The Sound Of Silence In The Chosen

The Sound of Silence “ Silence is the most powerful scream” it is something that can speak a thousand words without effort, and it is also something that can benefit or harm a relationship. Which is why silence is such and important theme for the book, The Chosen. Silence allowed the characters to speak when words couldn’t, it conveyed emotions the characters did not want to express, and silence allowed the characters to learn where words would not be teachable. Silence allowed Danny to show Rueven that he genuinely cared, by going to the hospital to visit Rueven. Danny didn’t have to say any words to Rueven, just his presence was enough to show that he was genuinely sorry and that he actually cared about Rueven. Unlike modern times where you would just send a text message or send a phone call that you hope they feel better. Danny …show more content…
This is shown through the silence between Danny Saunders and his father. Rueven himself thought it was cruel and unnecessary, but we learn at the end of the book that it was how Danny’s father was taught. And it ended up teaching Danny to perceive things through his own opinion, learning compassion and how to see things from other people’s perspective. So Danny ended up developing quicker and understanding empathy and became extremely mature in life. A person once said that “A meaningful silence is always better than meaningless words” which is very true. Having a meaningful moment of silence allows people to understand each other and not be filled with meaningless lies. That is why silence was so important in The Chosen, it let every character to better understand each other and develop relationships because of that. I thought that Danny’s father’s silence was cruel and unjust but when I reached the last chapter I understood all of his reasoning. Everything that he said made sense and all the things he did for Danny just made me cry at the