Analysis Of The Character Danny In The Chosen By Chaim Potok

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The character Danny in the book The Chosen by Chaim Potok, is a very important character. Throughout the book he just has this feeling of being trapped. He is stuck in his father’s dynasty for becoming the rabbi. He is stuck in his religion. It is like he is being controlled and becoming someone that he doesn’t want to be, but what his family wants him to be. I think this can still be found frequently today with some parents who don’t realize that their kids don’t want to be what they think they want to be.
I personally think the character Danny in The Chosen is similar to Matilda in the movie/book Matilda. In the story the main character Matilda is very intelligent which contradicts with the rest of her family, who don’t really care about

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