Silence In Chaim Potok's The Importance Of Silence

Silence can be just like passing wind. Sometimes silence can leave people feeling awkward and trying to make up their own conclusions from silence. Potok, in his novel the chosen uses silence to convey his message. The importance of the silence is not understood until the novel comes to an end. The characters in the novel try to debate the meaning of silence. The silence moments used in this novel are many ranging from the painful moments to casual and comfortable moments. Silence brings a lot of pain. There is always inadequate explanation when silence is used. In the novel the chosen, the characters Reuven, Reb Saunders as well as Danny show the readers that silence can be used to play different roles in life. Silence can be used as a teacher, a barrier as well as a creator.
The novel has different forms of silence. The first silence is at the beginning of the book. When Danny and Reuven met for the first time at the baseball field. There was silence between the two of them. Danny had remained silent even when Reuven had offered a number of compliments to him. Danny was silent while playing in the field. Even when Reuven tried to insult him he still remained silent. This silence made Reuven to hate Danny …show more content…
For instance, in the case of an argument there are things that are so obvious that should not be said by people for others to know them. In such cases silence becomes the best weapon. People learn to think for themselves without necessary being given instructions by others. In addition, I use silence when angry, just like Reuven started being silent because of anger I could also go silent. Silence will ensure that I do not say something that will hurt anyone and also I could have given a chance to the other party to think. My silence is a way of sending a message and I always expect the other person to read the message in the silence and interpret