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Friendship Between Danny And Reuven

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In The Chosen by Chaim Potok Danny and Reuven's friendship is very important, they are always there for each other even through hard times. Friendship is not always easy and there will always be arguments and disagreements but it is worth it to have someone to talk to all the time. Chaim shows friendship as a very important part in Danny and Reuven's lives. They become close quickly after they meet and are basically inseparable. Danny and Reuven are forgiving, honest, and determined to succeed. Danny and Reuven are friends who forgive each other when they make a mistake. In the beginning of the novel we learn that Danny and Reuven do not start off as friends right away. When they first meet they are playing a baseball game and Danny hit Reuven in the eye with a baseball sending him to the hospital. When Danny decides to visit Reuven in the hospital he is not happy he says "Why don't you go home? Go home and be sorry over my eye "(62)! 7After he said this and talked with his father he realized that he needed to give Danny a chance and hear him out. Since they both had forgiveness in their heart they realized that they could be great friends. …show more content…

Danny goes to Reuven ant talks to him about how his father is making him become a rabbi. He says "I don't want to be trapped the way he's trapped. I want to be able to breathe, to think what I want to think, say the things I want to say" (202). Since Danny trusts Reuven he can be honest with him about how he feels. Reuven is also honest with Danny and tells him how he feels. When they are talking Danny brings up talking to his Professor about experimental psychology and Reuven told him how he felt. It is important to have friends that are honest like Danny and Reuven

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