My Name is Asher Lev
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14
Themes
All Themes The Divine vs. the Demonic Art and Religious Faith Creativity, Self-Expression, and Truth Family Conflict
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Characters
All Characters Asher Lev Aryeh Lev Rivkeh Lev Mythic Ancestor The Rebbe Jacob Kahn Yudel Krinsky Rav Yosef Cutler (the mashpia) Uncle Yaakov Mrs. Rackover The pimply-faced boy Uncle Yitzchok
Terms
All Terms Sitra achra Shabbos Ribbono Shel Olom/Master of the Universe Yeshiva Chumash
Symbols
All Symbols Window Crucifixion
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My Name is Asher Lev

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Chaim Potok

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
Themes
  • All Themes
  • The Divine vs. the Demonic Theme Icon
    The Divine vs. the Demonic
  • Art and Religious Faith Theme Icon
    Art and Religious Faith
  • Creativity, Self-Expression, and Truth Theme Icon
    Creativity, Self-Expression, and Truth
  • Family Conflict Theme Icon
    Family Conflict
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Asher Lev
  • Aryeh Lev
  • Rivkeh Lev
  • Mythic Ancestor
  • The Rebbe
  • Jacob Kahn
  • Yudel Krinsky
  • Rav Yosef Cutler (the mashpia)
  • Uncle Yaakov
  • Mrs. Rackover
  • The pimply-faced boy
  • Uncle Yitzchok
Terms
  • All Terms
  • Sitra achra
  • Shabbos
  • Ribbono Shel Olom/Master of the Universe
  • Yeshiva
  • Chumash
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • Window Symbol Icon
    Window
  • Crucifixion Symbol Icon
    Crucifixion
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Window

The living room window in the Lev family’s apartment symbolizes the pain and longing of physical, emotional, an ideological separation among family members. Aryeh prays before the window when his wife, Rivkeh, is ill…

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Crucifixion

Crucifixion represents the tension between religion and art for the novel’s characters, as it takes on two levels of meaning. On a religious and historical level, the crucifixion has offensive connotations of the historical persecution…

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