The chosen
Malter's Development in The Chosen
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.
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