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Characters. Asher Lev. Protagonist Amazing artist with no self-control at a young age Inadvertently becomes a rebel against Hasidism because drawing is considered a frivolity His main conflict: wanting to express his mother’s torment in an interpretation of the crucifixion. Rivkeh Lev.

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  1. Characters

  2. Asher Lev • Protagonist • Amazing artist with no self-control at a young age • Inadvertently becomes a rebel against Hasidism because drawing is considered a frivolity • His main conflict: wanting to express his mother’s torment in an interpretation of the crucifixion

  3. Rivkeh Lev • Asher’s mother • “My mother wavered apprehensively between my father’s pain and my dazed joy and seemed not to know what to say.” • “It hurts me to be caught between my husband and my son.”

  4. Jacob Kahn • Asher’s mentor • Great/well-known painter and sculptor • Not a religious Jew • Warns Asher of the hardships of being a great artist, and that he will not be liked

  5. Aryeh Lev • Asher’s father • Works for Rebbe, very religious • Loves to travel and very good at what he does • Disappointed in Asher, regards him as an evil son • Thinks Asher’s love for drawing is “a foolish waste of precious time.”

  6. Other Important Characters • Yudel Krinksy • Rebbe • Asher’s Mythic Ancestor • Uncle Yitzchok • Anna Schaeffer

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