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My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

to the bed and lay on it with my eyes closed. Now there was ice and darkness inside me. I could feel the cold darkness moving sl...

A Comparative Analysis of My Name is Asher Lev and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

an "observant Jew," which means that he is at odds with his own culture because "observant Jews do not paint at all" (Potok 3). H...

Meeting the Protagonists

main point of the journeys) can be summarized as follows: Huckleberry Finn and his friend Jim, an escaped slave, start down the Mi...

Protagonists

he has not really learned a great deal, except to perhaps further solidify his lack of desire to be civilized. In reading this sto...

Jewish Culture & Asher Lev

of four, Ashers mother encouraged him to make "pretty pictures," but Ashers father, even a this young age, saw the conflict betwee...

Protagonists: Twain, Austen, and Potok

journey with a runaway slave and ultimately finds his way back to civilization and a home. Offering a very simple and adventurous ...

Asher Lev's Journey and the Ideology of James Hillman

In six pages Chaim Potok's Asher Lev character is applied to an examination of the ideology of James Hillman with religion and chi...

Chaim Potok's The Chosen

we meet the main characters, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, two boys with similar backgrounds who meet at a baseball game. Dan...

Huck, Emma & Asher Lev/Misfits

expected of young women in British society during this era. In Potoks novel, Asher Lev is a twentieth century boy raised in the Ha...

Literary Devices in Three Novels

makes an impression is the plot and specifically the incident when Huck could turn Jim in to the men who are hunting runaway slave...

The Theme of Self-Reliance is found in Emma, Huck Finn and My Name is Asher Lev

swayed by the setting to which he is born. In fact, it seems that Emma and Huck learn those lessons too. The self-reliance they ea...

Multicultural Literature Education and Gender

This carefully researched paper looks at this topic using various perspectives. Should gender be a part and parcel of a course on ...

A Polls' Analysis

or job prejudice against someone because he or she is gay) can end up really confusing the issue, rather than giving a clear-cut p...

American Religious Tradition Experiences

In ten pages the various experiences involved in the American religious condition are examined in a consideration of the firsthand...

Chaim Potok's 2 Worlds

In eleven pages this paper examines the Orthodox Judaism conflicts of Chaim Potok in an overview of his receptiveness to the new i...

Chaim Potok's "Wanderings" - Classical and Modern Paganism

then, was something of a departure, venturing into historical territory. However, Potok carefully planned the work for a period of...

Journey to Self-Awareness in Emma, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and My Name is Asher Lev

her better judgment, but she was initially dismissive. Emma prefers living through others instead of living for herself, and her ...

American Ethnic Communities and Religious Experience

In ten pages this paper discusses the ethnic communities in America and their religious experiences as presented in 'Go Tell It on...

Freedom Issues

"I Have a Dream" speech, in which King lambasted the United States for forbidding the Negroes to be free people (King). "We can ne...

The Chosen by Chaim Potok in Terms of Family Analysis

field. The friendship grows as a result of an accident which is also odd. In fact, Reuven and his father recognize that the acci...

The Chosen by Chaim Potok and Religious Pluralism

In five pages this paper discusses religious pluralism within the context of Potok's novel and the religious patterns featured in ...

An Evaluation of The Chosen

Potok's well known novel is discussed. This work evaluates a Jewish community and the lives of teens are discussed in the context ...

The Physical Realm According to Rene Descartes

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

Analysis: “In the Name of the Rose”

but throughout the novel in its structure and in the references Eco brings in. The reader thus becomes aware that the novel is wor...

NUTRASWEET CASE STUDY

mention the fact that aspartame had been sent through the wringer. A manager, therefore, needs to basically factor public relation...

The Largest Submarine Sandwich Company

Subway, the leading subway sandwich restaurant, opened its first store in August 1965 under a different name. The name was changed...

Naming Conventions in "Beloved"

harrowing existence would lead a mother to that sort of desperate act. But still, no matter why she did it, and even if death is b...

Court Cases Faced by Philip Morris Tobacco Company

the tobacco companies negotiated a settlement with 46 states that had filed suits against them (Noonan, 2000). The amount was for ...

Old Testament Books of Jonah, Amos, and Hosea

In six pages this paper examines these Old Testament prophet books in terms of their names' meaning and also contrasts and compare...

Color of Words and the Stroop Effect

suggests the interference occurs due to the fact that naming colors entails additional attention when compared to that of merely r...