The Choosen
The Chosen, a novel written by Chaim Potok, revolves mainly around the lives of four people. They include Reuven Malter, Mr. Malter, Reb Saunders and Danny Saunders. It mainly details the friendship between Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders and not as much around their fathers, Mr. Malter and Reb Saunders. Because the story revolves around the friendship of Reuven and Danny, I will focus on Reuven. The story takes place in Brooklyn around the time of World War II. Reuven Malter lives with his father in an apartment in Brooklyn. They live in a Hasidic and Orthodox area, with some Irish, German, and Spanish families. Most of the buildings around were three or four story brownstones. According to the book, only a few stores in the area were owned by Orthodox Jews. The rest were run by gentiles. Reuven lives in a world that is just out of the depression and World War II, and we, up until September eleventh, lived in a world which was different than his world. We were in a peaceful and prosperous time, while Reuven was in a world where the economy was only beginning to recover and the war was only just ending. Now we are at a time where our economy is not booming and we are gearing up for war.
One day Danny pays Reuven a visit in the hospital to apologize for the accident with the ball. They put aside any anger and then they became friends. It is not the kind of book that you read only because you have to and do not really retain anything that the book has said. I think that there is more than just one theme to the story. He goes against his father's wishes when he signs up for philosophy classes in College (this happens in book three) but he is still concerned with what his father thinks (because his father wants Danny to take his position, not study philosophy). The next day Danny comes back to talk to Reuven again, and this time Reuven is hospitable and listens to him. My opinion is that The Chosen is an excellent book. Malter taught in the yeshiva that Reuven attended. Like Danny, there have been times when I have done things against the wishes of my mom or somebody else in my family. Reuven found out just how good they were when his team was beaten eight to seven. Reuven along with the other members of his softball team wondered why their gym instructor was not fighting in a war somewhere because he would constantly talk to them using military terms. They begin to talk about the game and their studies, and also their futures (what they want to be). Reuven is taken to the hospital for the injury, and there he meets Tony Savo, who is in the bed next to Reuvens.
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