Reuven's Pain ( The Chosen)

During chapter 2 Reuven was hit with a baseball in his eye.While in the hospital he kept wondering where his father was. I think the author was trying to build up suspense to what Reuven's father had to tell him. Not only that he had glass in his eye and unaware of the surgery that had taken place, but also that his scar tissue could grow. Potentially, he could become blind in his left eye is what I got out of the scar tissue growing. I think the author made a good choice in deciding to place a little blind boy next to Reuven in the hospital. As Reuven sat there watching the boy 'stare', (or what he that was staring)at the ceiling he wondered what it would be like to be blind. The character gained something new if he did not only have it and that would be seeing things in a different perspective.He couldn't see through his left eye because of the bandage that covered it but as he lay there he closed his right eye and knew that if he opened it he would still be able to see. He saw things from a different point of view when he tried to imagine opening his right eye and not being able to see. He then wondered what it must have been like for the little boy who could not see who was right beside him.