The Fulfilling Pain "To live is to suffer," is a very famous quote that is applicable in both John Grisham's A Painted House and Chaim Potok's The Chosen. ... Potok uses Reuven Malter as the victim of suffering in his story while Grisham uses Luke Chandler. ... Potok begins his novel with a baseball game that Reuven is playing in against a school of Hasidic Jews. ... I had never thought about what it might be like to be blind" (Potok 52). ... I talked about it with my father as often as I could, but there seemed to be little he could do to help me" (Potok 234). ...

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P.1 English Essay In the books The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, and The Chosen, written by Chaim Potok two characters can be compared in a way they teach a young person. These two people I have chosen are Reb Saunders from The Chosen and Mr. Spencer from The Catcher in The...

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As our world changes, we as a society progress along with it. As our society progresses, we as individuals change and conform to it. Society also has expectations for individuals. These things can be good, bad, or both for obvious reasons along with some more subtle ones. Through out the books we've...

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