The Chosen : Discussion of Title Throughout our lives, we are given choices to make. Whether these choices involve the people we will spend our time with, how much effort we will put into our work, or even the places we’ll choose to go, they are for the most part up to each individual. In The Chosen by Chaim Potok, these kinds of choices are not up to each person, but rather up to the …showed first 75 words of 935 total…

…showed last 75 words of 935 total…course of a lifetime, a person gets a chance to make some important decisions that may change the outcome of his or her life. In this case, Danny chose not to be a choice of his father. Luckily, Reb Saunders, saw the motivation behind his son’s actions and realized that, unlike his brother, Danny had developed a soul that would thrive upon both love for the Master of the Universe and the Universe itself.