The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, is a novel written about two Jewish boys growing up in Brookyln. Though they lived only five blocks from each other, Danny and Reuven lived very different lives, primarily because of the influence of their fathers. Reb Saunders and Mr. Malters approached raising a child, their Jewish faith, and the world in general from two very different perspectives. Despite the profound differences, both men tried very hard to do what …showed first 75 words of 724 total…

…showed last 75 words of 724 total…the world. Extremely different with very few similarities, Reb Saunders and Mr. Malters approached life from two angles, both truly seeking to do the right thing. They differed as fathers, as men of religion and men of the world but they were working towards the same goal; to raise their sons well. Both being successful, they raised two strong godly men, men who learned from their fathers and loved them for how they were raised.