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Reuven's Environment Contrast Reuven makes a transition of great magnitude in character and form of perspective. Reuven's first experience turned him to form opinions and ideas of Danny's Hasidic neighborhood, which brought him further away from his Jewish faith. His second visit pushes these accusations away, subsiding to a humble and respective view of the area. Reuven seems to notice the negative aspects of the visual imagery upon his first arrival; the "narrow street crowded …

…they face, they both mature and grow to understand one another and how they exist in such different yet similar ways. As both passages note to specific detail in the same areas within both passages it is explicitly apparent that they are supposed to be paralleled. This indicates the point that Reuven's views had changed throughout time and that it changed his perspective when he found himself in that same situation the second time around.