The Significance Of Silence In The Chosen, By Chaim Potok

Personal Narrative Essay One word is worth one coin, silence is worth two. This theme is the most significant in the novel The Chosen, by Chaim Potok. Reuven speaks about his experience with Danny, his friend through silence, and the difficulties they face in fact they can talk but can’t because Reb Saunders forbids Danny to speak or communicate with Reuven in any way after they’ve become best friends. This theme corresponds to my life and my personal experiences. Physically speaking is inconsequential, and silence is what speaks instead of speaking, meaning to control a person by withholding communication, choices, and experiences in growing up. The aforementioned three topics are very important and have to be understood because everyone

A fool is someone who doesn’t accept silence, not knowing that silence could lead to better choices. A wise man is someone who looks into their soul in silence and thinks further about the outcomes of a choice. The choice is an impactful theme in The Chosen because during the time Reuven and Danny wouldn’t talk this encouraged them to focus on their choices, what is important is to think about the choices people want to make. For example, Danny started to accept running rats through mazes and Reuven’s grades were affected by the silence between their friendship, soon he started to get over the silence between them and work on his collage work. I have had experience with different people and I found out that I should think before I make choices. For example, ask about that person before I consider them my friend. In the novel Reb Saunders wanted Danny to find his own choices by silence and speak to his soul, not to him. For me, during the time I didn’t speak to her, I found out that she wasn’t the right choice and I found out that the person I was avoiding and didn’t like was the true friend. So farfriend so far me and Belqes are very close and we both had friendship difficulties to become friends. Making choices is part of growing

His Dad raised him in silence because he wants Danny to look into his soul for answers and to think about his choices. I can relate to that because I don’t really talk to my father because he is at work most of the time and I don’t see him until the weekends so I also face silence with my father and friend Bashier. I have no idea how long the silence between me and Bashier will stay but I feel like exploding one day and saying everything I wanted to say this entire time of being silent and how I started to act like a grown-up girl now because my father wants to see me as a grown-up and take care of myself without needing anyone. The seconds, days, months, and years are passing and I am still in the silence of the world with my father and friend. I want to go back and explain what I’ve learned through the silence with Bashier and the choices I made with my father and I want to know how she is doing in school just like Reuven felt about asking Danny if he started to like Experimental Psychology with Professor