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* [[MeddlingParents Meddling Parent]]: Played with. [[spoiler: He knows very well what is going on with Danny, but rather than confronting him hopes that his son will tell him of his own free will.]]
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* AllPsychologyIsFruedian: Danny is a big fan of Freudian psychoanalysis, and is pretty miffed that his university courses only focus on behavioral experiments. As far as he's concerned "rats and mazes" has nothing at all to do with the human mind.
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* AllPsychologyIsFruedian: AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Danny is a big fan of Freudian psychoanalysis, and is pretty miffed that his university courses only focus on behavioral experiments. As far as he's concerned "rats and mazes" has nothing at all to do with the human mind.
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* AllPsychologyIsFruedian: Danny is a big fan of Freudian psychoanalysis, and is pretty miffed that his university courses only focus on behavioral experiments. As far as he's concerned "rats and mazes" has nothing at all to do with the human mind.
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* TheDutifulSon
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* TheDutifulSonTheDutifulSon: He'd much rather study psychology and other secular sciences, but he attends to his Talmudic studies faithfully to please his father.
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* [[PreachersKid Rebbe's Kid]]
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* TeenGenius
* [[ReluctantRuler Reluctant Heir]]
* TeenGenius
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* [[PreachersKid Rebbe's Kid]]
Kid]]: Made more significant by the fact that it's hereditary, meaning he's his father's successor.
* [[ReluctantRuler ReluctantHeir]]
Heir]]: He wants to be a psychotherapist, but family tradition demands that he be the next Rebbe.
*TeenGeniusTeenGenius: On top of studying 4 times more Talmud than Reuven can on a good day, he voraciously reads science and literature in the library on his off-time. His photographic memory certainly helps. Reuven's dad goes so far as to compare him to Maimonides.
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* AFriendInNeed
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* AFriendInNeedAcademicAthlete: He's the lynchpin the school's baseball team, and brilliant to boot.
* AFriendInNeed: Danny desperately needs someone, ''anyone'' he can talk to. Reuven becomes that someone.
* AFriendInNeed: Danny desperately needs someone, ''anyone'' he can talk to. Reuven becomes that someone.
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* [[PreacherMan Rabbi Man]]
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* BerserkButton: Zionism ''really'' sets him off. Reuven sends him into a vitriolic rant just by mentioning the idea.
* [[PreacherMan RabbiMan]]
Man]]: As a Rebbe, he fits this role far better than an Orthodox or Conservative rabbi would.
*MagneticHeroDarkAndTroubledPast: His family was slaughtered by Cossacks, during which he himself was mortally wounded and left near death in the cold for half a day. His life was saved by one of his workers, but the process of recovery was torturous. Then his synagogue was burnt down and more than half of the families in his community were killed. And ''then'', after all of that, came the long and harrowing journey to America.
* MagneticHero: He has a mystical charisma about him that is unmistakable. It helped keep his community together when they emigrated during WWI, all at the age of 21. In Danny's words, they would have followed him anywhere.
* [[PreacherMan Rabbi
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* MagneticHero: He has a mystical charisma about him that is unmistakable. It helped keep his community together when they emigrated during WWI, all at the age of 21. In Danny's words, they would have followed him anywhere.
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* ThePatriarch
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* ThePatriarch
NoTrueScotsman: He refers to advocates of a Jewish State as ''goyim'' and ''apikorsim''.[[note]]non-Jew and infidel, respectively.[[/note]] To a lesser extent, he thinks this of non-Hassdic Jews or, as Danny puts it, Jews who don't wear a caftan and side curls.
*ToughLoveThePatriarch: The spiritual leader of the local Hassidim, who look up to him with paternal admiration.
* ToughLove: He genuinely loves Danny; his high standards stem from his belief that Danny will live up to them.
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* ToughLove: He genuinely loves Danny; his high standards stem from his belief that Danny will live up to them.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist
WellIntentionedExtremist: His method of raising Danny, while extreme, is born of legitimate fears that Danny would grow up arrogant and uncompassionate.
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* GentlemanAndAScholar
GentlemanAndAScholar: An excellent biblical scholar, and very kind and polite.
*GoodParentsGoodParents: He's raising Reuven by himself, and from what we see, he's doing a phenomenal job.
* HeroicBSOD: The news of Roosevelt's death combined with learning about the Holocaust nearly destroys him.
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* HeroicBSOD: The news of Roosevelt's death combined with learning about the Holocaust nearly destroys him.
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* OpenMindedParent
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* OpenMindedParentOpenMindedParent: Especially in contrast to Reb Saunders. He'd prefer Reuven to be a mathematician, but is perfectly okay with him being a rabbi.
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* JewishAndNerdy: Reads Bertrand Russell for fun. In high school.
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* SupportingProtagonist
SupportingProtagonist: Moreso in ''The Chosen''. In ''The Promise'' we spend a lot of time with him as he studies for his ''semicha'' (rabbinic ordination).
