The Chosen Character Analysis

Protagonists of a story quickly become favorite characters of countless readers. In The Chosen by Chaim Potok, one of the protagonists is Reuven Malter, the son of David Malter. Along with his father, Reuven Malter is an orthodox Jew. In addition, Reuven has a great friend named Danny Saunders. Danny and Reuven meet at a baseball game between the Orthodox Jews and the Hasidic Jews. Even though other team mates think of Danny and his team as “Murderers,” Reuven decides to not judge them before he notices their character. After Danny injures Reuven during the game, the two become best friends. Reuven Malter shows numerous admiral character traits throughout the book, however, the three most prominent in the story consist of kind, fair, and admirable.

Reuven Malter shows kindness throughout the book. For example, Danny Saunders purposely hits a baseball right to Reuven and hurts his eye. Then Reuven later forgives Danny when at the end of Chapter three Danny goes to visit Reuven in the Hospital and at the end of the visit Reuven says, “Thanks for coming to see me.” After this Danny states he will go and visit again tomorrow, and that marks the
Most people try to show the same kindness to him, even if they do not agree with him. For instance, when Danny visits Reuven in the Hospital, Reuven says, “…Call me Reuven, not Malter, it makes me sound like a school teacher…then Danny replies, Ok, then you call me Danny.” This shows that Reuven showing kindness to Danny led to Danny showing kindness to Reuven. Reuven has become the favorite character of many people as he shows kindness to all, and never seems to become furious or yell at anyone with hurtful intentions. Also, Reuven shows respect to people, even people who do not share his beliefs, and do not show him the same respect. Above all, Reuven shows admirable character, and therefore is a great role model to