The Chosen

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Summary: The most thought provoking book I've read!
Review: I found The Chosen to be a captivating book that gave me both emotional and spiriyual fulfillment. Potok is proven a master in this book about two young boys and how they help each other to find themselves. Potok gives us a look at unexpected friendship as well as spiritual growth from two different points of view. The Chosen is a modern masterpiece of courage and friendship. It explores how difficult being a friend can become.

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Summary: The Chosen, a classic...
Review: I first read The Chosen as a summer reading assignment in high school. It quickly became my favorite book. I read the sequel, The Promise, on my own time and have read both books many times since then. The unlikely friendship of Rueben and Danny, two boys from totally different backgrounds is a perfect lesson for young adults to learn. It should be on all summer reading lists.

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Summary: One of the best books for young people I have ever read.
Review: I read this book as a teenage boy, and it changed my life forever. It satisfied me in an emotional and intellectual way that no book had managed previously (and would not do again until reading another Potok novel, "My Name is Asher Lev"). Although I am a Gentile (and an atheist), this book moved me so strongly that I still feel linked to Judaism. My own angst and confusion seemed mirrored in the tale of these two true friends. I recommend this book to all thoughtful readers, children and adults, who wish to explore themselves as they explore the adolescence of troubled young men growing to mature manhood.

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Summary: The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a wonderful book!
Review: I think that the chosen by Chaim Potok was an interesting, but hard book. I am an eighth grader who had to read the book for school, and in my opinion, it was a pretty hard book to follow, but it did have a whole lot of meaning to it. AWESOME BOOK!!

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Summary: An excellent, intricate story, full of rich themes.
Review: While full of rich themes and complex characters, this book is not for those looking for action and a fast moving plot. Through the story of two Jewish boys, it deals with the value of friendship, but also with the reality of being born into a lifestyle that one must eventually choose for oneself, or reject. The author blends rich dialogue with a detailed plot making it easy to sympathy with characters and situations. Additionally it offers a unique behind the scenes look at Hasidic Jews.

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Summary: The Chosen is a challenging novel,which I do not recomened .
Review: The Chosen seems very unrealistic and unbelievable. Some times , Chaim Potok uses Jewish words that only people who are Jewish or study Judaism could understand. Potok uses a word and then a few pages later gives a brief definition of that word . The book brings up the topic of Danny and Reuven's friendship and how odd it is that the two could be so close . Potok discusses this far too much in this novel and it seems very unrealistic . When teenagers get caught doing things that they are not allowed to do by their parents, they usually get reprimanded and have some type of punishment. In this novel the parents do not ask as most parents would. However, this book gives great details on how Hasidic Jews act, what they wear , and how they follow the Talmudic Laws . This book gives the reader a great insight on how all of these aspects affect how they run their lives . This novel helped me understand more about Jews and their beliefs on how they lives there life based on the Torab .

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Summary: This was an interesting book
Review: The positive outcome from reading The Chosen is that I learned about Hasidic Jews. I never knew much about these very unusual people , but after reading, I have come to understand them. In fact some of the issues they deal with, are common to many teenagers. This novel is mainly meant for adults. Most kids or teenagers who read this inn my class got bored and weren't able to understand most of the book. I recommend this book to a more mature reading audience.

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Summary: I found The Chosen to be a very confusing and difficult.
Review: The Chosen by Chaim Potok is about two boys, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, who meet at a baseball game, when Danny accidentally hits Reuven in the eye with a baseball, and Danny and Reuven become instant friends.While they are friendly, they have some problems. I thought that the book was a good portrayal of how good friends should always stick together, but I found that the author, Chaim Potok is confusing at times. He used Hasidic and Hebrew words that the reader if not Jewish might have difficultly understanding.The book was good for someone Jewish; otherwise, it was a flop.

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Summary: The chosen is a wonderful book.
Review: The chosen was excellent book about two people, somehow became friends. Reuven Malter was an orthodox Jew living in New York City. His friend Danny Saunders who a Russian Hasidic Jew who lived 5 blocks away from Reuven. At first they didn't even know of each other's existence. The one day when Danny hit Reuven in the face with a baseball , Reuven almost lost an eye. Surprisingly enough this was the first founding stone, of the one of the best friendships I have ever read about. This will touch you in a way that no other book could. I hope You give The Chosen By Chaim Potok a chance because I did, and I will never forget that book for as long as I live. There is something that says that Danny and Reuven should have never been friends. I think they were the chosen friends of this book. This book also teaches people to always give people a chance to be friend with you no matter what their background is. Read the chosen!

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Summary: Outstanding! a great book about the value of friendship.
Review: The Book The Chosen by Chaim Potok is an experience like no other. It's insight into post World War II experiences made me feel like as was living in them. The auther brilliantly introduces religious discrimination and how it affects society. This book always made me feel as though I were part of the action, wheather it was from baseball game, to the the dramatic disiplin of the Hasidic religion. This book is a must read.