In the novel The Chosen, Chaim Potok tells the friendship, full of ups and downs, between the two protagonists; Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders. In the exposition, Reuven lives in Brooklyn during the first years of World War II. David Malter, a writer, professor, scholar and an Orthodox Jew, raises Reuven to be a well-mannered, ethical, and religion devoted young man. Reb Saunders, Danny’s father, a patriarch in a Hasidic Dynasty raises Danny in complete silence. Reb only speaks with his son to discuss Talmud. Danny and Reuven’s friendship is tested and strengthened throughout many grand and unbearable
