Sometimes‚ life appears backwards. Loving‚ caring people have terrible things happen to them‚ while others practice wickedness and seem to get away with it. In his novel The Chosen‚ Chaim Potok provides such a character: a sweet‚ innocent boy named Billy who has a sad story. Throughout his small part in the book‚ Billy demonstrates joy in the midst of blindness and a rough family situation. While recovering from his injury in the hospital‚ the young boy makes a lasting impression on Reuven‚ the
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According to Bradford Wilcox‚ an active father makes a child 98% more likely to graduate from college. In The Chosen by Chaim Potok‚ there are two main characters who form a friendship. One of the characters has a strong relationship with his father; however‚ the other character does not. Also‚ the character with the strong relationship has the option to become whatever he wants to be when he is an adult while the other character has pressure on himself to become a rabbi. Based on these circumstances
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during Asher’s earlier years‚ Potok shows us that in childhood a person’s identity has not been formed and therefore is only a duplicate of their parents’ or guardians’ identity. One of the first mythic ancestor appearances happens after Asher is scolded by his father for drawing instead of doing something useful with his time. The mythic ancestor yells Aryeh Lev’s words‚ burning the message into Asher’s brain‚ chiding him for “Playing‚ drawing‚ wasting time” (Potok 36). The mythic ancestor represents
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Chaim Potok in his novel‚ The Chosen‚ uses parallels between characters to compliment one another by sharing knowledge and contrasting one another. There are two particular characters that are especially prominent. Reuven and Danny are both raised as American Jews and are the same age‚ at times they build and learn off of one another as they grow up together. Danny’s photographic memory makes memorizing things easy‚ but at times he struggles with other subjects. Potok writes‚ “Two blatt? I stared
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down on you because you are young‚ but set an example for the believers in speech‚ in conduct‚ in love‚ in faith and in purity.”- I Timothy 4:12 In 62AD‚ Paul penned these words to Timothy‚ a Jewish young man of great character. In The Chosen‚ Chaim Potok describes another Jewish young man of excellent character. Living under the guidance of mature character traits‚ Reuven becomes the bridge between two opposing sects of the Brooklyn Jewish population. He passes the challenge of an intricate word
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Extremes Collide In My Name is Asher Lev‚ Chaim Potok writes about a young boy in a Landover Hasidic community in Brooklyn who is an excellent artist. Asher travels through childhood hanging onto his art‚ but when his art interferes with his religious studies‚ Asher’s two worlds of art and Torah collide. Potok deliberately chooses the extreme icons and symbols of secular life‚ such as the world of art‚ on the one hand‚ and of Judaism‚ Hasidim‚ and the Rebbe‚ on the other hand‚ to intensify
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empathy in their life? In the book excerpt “Zebra” by Chaim Potok explains how an artist can become successful. An artist can achieve their goal‚ the artist must have knowledge and empathy to be able to achieve as an artist Empathy is important for great art because people can support a person if they experienced the same painful for less painful event as an artist. What is the true meaning of empathy? Empathy means share feelings with others. Zebra and Mr. Wilson show empathy in many ways. Even
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Zebra Mussel Zebra mussels are a type of mollusk‚ which also include a wide variety of organisms such as squids‚ octopuses‚ snails‚ oysters‚ scallops‚ and clams. In 1988 Zebra mussel were first detected or found in Canada. In 1990 zebra mussels covered every surface they could grow on. They have become an invasive species in North America‚ and as such they are the target of Federal policy to control them‚ for instance in the national invasive species act (1996).As zebra mussels have also been
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story “Zebra” by Chaim Potok‚ it takes place by a school playground and a classroom. One of the main characters is a boy named Adam Zebrin‚ or Zebra which is his nickname. Another character is John Wilson‚ he at first a man digging through the trash but turn out to be an art teacher. The story is about a Zebra a boy who loves to run but faces a dilemma when something horrible occurs. Then a man comes along and he turns out to be a art teacher and he helps Zebra reach his goals. Zebra is a boy
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"The name "zebra" comes from the Old Portuguese word zevra which means "wild ass". The pronunciation is ZEB-rə internationally‚ or ZEE-brə in North America. (Zebra)" Zebras have always been a fascination of mine while growing up. It was just their extreme rarity of an animal. Mainly the fact that they looked like a horse but with stripes like a reptile would have. Unique stripes and behaviors make these among the most familiar animals to people. Zebra stripes have entered and left the fashion world
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