* TookALevelInKindness: By the end of ''The Chosen'', and throughout ''The Promise''.
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!David Malther
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!David Malther
Malter
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* FiredTeacherTheDeterminator: Soldiers on through two heart attacks over the course of ''TheChosen'', and is alive and working throughout ''The Promise'' with no signs of retiring.
* FiredTeacher: In ''The Promise'', his liberal attitude toward Biblical commentary and Talmud study get him canned from the yeshiva where he teaches. [[spoiler:He gets hired by Abraham Gordon at the end, but it's implied that this has forever put him on the outs with Orthodox scholars.]]
* FiredTeacher: In ''The Promise'', his liberal attitude toward Biblical commentary and Talmud study get him canned from the yeshiva where he teaches. [[spoiler:He gets hired by Abraham Gordon at the end, but it's implied that this has forever put him on the outs with Orthodox scholars.]]
* TheMourningAfter: Downplayed, but he never remarries after the death of Reuven's mother, and the few times he mentions her he makes it clear he loved her deeply.
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* PatrioticFervor: For the Zionist cause.
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* PatrioticFervor: For the nascent state of Israel. It nearly kills him, as he collapses from a heart attack (his second) due to his overwork on behalf of Zionist cause.causes.
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* TraumaCongaLine: His backstory. The only thing that could have made it worse would have been if he'd himself gone through the Holocaust. [[spoiler: Then we find out his missing older brother was murdered in Auschwitz.]]
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The first person narrator and something of [[TheIshmael an Ishmael]]. When Danny Saunders hits him in the eye with a baseball, the two of them become unlikely best friends.
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The first person narrator and something of [[TheIshmael an Ishmael]]. FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator. When Danny Saunders hits him in the eye with a baseball, the two of them become unlikely best friends.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being designated heir, is ''not'' fun.
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* PrincelyYoungMan: All the synagogue treat him like a prince.
* [[PreachersKid Rebbe's Kid]]
* [[PreachersKid Rebbe's Kid]]
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* [[PreacherMan: [[PreacherMan Rabbi Man]]
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[[WMG: Danny Saunders]]
A gifted adolescent and the son of Rebbe Saunders he is trapped between two worlds and by the strong will of his father who fears he will become an InsufferableGenius and thus be unworthy of his legacy.
A gifted adolescent and the son of Rebbe Saunders he is trapped between two worlds and by the strong will of his father who fears he will become an InsufferableGenius and thus be unworthy of his legacy.
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A gifted adolescent and the son of Rebbe
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* ReluctantRuler(Reluctant heir)[[ReluctantRuler Reluctant Heir]]
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* TrainingFromHell(raiseing in silence)
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* TrainingFromHell(raiseing TrainingFromHell: He's been raised in silence)silence, ostentatiously to teach him to look into his own heart instead of looking for other's opinions.
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[[WMG: Rebbe Saunders]]
A stern and demanding father, he resorts to extreme measures to train Danny to become a proper Rebbe.
* [[PreacherMan Rabbi Man]]
A stern and demanding father, he resorts to extreme measures to train Danny to become a proper Rebbe.
* [[PreacherMan Rabbi Man]]
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A stern
The first person narrator and
* AFriendInNeed
* TheSmartGuy: He's a
* SupportingProtagonist
!Rebbe Saunders
The heir of a dynasty of Hassidic Rebbes. He is apparently cold towards his oldest son, Daniel, as he expects the boy to carry on the legacy and all the weight that entails.
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* [[MeddlingParents Meddling Parent]]Parent]]: Played with. [[spoiler: He knows very well what is going on with Danny, but rather than confronting him hopes that his son will tell him of his own free will.]]
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[[WMG: Reuven Malter]]
The first person narator. He becomes Danny's friend in an odd way.
* AFriendInNeed
* TheSmartGuy(really each one is a SmartGuy but he is the best at Math)
* SupportingProtagonist
* UndyingLoyalty(to Danny)
[[WMG: David Malter(Reuven's Father)]]
The first person narator. He becomes Danny's friend in an odd way.
* AFriendInNeed
* TheSmartGuy(really each one is a SmartGuy but he is the best at Math)
* SupportingProtagonist
* UndyingLoyalty(to Danny)
[[WMG: David Malter(Reuven's Father)]]
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The first person narator. He becomes Danny's friend in an odd way.
* AFriendInNeed
* TheSmartGuy(really each one is a SmartGuy but he is the best at Math)
* SupportingProtagonist
* UndyingLoyalty(to Danny)
[[WMG: David Malter(Reuven's Father)]]
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* AFriendInNeed(he helps Danny find "outsider" books)
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* AFriendInNeed(he helps Danny AFriendInNeed: At the Library, he assists Danny's 'rebellion' against his father by helping him find "outsider" books)good secular books.
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* PatrioticFervor(the Zionist cause)
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* PatrioticFervor(the PatrioticFervor: For the Zionist cause)cause.
