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Summary: Over Exaggerated!!
Review: This book is based on teenagers. In todays society children can not relate to the characters of this book, The Chosen. I believe that I should have enjoyed this book a lot more if I were able to understand what the characters were going through emotionally. I felt the author would help me understand, unfortunatly this is not the case. When I first heard of this book, I thought I would like it, because I too am Jewish. As I started to read it though, I felt as though it were extremely boring. I was hoping for it to be abook were I wouldn't want to put it down. but as I found out I would simply try anything to aviod it. I hope others readers have abetter feeling about this book, and it enjoyed it
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Summary: This book was very educational and good
Review: The book The Chosen By Chaim Potok, is an educational and touching story about two jewish teenage boys and thier frinedship. One of the boys, Danny Saunders is a Hasidic Jew and Reueven Malter is a orthodox Jew. They both live different lifestyles, and it was only by chance that they became frineds. While reading this book I learned what two different Jewish cultures were like. I highly recomend this book. It was a good read and a well written story.
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Summary: Enligtening Yet Boring
Review: The Chosen is an enlightening book about Jewish culture in America. Because of reading this book I have a better understanding of what it is like to be a Hisadic and Orthedox Jew living in America. The book itself was very hard to get into. The first thirty pages of lthue book is a baseball game that moves slowly. Much of the book presents huge details about Jewish culture and history. These sections tend to get boring. Even though they are extremely educational, the reader tends to dirft off about half way through these. A couple of times I almost fell asleep. When the reader returns to the plot, the reader tends to lose interest. The story itself could also move along a little more quickly. The tempo of the story did not seem to flow either. One minute Reuven and Danny are talking about something and then another, the book discusses Jewish History. I would highly recomend this book to someone interested in Jewish Culture and religion.
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Summary: A great book that teaches the importance of friendship
Review: When I first saw that the Chosen was a book on religious background, I was not looking forward to it. I think it was because I never gave it a chance. It did not seem interesting at all, so I decided to give this book a chance. As I was reading it over the summer, I could develop in my mind a picture of the book. I could see two friends from different religious backgrounds end up being friends. The story is about two kids, Danny Saunders who is an Hasidic Jew, and Reuven Malter, who was also a Jew. Reuven however was not as religious as Danny was. An incident brought them together and became friends. This book helps me see that even though you are different, you can still be friends. It also teaches me the Jewish community and background. I never knew how tough it was; going to school for seven to eight hours, only studying the Talmud and not having time for friends. This happens to Danny because he is so smart people can not understand him. Reuven is convinced by his father to make Danny his friend. This turns out for the good and it was a great and educational book to read.
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Summary: This book was very educational and good
Review: The book The Chosen By Chaim Potok, is an educational and touching story about two jewish teenage boys and thier frinedship. One of the boys, Danny Saunders is a Hasidic Jew and Malter is a orthodox Jew. They both live different lifestyles, and it was only by chance that they became frineds. While reading this book I learned what two different Jewish cultures were like. I highly recomend this book. It was a good read adn a well written story.
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Summary: The Chosen is a fascinating story
Review: The Chosen is a fascinating book about two boys and their friendship. Reuven Malter an orthodox jew and Danny Saunders the other boy is a hassidic jew. These two boys develope a relationship through a baseball game where reuven is hit in the eye with a baseball and is hospitalized. The boys learn some things that shock them about eachothers fathers.Reuven learns Dann's father is bringing him up in silence which means he won't talk to him unless studying Talmud. I give this book three stars and I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the jewish religion. This book reveals much about hassidic jewish life.
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Summary: The book didn't do much for me
Review: The chosen is written by chaim potok. I didn't like the book because it seemed a little unrealistic . I couldn't really relate to the book , because i'm not familiar with Jewish culture and I don't know any Jewish terms. I myself like action books and don't care for any boring Jewish books. there are facts that show that Hasidic people do not get along with other cultures they keep to themselves. So why would Danny try to be friendly with rueven. I don't think any parent would act like that to his child, and the child would be okay with it. I would of like the book if it was a little more exciting. I suggest this book to anybody Jewish or who is interested in Jewish culture.
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Summary: THE CHOSEN - Good fun!
Review: The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, was a great book about two Jewish boys from different sects of Judaism. Reuven Malter , one of the main charchters from the book gets hit in the head with a baseball by Danny Saunders, one of the Hasidic boys during a baseball game. Throughout the book, Danny and Reuven become good friends. The two boys do alot of things together, such as study torah and Talmud. Not only is this book about the boys good friend ship, but also about the relationship of father and son. But because of the different beliefs of both their fathers, the boys are not allowed to see each other. This book, demonstrated friendship and helped educate people on the Jewish Religion.
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Summary: good book
Review: Eli Manna 10/19/98 The Chosen Revue Paper The Chosen is a book about two boys who become best friends and stick together through the worst of times. Danny Suanders, one of the boys, is a Hasidic Jew. He is very religious and has to follow the family tradition of becoming a Rabbi. The other boy, Reuven Malter, is an Orthodox Jew who is not as religious as Danny. However they still are occasion best friends. I thought this is a very good book over all. Even though this book drags on a little it is still is educational and helpful if you want to learn more about the Jewish religion.
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Summary: I enjoyed reading the Chosen. I would highly recommend it
Review: The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a story of two boys who become friends even though they have many differences. Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders both live in Brooklyn, in the 1940s. Danny and Reuven lived five blocks away from each other, their whole lives but did not know of each others existence. Reuven Malter is an Orthodox Jew and Danny is a Hasidic Jew. The Hasidic Jew is more extreme than the Orthodox Jew, meaning that Danny wares black pants, coat, shoes, and a hat. He also has earlocks and later in the story a beard. Reuven just wares regular clothes. Danny's father is the leader of the Hasidic Jews. Danny can not do the things Reuven can do because his father and his religion do not permit it. Danny can't read any other books except for books that have to do with his religion. He can not go to movies or listen to the radio. His father also has to approve of his friends. Danny has an arranged marriage. When he or any other Hasidic Jew are born the families arrange the marriage. The two children usually don't meet until they are married. At parties the males can not dance with the females and the females can not dance with the males. Reuven as an Orthodox Jew can do all of this. When Danny's father died he was expected to take his place as the rabbi. This is not his choice. Unlike Danny, Reuven gets to decide what he wants to do in life. Danny's dream was to go to college and become a psychologist and not a rabbi. When his father died he had to take his place and carry on the family tradition. Danny does not want to do this. One day he would tell his father. Reuven also wanted to go to college, but he wanted to be a rabbi. Both of the boys went to Hirsch College. Their relationship in college suffered. When Mr. Malter made a Zionist speech in Madison Squre Garden about how the Jews should build their capital in Palestine, Danny's father forbid him to talk to Reuven. Reb Saunders was an anti-Zionist. He believes that the messiah is going to come and tell them where to build the capital. Throughout the year at college Reuven and Danny did not speak to each other. This made them both sad. The second year of college started and Danny and Reuven still did not talk. It was not until Mr. Malter had a second heart that they resumed their friendship. In the last chapters of the book Danny must make a very difficult choice that will affect him for the rest of his life.
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