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Danny rebels against his father and tells him he will not become the man he is and have the same job. At the same time Reuvan also tells his father he does not want to become a professor.

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In the book, there is an on going feud between the Hasidic and orthodox Jews in a small community. This is very similar to the war that is going on outside of their community. It is similar because they are two different religions who believe that the other religion is wrong. They believe it should just be them and not anyone else who has any different beliefs, which is what caused the war that is going on at that time.

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Both Reuvan and Danny's fathers have created a huge impact on both of their lives. They have pushed them to be what they want them to be and have forced them into a religion without a choice. Danny and Reuvan both want what the other's parents would like the other to be and are both pushing themselves to fight what their parents have told them to become.

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The book starts with Danny and Reuven not being friends. However over the course of the book become friends because of a baseball game. Their friendship starts then and only ever stops for a little bit because  Reb Saunders' beliefs go against David Malter's.

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Reb Saunders tells Reuven that he raised Danny in silence so he would learn to have the soul of a tzaddik.

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David Malter is open minded to Danny and Reuvan's friendship. He advises Reuvan to talk to Danny after the baseball incident and he wants them to be kind to each other.

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When Danny leaves for Columbia he tells his dad he will raise his children in silence if there is no other way.

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The two main boys, Reuvan and Danny, have been shaped by their parents' beliefs and have been taught only about their family traditions and their religion, so that is all that they know of.

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Danny's father raised him in silence and only talked to him when quizzing him on his studies Talmud. This affected Danny in a negative way because he never had a good connection or relationship with his father.

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Reb Saunders despises Reuvan and anyone else of Reuvan's religion because it is not the same as his. Therefore, he will never truly know about any other religion because he is convinced his is the only "right" one.