Reuven Malter
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Reuven Malter is the thoughtful, observant Jewish teenager and narrator of Chaim Potok’s novel "The Chosen," whose coming-of-age story explores faith, friendship, and intellectual growth in 1940s Brooklyn.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reuven Malter canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Chosen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassionate
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introspective ⓘ observant ⓘ thoughtful ⓘ |
| closeFriendOf | Danny Saunders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| community | Modern Orthodox Jewish community ⓘ |
| conflictType |
intellectual conflict
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religious conflict ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Chaim Potok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | yeshiva student ⓘ |
| educationFocus |
Talmud
NERFINISHED
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secular studies ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Malter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation |
Talmudic scholar
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teacher ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Reuven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFather | David Malter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Holocaust era
NERFINISHED
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ creation of the State of Israel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
Jewish American literature
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bildungsroman ⓘ |
| meetsThrough | baseball game ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
coming of age
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faith ⓘ friendship ⓘ intellectual growth ⓘ religious identity ⓘ |
| narratorOf | The Chosen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherWork | Fawcett (The Chosen) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | Modern Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
first-person narrator
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protagonist ⓘ |
| setting | Jewish neighborhoods of Brooklyn ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
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