For Reb Saunders and David Malter, this life was chosen for them at birth, but they choose what being chosen means to them individually. For example, after the tragedy of the Holocaust, David Malter knows it is time to take action. He believes that “We cannot wait for God! We must make our own Messiah! We must rebuild American Jewry!
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.
Everything is Dark and Unknowable It starts with a baseball game, a flying baseball and a nearly blinded eye. That is how The Chosen by Chaim Potok starts. Throughout his wonderful book there are many themes that are tied through the book, Religion, Friendship, but most important of all is the theme of the eye. From literally seeing to the figurative eye, Potok ties the eye wonderfully throughout the entire book, making it a wonderful book to read from young to old.
Malter starts to understand more about Reuven through the silence of their relationship. This silence occurs when Mr. Malter has his second heart attack and is hospitalized. As Mr. Malter is bedridden, he and his son learn to understand each other even more. When Mr. Malter was stuck in h hospital, Reuven “spent as much of the early parts of every evening as I could visiting my father in the hospital. He was weak and could barely talk and kept asking me if I was taking care of myself (243).”
In his book The Promise Chaim Potok leads the reader on a heartbreaking journey full of spiritual conflict and decision. As a sequel to The Chosen, The Promise picks up with Reuven Malter, the main character and a Jewish man now in his mid-twenties, attending Hirsch University, a Jewish seminary in Brooklyn, New York. Reuven keeps his friendship with Danny Saunders, whom he met on a baseball field during his teenage years and later went to college with, even though they now go their separate ways as Reuven becomes a rabbi, and Danny practices psychology. During the summer Reuven dates Rachel Gordon, the niece of Abraham Gordon, a man excommunicated from the Jewish society, and meets Abraham’s son, Michael, a stubborn teen with a mental issue. Also, over the same summer Reuven’s father, David Malter, wrote a controversial book about the Talmud.
Reuven’s inner dialogue continues to reveal that Danny’s “block” of the neighborhood is populated with Hasidic Jews who all follow Danny’s father. Further describing them as “Russian Hasidic Jews” who were very traditional and whose “habits” came from their “homeland” Reuven’s narration takes on a tone that suggests he thinks of them as radical and different then his own sect of “Orthodox Jews”. Reuven’s view of Danny’s Hasidic sect is one of an outsider who doesn’t understand their lifestyle.
The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien is a fictional account of the Vietnam war that seeks to reveal a truth about storytelling. He shows this through several examples, most notably in "Speaking of Courage", where he describes a veteran who can't fit in and drives around the lake, "The man I killed", where the narrator, Tim kills a Vietcong soldier, and "In the Field", which is the opposite of that as it is more direct and isn't as fictionalized. He shows the audience what really happens with "Notes", and "Good Form". Using this book, Tim O'Brien seeks to reveal the truth on how using fiction in narratives can show a deeper truth than just the happening truth.
In Nothing But the Truth there is one thing that stood out to me throughout the entire book. The whole book is full of lies. Philip Malloy tells lies about everything and to everyone. He lies to his parents, the principal, and even to a reporter that is interviewing him. Throughout the book we continue to see the lies play out until the very end of the book when Philip finally decides to tell the truth.
These ways that the theme of family loyalty use all revolve around the Saunders and Malters families. The way Danny defends his father’s reputation, the way he obeys him, and how Reuven and his dad are there for each other are all examples of family loyalty in this book. Readers observe this theme in how Danny defends his dad’s reputation. Even though people may be right about his dad, Danny stands up for his father. The reader sees this when Reuven calls Reb Saunders a tyrant.
After reading The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien, it is astoundingly clear that truth plays an essential role in the story’s overall meaning and portrayal as an authentic Vietnam War story. In this complex narrative, the topic of truth has been interpreted in many specific and intricate ways. Many interpret his usage of truth similarly to one another, stating how “war inevitably imposes a compromised version of the interpretation of a genuine experience”, causing O’Brien to project altered truths so the experience can truly connect and express its true state (Wesley 2). This common trend seen in these authors’ coverage of truth is that they examine the synthesized, story truth that Tim O’Brien utilized in his story aimed to better emphasize
Reb's group did not turn out as successfull as Davids contributions to the cause. When the new nation, Isreal is formed he stopped sending out pamphlets and allowed Reuven and his son to become social and friends. At the end of the book Reb atmitts his joy for Reuven becomg Danny's friends and explains his way of fatherhood based on his consernses. Zionism influendsed Reb by changing his opinion on the Malter's over and over again and by bringing out his true feeling and
“It is impossible to outplay an opponent you can’t outthink.” This quote by Lawson Little can be used to explain how in The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay, Peekay’s ability to outthink his opponents is what drives him to victory. Furthermore, it does not have to be boxing that he out-thinks his opponents, there are numerous times where Peekay is shown thinking ahead of some situations saving him from misfortune, as well as outsmarting his opponents eventually leading him to victory. Peekay illustrates his intelligence by thinking ahead of situations, which in the end result, benefit him the most. To start off, with the judge on the brink of failing, Peekay “cast [his] mind back to when [he] had done the judges homework, just like that”
Analyze Elie’s fall from faith. Discuss the various pressures and instances that separate Elie from God. Night, by Elie Wiesel, written in 1958, is a true story about a man who was part of the Holocaust when he was was a young boy. Throughout the story he explains about his time in the concentration camp, Birkenau, near Auschwitz. During the time Elie was there with his father, he began to lose his faith in god, his family, and humanity through all of the experiences he had to go through while being in the Nazi concentration camp.
To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated by tomboy country girl Jean Finch, or Scout. The Chosen is narrated by Reuven Malter, an orthodox, but secular minded, Jewish boy. The main characters start off as innocent children, but as their lives go on their innocent minds and thoughts are
The knowledge he possesses allows him to grow in his faith as well. This book takes place over the course of Reuven and
