Danny Says

stay with Danny. They are in the cafeteria of Danny’s school, eating lunch. It has been a long day for Danny already, because Chin-Kee has been answering lots of questions correctly during class. Danny feels that this is drawing too much attention to Chin-Kee. Chin-Kee’s enthusiasm towards answering questions also emphasizes a stereotype, that all Asians are smart. In this panel, Danny’s cousin Chin-Kee is asking Danny if he would like to try some of his lunch. The main characters are Danny,…

Aui, Aui has an older cousin named Danny, Aui makes 2 boxes in workshop class When Danny sees the well-made boxes he gets an idea. The next day Danny calls and asks if Aui parents are home. Aui was very suspicious but did not ask any questions and said no. Danny just asked if he can come over and Aui said sure. When Danny goes to his cousin house he asks if he could see the boxes. On the counter, he places a gun. Aui asks his older cousin why he had a gun and Danny explained that someone was…

questionable upbringing, like Danny Saunders, one of the main characters in Chaim Potok’s masterpiece, The Chosen. The way people handle these circumstances plays a role in the characters they develop into. Danny’s destiny was unpalatable to him. In accordance with tradition, Danny was to inherit the role of tzaddik from his father upon his death. His father, an increasingly important man, strove to enforce a number of rules, including the books his son reads. Danny, upon reading certain books,…

Breakfast With Danny So here I am, staring face-to-face at the man I most wanted to impress. Yet I am impressing nobody. I am a mess. This is my life, and I’m wasting it minute by minute. What must you think of me, Danny-boy? This tarnished café could not be more substandard than it is. Maybe it’s just dull because that’s how I’m feeling right now. I need a drink. Oh, Jesus, I can’t even think straight. I’m unfocused at the very least. A wino - they call me! They called right. Poor Danny leans…

Baltimore, the focus of the story, is far from being perfect. The family consist of Mrs. Bee Bedloe, Mr. Doug Bedloe, Claudia, the oldest child, Danny the middle child and Ina the youngest. Danny marries Lucy, a divorcee with two children Agatha and Thomas. Lucy was pregnant before meeting Danny so Danny’s daughter Daphne is maybe someone else’s baby. Danny may know Daphne is not his daughter, but ignores the fact. Ian suspects Lucy cheats on his brother while Ian babysit the kids. Ian wants to…

new friend Danny Saunders. At the young age of four, Reb Saunders made the decision to raise his first born Daniel in complete silence. Reb Saunders only spoke to his son when studying Talmud, otherwise known as Jewish law. Throughout the novel and up until the end, Reuven never truly understood the motives of Reb Saunders raising Danny as he did. In the novel, The Chosen, Reuven’s father David compared Danny to Solomon Maimon, a young Polish Jew, in an attempt to better explain Danny to…

group of people with different identities does not alter the identity of each person is a prominent theme throughout Gene Luen Yang’s book American Born Chinese. There are three main characters throughout the entire book, Monkey King, Jin Wang, and Danny, who all exemplify the theme of immigration. Monkey King identified himself as a god since he built his kingdom, but when he was not accepted by gods and goddess due to him being a monkey, he started to see how good it is to live as a monkey.…

“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood” (Lucius Annaeus Seneca). Beautiful friendship can only be received if there is understanding between each person. The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, is about two Jewish boys living in Brooklyn, New York, towards the end of World War II era. A disagreement between two contradicting viewpoints of the same religion about the Jewish homeland and tradition is what causes a stir of emotion that becomes the basis of…

learned this from the silence between him and his father, he says this about his father: “He taught me with silence...When his people would ask why he was so silent with his son, he would say to them...One learns of the pain of others by suffering one’s own pain.” Reb is now trying to teach Danny, through the silence, to have compassion for them. Danny however wants to learn to be able to see inside a person through phycology not silence, he says: “It (psychology) helps you understand what a…

symbolism to create more perspective into Danny and Reuven’s life. To introduce the story, Danny is the son of Reb Saunders and is destine to take his father’s place as Rebbe. He has a brilliant mind which causes him to feel the desire for knowledge. Although Danny is obligated to take his father’s place as Rebbe, Danny wants to pursue other professions. This internal conflict results in Danny feeling trapped. Reuven, Danny’s best friend, first met Danny at a Baseball game. Reuven and Danny’s…