In My Name Is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok tells of a young man and his troubling family dynamic. Lev holds a prodigious artistic ability, an ability which is both marginalized by his family, due to their conflicting religious convictions, and the subject of great inner strife for Asher as a result. The Lev household’s patriarch, Aryeh Lev, has a deep rooted dedication to the teachings of a Chabad-esque scholar and leader of the Ladover Jewish movement, simply known to his supporters as “the Rebbe”, a…
Lev Vygotsky was known as the creator of an original branch of psychology in the Soviet union. He is also known for writing many books on psychology. In the first part of my paper, I will begin telling you how young Vygotsky got into psychology for the first time. Second, I will talk about his theories and thesis's that change the psychological world forever. Last, I will tell you how you can use his methods in your own classroom. Since Vygotsky is not that well known, many people pass on his…
Lev Vygotsky (November 17, 1896 – June 11, 1394) was a Russian psychologist. Vygotsky was a pioneering psychologist and his major works span six separate volumes, written over roughly 10 years, from Psychology of Art (1925) to Thought and Language [or Thinking and Speech] (1934). Vygotsky 's interests in the fields of developmental psychology, child development, and education were extremely diverse. Vygotsky 's theories stress the fundamental role of social interaction in the development…
In human culture throughout the centuries there have been a select few gifted souls that have graced this earth. Each one special in there own way and talented beyond what the world has ever seen before. In the book My Name is Asher Lev we encounter one of these incredible prodigies. Asher’s story is similar to many other talented individuals in that he is raised in circumstances that seem less than suitable for a budding talent. This is a typical problem for the gifted because they do not view the…
A theorist called Lev Vygotsky looked and studied how children play and learn he believed that “children are active in their learning” Tassoni 2007:70. Vygotsky believed that children’s play and learning is similar to scaffolding, by this he meant that children should be helped and guided but still have the choice to make their own decisions to some extent, Vygotsky theory enables practitioners to see how a child learn without to much encouragement, this allows us to see a child’s preferred learning…
other reason for its importance in humanity’s heritage than the pleasure received from seeing something beautiful. Pablo Picasso said, “Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.” This quote is used as an epigraph for Chaim Potok’s My Name is Asher Lev. One can never depict the exact truth, as life exists. However, seeing the way other people observe the world can help audiences discover new perspectives, and learn how they themselves feel; thereby realizing their own truth, as demonstrated in Asher…
Looking Beyond the Glass Could humiliation and pain come from something as simple as a glass in a wooden frame? Throughout the novel, My Name Is Asher Lev by Chiam Potok, much of inner characters are revealed through the symbol of the window. The mother, the father, and Asher all face many struggles and the use of the window helps one to understand them. To begin with, the mother, Rivkeh, is shown a great deal by the window. Potok writes, “About an hour after supper, it began to snow heavily…
Theorist Paper: Vygotsky Leo Semyonovich Vygotsky was a Russian developmental psychologist, discovered by the Western world in the 1960s. An important thinker, he pioneered the idea that the intellectual development of children is a function of human communities, rather than of individuals. It is now thought that Vygotsky 's contributions have been vital in furthering our understanding of child development, and that his ideas were not only ahead of his time but also ahead of ours. Vygotsky…
Asher Lev Essay In My name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, the main character, Asher lives in a Jewish society almost as an outcast due to his artistic ability and the lack of interest in learning the Torah. Asher had been drawing since he was a little boy but has been criticize by his dad multiple of times by calling it foolish in the beginning of the book. Throughout the book Asher’s artistic talent changes through events or inspiration that happens around him. Asher Lev loved drawing when he…
In order to emphasize Harrington’s point Lev Grossman pours more light on criminal activities possible through drones. In addition to the information provided by the previous source, Grossman points out the positive and negative use of drones. For instance in the article “Drone Home,” Lev Grossman makes these comparisons through real life examples. He states that “Drones will carry pizzas across towns and drugs across borders. They’ll spot criminals on the run and naked celebrities in their homes”…