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Chris Cloke, WHS English Department |
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cloke.c@mail.wsd.wednet.edu
(Contact me any time, and please let me know if you find a broken link.) |
The Chosen Help Page |
Items Available:
Crossword Puzzles
Character Pictures
Study Help
Vocabulary Words
Chaim Potok Bio
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Chaim Potok said,
"What I'm trying to explore in my books is ... confrontation of ideas. Of cultures in tension with one another. A kind of tension that I experienced as I grew up and made my way into this world. All of us have one kind or another of ongoing culture confrontation almost every day of our lives.... The Chosen is essentially about the core of my own tradition."5 |
Crossword Puzzles:
1. Vocabulary Crossword #1
2. Vocabulary Crossword #2
Character Pictures:
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Reuven recovers from his eye injury |
Danny, conversing with Reuven |
Potok himself as a rabbi in an early movie version |
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Shabbas being celebrated at Danny's home |
Reading the Torah |
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A group of men from a Hasidic sect |
A young Hasidic boy |
The Williamsburg Bridge |
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A building in Williamsburg (Brooklyn) |
A typical street in Williamsburg (Brooklyn) |
A market in Willimasburg (Brooklyn) |
Study Help:
Basic Characters:
Reuven Malter
Danny Saunders
David Malter
Reb Isaac Saunders
Dr. Snydman
Davey Cantor
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Levi Saunders
Mr. Galanter
Rav Gershenson
Prof. Nathan Appleman Mickey
Dov Schlomowitz |
Manya
Tony Savo
Billy Merrit
Roger Merrit
Sidney Goldberg
Mrs. Carpenter |
Questions to Ponder: (2-3 paragraph answers)
1. Why does Reb Saunders raise his son in silence? Support your answer with textual evidence.
2. Explain how opposities or complements are used in the novel. Provide specific examples from the text.
3. Explain the meaning behind the title of the novel. Include specific examples form the text.
4. Explain how eyes are used throughout the novel (or images or passages dealing with sight). Use textual evidence to support your answer.
5. Compare and contrast Reb Suanders and David Malter. Use textual evidence in your answer.
6. What methods or techniques are used by David Malter when raising his son? Use evidence from the text in your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
1. Shabbat (n) the Jewish day of rest
2. fanatic (n) one who is obsessed with something
3. orderlies (n) those who work in a hospital, usually doing routine duties such as getting water for patients and taking messages
4. brood (v) to ponder, especially in a troubling manner
5. dynasty (n) a succession of rulers whose members are in the same family
6. accustomed (adj) used to something
7. hydrangea (n) a shrub or vine with showy flowers, usually white, blue or pink
8. vestibule (n) a small entrance room
9. lox (n) smoked salmon
10. utopia (n) an imagined and ideal community
11. Cossacks (n) Russian and Polish guerilla fighters; known for being vicious
12. degrade (v) to disgrace or reduce in quality, character, or dignity
13. tallit (n) a prayer shawl
14. Kabbalah (n) the Jewish book of mysticism
15. tzaddik (n) a completely righteous person believed to have special, mystical power
16. Yiddish (n) a language which is a combination of Polish, Hebrew, Russian, and English
17. gentile (n) a person who is not Jewish
18. abba (n) a Yiddish term for father
19. tefillin (n) a small black cube containing pieces of scripture which is strapped to the head or left arm while praying
20. Semite (n) a term which usually refers to someone of Jewish descent
21. Hasidic (adj) refers to a deeply conservative Jew
22. Torah (n) the written law of Judaism (first five books of the "Old Testament")
23. yarmulke (n) a skull cap worn during religious study or prayer
24. blatt (n) two full pages of the Torah
25. Talmud (n) the entire teachings of the Jewish people
26. Apikorsim (n) Jews who do not follow the laws of faith - a very derogatory term
27. yeshiva (n) a Jewish school
28. kiddush (n) a Jewish blessing of food, especially wine or bread
29. Orthodox (n) Adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith in relation to Judaism
30. antediluvian (adj) Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood
1- http://a1204.g.akamai.net/7/1204/1401/04021016011/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/7380000/7382189.jpg
2- http://www.lasierra.edu/~ballen/potok/reuven.jpg
3- http://www.lasierra.edu/~ballen/potok/danny.jpg
4- http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/2/protected/chosen/potok.jpg
5- http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rels/002/lectures/chosen.html
6- http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rels/002/lectures/chosen.html
7- http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rels/002/lectures/chosen.html
8- http://www.lasierra.edu/~ballen/potok/Potok.album1.html
9- http://www.filmakers.com/indivs/Dvekut.htm
10- http://www.filmakers.com/indivs/Dvekut.htm
11- http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/citywide/3bridgewalk
12- http://www.polaprints.com/gallery/album36
13- http://www.coloradomagazineonline.com/Cities%20_%20Towns/Brooklyn/Brooklyn_Williamsburg_NY.htm
14- http://www.coloradomagazineonline.com/Cities%20_%20Towns/Brooklyn/Brooklyn_Williamsburg_NY.htm