Illness and Mortality
Explain the theme of Illness and Mortality?
The theme Illness and Mortality is shown through the Hospital's patients and the state of Reuven's heath.
Explain how WW 2 affect society in the chosen.
Overseas violence and conflict a major part of day to day life.
Explain the religious implications of friendship in book 2 of The Chosen.
In book two of the chosen, most specifically, when Danny brings Reuven to his home the first time. We see Reb Saunders question Reuven's intentions in befriending his son.
Analyze the meaning of the theme Illness and Mortality?
Illness and mortality are a huge factor of how life plays out, as much as the personal choices you would be required to make. It can suddenly bring hard decisions and limitations to anyone's life.
How did WW 2 affect the Chosen Book 1?
What is it added an excited and anxious tone to parts at the end of book 1, after Reuven had just fought his own personal war with Danny, kind of like a microcosm of the whole world war.
Analyze why Reb Saunders is worried about Danny and Reuven's friendship.
Reb Suanders fears that Reuven and Danny's friendship will lead to a corruption of Danny's Hasidism.
Give an example of how Illness or Mortality has affected someones life in book one? Explain what you think came out of the Situation.
In the case of someone like little Billy, much of his day to day life was completely dictated by factors utterly out of his control. Being a simple passenger, he would have had no control over the car crash and someone else's mistake has become something that defines much of his life.
Provide some evidence and explain the affects WW 2 had in book one.
WW2 at the time was a huge part of society, with almost everyone constantly listening to the radio to hear more about it. With everyone paying attention to the war, it also sparked a strong sense of patriotism
Provide an example from the text (not what was already brought up) where has Reuven and Danny's friendship been affected by their religious views.
Through their friendship
The theme of Illness and Mortality is a prominent focal point in book one. Name and connect an example of this in the real world and how it connects to a character in the book.
The widespread tragedy of cancer. It hits by surprise and can completely change someone's life in the matter of seconds. For example Billy's car crash was unexpected and permanently altered his future.
Connect the way WW 2 was depicted by Book 1 to the world today.
Nowadays we see constant media coverage of global conflicts which leads to everyone remotely involved in a topic. For example in the hospital when everyone was listening to D-day on the radio or how Coach Galanter was treating baseball as a war.