The Chosen | Characters
The Chosen has a host of interesting minor characters, but clearly the main characters are the two sons and two fathers: Reuven Malter, Danny Saunders, and their fathers, David Malter and Reb Saunders. Reuven, the narrator, is an Orthodox but largely Americanized Jew. Through his father he has acquired both a loyalty to Judaism and a respect for secular learning and culture. Danny Saunders, a brilliant young man with a photographic memory, is the presumed successor to his father as leader of a Hasidic community. After initial conflict — in a tense baseball game where Danny hits a...
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