changes how Reuven sees his life in the literal fashion as seen when he says “I wish I was outside,” I said “I envy them being able to walk around like that. They don’t know how lucky they are.”
My Thoughts: This quote was in regards to Dr. Rank’s therapy sessions with Nin and her realization of this huge experience with fixing herself inside. Nin speaks of strengthening her “creative will” or how she refers to it her “stubbornness” and how this exercise from Dr. Rank shifted to changing her personal life and the after effects were explosive. I found this quote to be enlightening and life changing. In order to live your own individual version of the good life I think you have to start from within and repair yourself before moving on. Everything else will fall into place
In the end, although it seems his work is wearing him down he also seems to enjoy it toughly. Like his father Reuven contains a vast amount of
How we react to a situation can change the way we react to future situation. The book The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, is about a freshman named Charlie becoming friends with a group of seniors, Mary Elizabeth, Patrick, and Sam, that bring him to parties and show him how to life live to the fullest. Charlie starts dating Mary Elizabeth while he is “in love with” Sam. At a party they played spin the bottle; truth or dare style. Charlie was dared to, “Kiss the prettiest girl in the room on the lips.”
Tom thinks about how if he dies, the only thing in his pocket will be a sheet of paper with calculations and observations about a grocery story. He thinks about how to the people that find him, it will mean nothing. He thinks to himself, “Contents of the dead man’s pockets, he thought with a sudden fierce anger, a wasted life.” (p 123) He realizes that he has wasted his life focusing on things that are not important.
Applying this quote to my own life would mean that those around me will never see me as a changed person but will only see me grow into a more complete version of
When I read this line all I could think about was in life we tend to get comfortable with materials objects, lifestyles or even people around us creating this inseparable bond between yourself and it. We forget to realize everything in life is temporary, we forget that today everything can be good but tomorrow it will be all gone. Today we can have the best life ever or the person you love by your side but tomorrow that is not guaranteed the same spot and those are things we will just have to learn to adapt to. Change happens on a daily basis but we pay no mind until it is something or someone who plays an impacting role in your life. Later on in life we will be put into situations which we will remember that memory and place ourselves back into that moment but have to accept the fact that it is now just a memory and that reality has changed.
It had felt like a stagnant life (Salak, 427).” She had finally experienced something completely unfamiliar yet memorable, just the opposite of her normal life. Keeping the thought of avoiding a quiet life prominent in her mind helped her persist and reach her ultimate
“Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be” (Buckmaster, Heath). This quote portrays how humans need to go through a process of self realization in order to change, or at least acknowledge their faults. As seen in the novel Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé, Francis Sancher, the protagonist, is found dead, and each supporting character recounts his/her experience with him through vignettes. As a result, Maryse Condé explores the idea that foreign and unfamiliar influences can overcome personal blindness and result in the self realization of the necessity for personal growth through the use of personification, similes, and questions within vignettes
The narrator then understood the significant life lesson by saying “My eyes were still closed .I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn’t feel like I was inside anything. It’s really something.” (Carver,
That something that had the potential to add any perks to his life has been stolen and taken away from him. Stanley realizes that his wife’s eyes focus on Blanche rather than himself. Another individual that allows their attention to
In the short story, “A Matter of Balance”, W.D. Valgardson explores the idea that when an individual is faced with an intense situation, they tend to revert back to their conditioned response, which can overcome personal beliefs. This idea is evident throughout the story, for instance the way Valgardson demonstrates how Harold can respond to threats, his ability to act against his normal characteristics, or even the way he responds to a moral decision. Threats are commonly viewed as a way for an individual to intimidate their foes, or throw them off their balance, and the way a threat is acted upon can tell a great deal about the person’s nature. Valgardson uses the first meeting between the bikers and Harold as a way of demonstrating a common
