Category: The Chosen

  • The Chosen’: A Look at The Theme of Conflict

    The Chosen’: A Look at The Theme of Conflict In The Chosen, the setting of each scene contributes to our understanding of the books central themes. The baseball field reveals the theme of conflict between two opposing forces, the hospital brings about different perceptions of the world, the library represents the characters expanding minds, and…

  • The Chosen’: Getting Away with Complete Deception

    The Chosen’: Getting Away with Complete Deception In Chaim Potoks The Chosen, a quote by psychologist Karl Menninger appears in the dedication. It goes, When a trout rising to a fly gets hooked and finds himself unable to swim about freely, he begins a fight which results in struggles and splashes and sometimes an escape&…

  • The Chosen’: Triumph Over Darkness

    The Chosen’: Triumph Over Darkness These words from the headstone of a Jewish holocaust victim perfectly define Chaim Potoks use of light as a symbol of knowledge and truth in a world of tradition. Potok uses Reuvens observations of light to give the reader clues of Dannys awakenings to the truth and knowledge of the…

  • The Chosen’: A Look at The Theme of Conflict

    The Chosen’: A Look at The Theme of Conflict In The Chosen, the setting of each scene contributes to our understanding of the books central themes. The baseball field reveals the theme of conflict between two opposing forces, the hospital brings about different perceptions of the world, the library represents the characters expanding minds, and…

  • The Chosen’: Getting Away with Complete Deception

    The Chosen’: Getting Away with Complete Deception In Chaim Potoks The Chosen, a quote by psychologist Karl Menninger appears in the dedication. It goes, When a trout rising to a fly gets hooked and finds himself unable to swim about freely, he begins a fight which results in struggles and splashes and sometimes an escape&…

  • The Chosen’: Triumph Over Darkness

    The Chosen’: Triumph Over Darkness These words from the headstone of a Jewish holocaust victim perfectly define Chaim Potoks use of light as a symbol of knowledge and truth in a world of tradition. Potok uses Reuvens observations of light to give the reader clues of Dannys awakenings to the truth and knowledge of the…