The Chosen Danny Character Traits

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“But we have to tie the bow on this side!” explains Dawn. Dawn has the gift of organization and paying attention to details, but this gift hinders her from accepting other’s ideas. Like Dawn, Danny, a character in the book, The Chosen, possess traits that both bless and curse him and others. These characteristics, which include intelligence, determination, and independence, give Danny his habits and further him in his goals. His great intelligence appeases his father in his religious life while 00000000000000. Through determination, Danny becomes friends with a former enemy, but causes him to rebel against his parents. He obtains his own ambitions and drifts away from his parents through his independence. Danny’s traits of intelligence, determination, and independence each benefit and injure him. Beginning with Danny’s intelligence, it serves and harms him. Through his great intelligence, Danny appeases and displeases his father. Danny describes how his mind blesses him through declaring, “I have a photographic mind… I look at a page of Talmud, and I remember it by heart. I understand it too.” (69). He …show more content…

His determination gives him a friend and disobedience. After a baseball game, Danny regrets hurting his opponent named Reuven and apologizes very sincerely, which resulted in Reuven replying, “No hard feelings,” (Potok 71). This quote displays a result of Danny’s determination to receive forgiveness. Because of his determination, a daily, undying friendship remains between these two boys and blesses both of them. Unfortunately, his determination also causes some habitual disobedience. Danny’s desire to learn new ideas results in him reading secular books in the library everyday without his parents approval. In his determination, Danny causes forgiveness and immoral acts. These examples explain how Danny’s determination benefits him physically and blinds him

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