Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions for "Angel Levine" and "The Conversion of Jews"

Mr. Manischevitz is one of the characters that you can sympathize with because he is just trying to do what is best for him and his wife while trying to relate to what is really happening. Sometimes help comes in ways that not all of us can understand at the time, but when it is necessary, we believe and go to that source of help. With Mr. Manischevitz, it was Angel Levine that was his help that he didn't understand and wanted to know more about him before he was trusted. In the end, Mr. Manischevitz did what he thought was right for him and his wife before it was too late even though he didn't fully believe until he saw Levine leave with his wings.

In "The Conversion of Jews", Ozzie is a character anyone can sympathize with because he is simply a child looking for answers. Although they might not be the answers his religion believes in, it is something he believes in and wants everyone else to know. He does it in a very selfish way at the end, but all he wanted the whole time was for someone to agree with him and tell him he's right.

I don't think that in either story, either characters were out of line in asking the questions because they simply wanted to know the answers to something they didn't fully understand. And when someone doesn't understand, or completely believe, they want to know everything they can before they believe.