My Name Is Asher Lev is a novel by Chaim Potok dealing with the tension between tradition and individualism, religion and art. Asher Lev is a boy born into a Hasidic Jewish Family. Asher's father does not approve of his talent for painting and his interest in paintings of nudes and crucifixions. Eventually Asher becomes an apprentice of the artist Jacob Kahn, finds success and gains the approval of his family. However, after painting his masterpiece, a crucifixion depicting his mother's suffering, he is forced to leave.
I Comes Before U in the Alphabet and in Happiness Throughout life one faces many responsibilities that could be taken upon furthermore sometimes one responsibility conflicts with another causing a person to struggle to find which responsibility is more important in his life In addition for one to live his life in a manner that would make others content would be foolish because this person would feel unsatisfied with his accomplishments and no one else would be completely pleased It is impossibl