My Name Is Asher Lev My Name is Asher Lev is a novel by Chaim Potok. It is based on a boy named Asher Lev and his years of growing up and his love for the arts. The book also focuses on what Asher loved the most which is arts and paintings. Asher was very talented in painting and drawing; he loved the arts deeply too. Art was a way of Asher expressing his feeling, whenever he felt unhappy he would just ... start drawing. Asher's drawings ... would sometimes get him in trouble with his family, community and religion. Asher lived in a Jewish community, it ... ...

• Word Count: 624
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... diction supported by the characters in the novel is finely crafted to fabricate an oppression of religious views. However, upon further observation of Asher Lev, one can undoubtedly recognize in his manner of speech the defiant attitude he holds against the religion that condemns him for his talent. "They say my paintings are a desecration of the name of God. Yet, when I paint, I think of the ... can cause additional frustration for the characters, or it can be the result of the characters" frustration. The novel The Gift of Asher Lev is an example where the emotional significance of sp...

• Word Count: 1707
• Approx Pages: 7