Honoring Your Parents
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was a phenomenal novel. While it was quite humorous in areas, it taught important lessons. The Chosen by Chaim Potok was another phenomenal novel. I thought it really showed the growth of an unlikely friendship really well and taught crucial life lessons. I personally enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird and The Chosen’s characters, storyline, and themes a lot. However, I felt that The Chosen was a better book with a more appealing storyline, characters, and themes.
To Kill a Mockingbird is about two siblings named Scout and Jem who live in Maycomb, Alabama. At a young age, they both learn about the dark world, and mature throughout the novel. The Chosen is about the growing friendship between two seemingly different Jewish boys. As one grows up without the love and affection of a father while another does, they become close friends and learn important life lessons together. I thoroughly enjoyed both storylines, but in the end, I knew that I enjoyed The Chosen a lot more. I have made friends before, but I usually do not become friends with people who have different interests than me. I never knew how two very different people could become best friends, but The Chosen proved me wrong.
Another reason why I enjoyed The Chosen more than To Kill a Mockingbird …show more content…
The novel gives plenty of examples of unfair treatment towards the colored, and really opens up eyes to see the world in a different image. In The Chosen, I felt that the main theme was honoring your parents. Both characters in this book showed that they would always honor their parents in all conditions. As Deuteronomy 5:16 says: Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Both novels had important themes, but I felt that The Chosen’s theme was more
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was a phenomenal novel. While it was quite humorous in areas, it taught important lessons. The Chosen by Chaim Potok was another phenomenal novel. I thought it really showed the growth of an unlikely friendship really well and taught crucial life lessons. I personally enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird and The Chosen’s characters, storyline, and themes a lot. However, I felt that The Chosen was a better book with a more appealing storyline, characters, and themes.
To Kill a Mockingbird is about two siblings named Scout and Jem who live in Maycomb, Alabama. At a young age, they both learn about the dark world, and mature throughout the novel. The Chosen is about the growing friendship between two seemingly different Jewish boys. As one grows up without the love and affection of a father while another does, they become close friends and learn important life lessons together. I thoroughly enjoyed both storylines, but in the end, I knew that I enjoyed The Chosen a lot more. I have made friends before, but I usually do not become friends with people who have different interests than me. I never knew how two very different people could become best friends, but The Chosen proved me wrong.
Another reason why I enjoyed The Chosen more than To Kill a Mockingbird …show more content…
The novel gives plenty of examples of unfair treatment towards the colored, and really opens up eyes to see the world in a different image. In The Chosen, I felt that the main theme was honoring your parents. Both characters in this book showed that they would always honor their parents in all conditions. As Deuteronomy 5:16 says: Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Both novels had important themes, but I felt that The Chosen’s theme was more