'Moon by Chaim Potok\r'

'Chaim Potok (35) loves to write active growing up pains and the conflict mingled with family, the development of a Jewish young individual and the way in which the young Jew seeks to integrate himself into the socialisation he is in while trying to keep up his own individualism as a Jew. passim the passages of his stories, Potok manages to show the ugly social realities through the points of experience of his graphic symbols. By dealing with such realities and through the interactions of the characters, they argon changed and somehow, the world becomes a give way place for the fighter in his novels and short stories.\r\nThis is also the same human body he uses in his short story â€Å" lunation.” moon tends to be reclusive and rebellious because of his own identity as part of the minority. finishedout all of these, he still wishes to be educated because he sees it as a means to become a someone in the world. Chaim Potok makes frequent reference to his age as a part of the importance of adolescence and the struggles that they go through.\r\n moonlight, as is the case with a lot of the characters in Potok’s collection â€Å"Zebra and Other Stories”, is disconnected with his parents. His parents tend to be foreign to him and they could not connect effectively. This also partly explains why Moon is reclusive and rebellious.\r\nThe main character of the short story tends to enjoy music. This is one liaison that most adolescents share with, hence, Potok writes an accurate characterization of Moon and his friends. Through the use of music, Moon’s disembodied spirit is taking a new turn and he gains a new perspective of his situation and the terra firma why he has to strive for his education plain though it is hard.\r\nMoon’s life changes when he meets Ashraf, a Pakistani teenager who lives in a neighborhood wracked by strife and violence. Given the downplay of Ashraf and that of Moon, they still managed to esta blish a friendship that influenced them both. Through the visit of Ashraf to his home, he suddenly had an insight slightly life, some education, and the ugly realities that are confronting the life of Ashraf and that of his, too.\r\nThe changes engendered in the life of Moon became even more sound out when he learns that Ashraf has been murdered. This is the climax of the story yet the accident seems to guard helped Moon become a better person and a more determined one. The differences in his lifestyle from that of Ashraf is also an important aspect of his learning. As a child belonging to the middle class, he enjoys a lot of things that Ashraf does not. With this, the main character also saw the vast oceans of differences separating the haves from the have-nots. With this, he develops sensitivity for volume like Ashraf who are suffering from difficult serving in life.\r\nThe relationship of Moon with his parents is not a perfect one. In fact, even his parents do have conflic ting attitudes toward him. This is due to his rebellious attitude and his entrust to be left alone. His parents try to win his esteem and ask about his experiences yet he ashes unresponsive. Because their life is comfortable and they suffer no lack, Moon developed a self-conscious and selfish scout of life shared by middle-class teenagers. Although his parents precious him to learn much about their heritage, he is a difficult nut to crack. Yet, only the loss of Ashraf move him to the painful reality of the need to learn about the world and the ugly realities that people have to looking at in order for them to have meaningful lives.\r\n endure Cited\r\nPotok, Chaim. Zebra and Other Stories. New York: Laurel Leaf, 2000.\r\n'