How Does Chaim Potok Show Patience

Patience is a Virtue A main characteristic that is commonly found in, The Chosen, by Chaim Potok is Patience. “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Even though having patience is hard, it is usually worth it in the end. If you are patient with others you will be respected for it. In The Chosen, three characters that are portrayed by Chaim Potok to have patience are Mr. Malter, Mr Galanter, and Reuven. These three help teach others and hold their tongues when they want to lash out angrily.

David Malter, (Reuven's Father) has a great amount of patience and has compassion for everyone. He gets to know people before he makes assumptions about them and their characteristics. In The Chosen Mr. Malter shows his patience when, on page 49, it says, “That is a terrible thing to say.” He was controlling his anger with difficulty.” Mr. Malter holds his temper, even when he wanted to yell at Reuven for his ignorance. Another example of this is when Reuven wants to know all about Jewish history, even though it is night and Mr. Malter is tired he stays up to talk on and on. Reuven is full of unending questions but David Malter answers as many of them as he can with his wisdom. …show more content…
Galanter. Mr. Galanter doesn't yell at his team even when they aren't paying much attention to what he tells them. Instead, he corrects them kindly. Mr. Galanter wished to be a soldier but he had some mysterious defects so he couldn't. He has patience with his team and keeps their “morale” up. He gives the boys on the team some initiative to practice more and stay fit because it is an important show of “patriotism” that will help the war effort. He want's his team to do well and he knows how to do it. All of the kids on his team respect him for the way that he treats them and his patience with them and their