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The Chosen, Chaim Potok The Chosen is about two Jewish boys, one a Orthodox Jew and one a Hasidic Jew, and how different and yet the same their lives are. The orthodox Jew, Reuven, is the main character of the story. He lives with his father and his mother is dead. Reuven is a very nice boy who is fourteen years old and aspires to be a Rabbi when he grows up. Daniel the other boy, is the son of a Hasidic Tzadik (which is like a Rabbi) and so when his father dies he will have to take his place even though he wants to be a psychiatrist. Reuven, like I said before lives alone with his father in their Brooklyn apartment. His father is a teacher of Jewish law, the Talmud, and teaches at ReuvenÕs Yeshiva(school). Reuven gets along very well with his father and talks with him very often. Daniel, on the other hand , lives with his mother ,father, sister and little brother. DanielÕs father is Tzadik which to Hasidic Jews is like a messen! ger to god. DanielÕs father never talks with him except when teaching him the Talmud. this behavior makes both Daniel and Reuven uncomfortable when they are with him. Daniel is a very bright student and has an almost photographic memory. He also has a craving to learn more which turns him against his religious faith because he wants to know how man really came to be and how man thinks. I admire Daniel because he was brave to stand up to his father and the entire community and tell them that he would n...
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