The Chosen - Malter's Development
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The Chosen - Malter's Development
One of the most emotional scenes from Chaim Potok's The Chosen
is when Reuven goes with Danny Saunders to talk to his father. Danny
has a great mind and wants to use it to study psychology, not become a
Hasidic tzaddik. The two go into Reb Saunders' study to explain to him
what is going to happen, and before Danny can bring it up, his father
does. Reb Saunders explains …
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…porch and sees a fly trapped in a spider's web with the arachnid builder approaching. He blows on the fly, first softly, and then more harshly, and the fly is free and safe from the danger of the spider. This is a metaphor to Danny being trapped in the "filmy, almost invisible strands of the web" (165) that is a metaphor for the Hasidic clan that has Danny somewhat captured and expected to become a tzaddik.
…porch and sees a fly trapped in a spider's web with the arachnid builder approaching. He blows on the fly, first softly, and then more harshly, and the fly is free and safe from the danger of the spider. This is a metaphor to Danny being trapped in the "filmy, almost invisible strands of the web" (165) that is a metaphor for the Hasidic clan that has Danny somewhat captured and expected to become a tzaddik.
