The book The Chosen One is a book that has inspired many people around the world. It is the story of two Jewish teenagers coming of age in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York between 1944 and 1949. The author of this book, Chaim Potok, was a well-known writer in the late 1960s. Chaim reached literary prominence when The Chosen became a best seller in 1967. Born in the Bronx, New York, in 1929, Chaim, like the two teenagers in his novel, grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Both his mother and father were strictly observant Orthodox Jews and did not support his interest in writing, because they did not want any of their children to be involved in activities outside their community. This conflict with his parents definitely manifests itself in different ways in this book, because the book is mostly about Chaim's life and the characters relate to him. In this well-written novel, we see two ultra-bright Jewish teenagers grow up. By "Growing Up" it means that the kids will learn to balance their commitments to Judaism and the various traditions that are good and not good for all Jewish communities of the time. As the world grows and changes around them, young people and their fathers will learn that tradition is flexible and that each person's individual choices contribute to Jewish tradition and can unite their people. This book has a lot to say. There are many themes that are shown in the novel. The three that are important to me and to the book are: the father-son relationship, the religious implications of friendship, and silence as a path to the soul. The father-son relationship is a very important theme in this book. The Chosen is a novel that underlines the importance of the father-son relationship: “I was a son to my father…. ...... half of the sheet ...... in the book. He is a competitive person like me and we don't understand people who think they are better than everyone else and why we have to go to war. When Reuven first met Danny in the novel, I probably would have judged him as Reuven did: competitive, rude, stubborn, and mean. Even though the outside doesn't show what a real person is on the inside, later in the book Danny wasn't the baddest guy at all, he just needed a friend and I respect that. I learned so much from this book. I get it when your parents have to keep quiet with you and how hard it can be when you can't pursue something you want to do or someone needs a friend. This book not only helps the characters understand the events, but also the reader, because we become the characters in the book and experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity..