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The Chosen Study Guide

by Chaim Potok

The Chosen study guide contains a biography of Chaim Potok, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Chaim Potok's novel The Chosen is the story of the friendship between the Hasidic Jew Danny Saunders and the more liberal Jewish teenager Reuven Malter in Brooklyn at the end of World War II. At the beginning of the novel, both are fifteen years old and live near one another, although because they go to separate yeshivas (parochial schools) they have never met. The two meet during a softball game between their two schools, in which Danny confronts Reuven and calls him an apikoros (a Jew who denies the basic tenets of his faith) as Danny is on second base. During the baseball game, Reuven pitches to Danny, who hits the ball back at him, hitting him in the eye and shattering his glasses.

Mr. Galanter, Reuven's baseball coach, takes him to…

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• The Chosen Summary
• About The Chosen
• Character List
• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 1-4
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 5-9
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 10-12
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 13-18
• Related Links on The Chosen
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Author of ClassicNote and Sources

• The Chosen: Major Themes
• The Chosen: Essays
• The Chosen: Questions
• The Chosen: Purchase the Novel and Related Material
• Chaim Potok: Biography