Reverence To Patriarchy In Chaim Potok's The Chosen
Reverence to Patriarchy
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.” This famous verse comes from Exodus 20:12 and Chaim Potok really emphasized respecting and reverence to patriarchy in his book The Chosen. In this book, the main characters, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, both have an amazing admiration for the fathers. Both their fathers have very distinct beliefs and Danny and Reuven show reverence to them in many ways. Not only do the boys obey their fathers but they do it with respect and they also take care of their fathers throughout the book. Danny and Reuven demonstrate a reverence to patriarchy through submission, taking care of, and respecting their fathers. …show more content…
In both families, the appreciation and honor they give to their fathers is extraordinary. Throughout the book, Chaim Potok emphasizes on how Danny respects his father even though his father does not give him love like regular fathers. Many times in the book, Danny repeatedly tells Reuven how wise or right his father is because Reuven does not always understand. After Danny’s father allows him to start seeing Reuven again, he tells Reuven, “‘He is a great man,’ said Danny evenly. ‘He must have a reason.’” (261) Here, not only does the passage demonstrate how Danny sees his father, but it also shows that Danny believes his father had wisdom in doing what he was doing. In the entire book, Danny and Reuven display a respect for the reverence to patriarchy.
Through these three different methods both boys show great reverence to patriarchy. They not only obey their fathers but they do it with respect. In addition, they also go above and beyond by taking care of their fathers even through rough times. Chaim Potok desmonstrates how people today should honor their fathers in a healthy way. He demonstrates how two teenage boys can obey, take care of and respect their fathers in very real life scenario. Overall, if someone wants to read a book with a reverence to patriarchy, The Chosen is the book for
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.” This famous verse comes from Exodus 20:12 and Chaim Potok really emphasized respecting and reverence to patriarchy in his book The Chosen. In this book, the main characters, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, both have an amazing admiration for the fathers. Both their fathers have very distinct beliefs and Danny and Reuven show reverence to them in many ways. Not only do the boys obey their fathers but they do it with respect and they also take care of their fathers throughout the book. Danny and Reuven demonstrate a reverence to patriarchy through submission, taking care of, and respecting their fathers. …show more content…
In both families, the appreciation and honor they give to their fathers is extraordinary. Throughout the book, Chaim Potok emphasizes on how Danny respects his father even though his father does not give him love like regular fathers. Many times in the book, Danny repeatedly tells Reuven how wise or right his father is because Reuven does not always understand. After Danny’s father allows him to start seeing Reuven again, he tells Reuven, “‘He is a great man,’ said Danny evenly. ‘He must have a reason.’” (261) Here, not only does the passage demonstrate how Danny sees his father, but it also shows that Danny believes his father had wisdom in doing what he was doing. In the entire book, Danny and Reuven display a respect for the reverence to patriarchy.
Through these three different methods both boys show great reverence to patriarchy. They not only obey their fathers but they do it with respect. In addition, they also go above and beyond by taking care of their fathers even through rough times. Chaim Potok desmonstrates how people today should honor their fathers in a healthy way. He demonstrates how two teenage boys can obey, take care of and respect their fathers in very real life scenario. Overall, if someone wants to read a book with a reverence to patriarchy, The Chosen is the book for