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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Report on the book The ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Promise ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 09/94 # of Words:752 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Title of Book: The Promise
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Author of Book: Chaim Potok
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1.In 10-12 sentences, write a brief outline of the plot of the novel. Be
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sure to make clear the major conflict of the story.
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1.In the beginning of the novel, the main character, Reuben, is spending
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some time with his father at their cottage. His friend, Rachel is also
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vacationing nearby. Reuben finds out that Rachel's 14 year old cousin,
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Michael, is mentally ill, and Reuben seems to be the only person Michael
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will talk to. Near the end of the summer, Reuben's best friend Danny comes
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to visit Reuben and the Gordons (Rachel's family) invite Danny over to
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discuss Michael because Danny is a genius, and he is studying psychology.
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At the summer's end, Michael is put into the treatment centre at which
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Danny is working. Reuben becomes friends with Michael's father, Abraham
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Gordon, a very respected scholar. Unfortunately, his ideas are not approved
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by Reuben's professor, Rav Kalman. Rav Kalman tells Reuben that if he
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continues to see Abraham and Michael Gordon, he will not be given his
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smicha, the degree which he has been working to get for so long. Also,
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Michael does not respond well to the treatment centre, and bec omes
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violent. Danny decides to use an experimental treatment on Michael, which
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involves not letting him talk to anyone or interact with anything except
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his therapist. The major conflict is when Michael becomes catatonic, and it
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seems as if Reuben will not get his smicha and Michael will never be cured.
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Danny decides to have a long conversation with Rav Kalman, and convinces
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him to at least give Reuben the smicha examination. During the examination,
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Reuben uses a method called test emendation, which is strictly forbidden by
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his school. Reuben backs up his arguments so well, that Rav Kalman does
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give him smicha, and when Reuben tells this to Michael (although Michael is
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in a comatose state) Michael awakes and tells Reuben, Danny and his parents
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that he hates his father because when his father writes a book, all the
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people who disagree with his ideas write hateful articles, and
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excommunicate the Gordon family.
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2.What is the setting of the novel?
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2.The novel is set in Willamsburg, Brooklyn, in the 1950's.
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3.In one sentence, state the climax of the novel. Explain how it solves the
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conflict.
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3.The climax of this novel is when Reuben receives his smicha because it
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solves the problem of Reuben not getting his smicha, and when Reuben tells
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Michael that he received smicha, Michael wakes up and tells Reuben and
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Danny everything.
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4.Name 2 important character traits of a major character in the novel. Then
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give 2 examples from the story demonstrating each trait.
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4.The character I am examining is Danny Saunders.
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The first character trait is that Danny was very trustworthy.
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Example 1: " `I trust him....I needed someone I could trust....someone I
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could trust absolutely and without the slightest reservation. I
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trust Daniel Saunders.' " pg. 244
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Example 2: My second example is that Dr. Altman, Danny's supervisor at the
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treatment centre, trusted Danny enough to let him go ahead with the
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experiment on Michael.
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The second character trait is intensity.
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Example 1: " He was unshaven and his eyes blinked repeatedly and he looked
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as though he had not slept in a long time...`Went back?' I
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stared at him. `You weren't home for Shabbat?'...`I've been at
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the treatment centre since three in the morning.'" pg.256
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Example 2: " Danny was playing volleyball the way he had once played
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baseball, with an intense, hungry eagerness to win." pg.380
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5.Circle one of the following categories below to describe how you would
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rate the book. Making reference to the novel's subject matter, language,
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character development and other elements, explain why you rated the book as
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you did.
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5.I would rate the book as very interesting. I would rate it in this way
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becuase, first, I could indentify with the subject. I knew most of the
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Hebrew or Yiddish terms before the author translated them, and although it
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did not apply directly to me, I could see paralels between the novel and my
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own life. The language in the novel was well choosen, at an in-between
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level, not too hard to understand, but very well written. Some of the
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metaphores used in the book were so brilliant, I would have rather done a
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full novel study of this book, because I know I must have missed so much of
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the depth of the novel.
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