The Chosen

Parenting is not a fun and easy thing to do sometimes especially with teenagers. In the book The Chosen by Chaim Potok, Danny’s father Reb. Saunders is a very religious Hacidic Jewish man who fails to communicate with his son throughout his childhood. With Danny desperately in search of what to do with his life (to be a rabbi or not), he becomes friends with Reuven, a typical Jewish boy in Brooklyn New York. …

…s father was a good man, a strong man, with great expectations and views to life. The silence was a burden for Danny and his father’s relationship yet sometimes was a gift or a benefit to them. Its not an easy job being a parent, and every parent will have his or her own techniques...Mr. Saunders had a very fitting parenting style towards his son which resulted in a positive in the end.