Is Gimpel a Fool? In "Gimpel the Fool," the main character, Gimpel, developed into a very strong person mainly because of the way people treated him. He begins as a strong person, but grows stronger and stronger as his life continues. Everybody in Gimpel's town thinks he is a gullible fool, but they're the fools. When people tell him outrageous things, he doesn't always believe them. What he does believe is that nothing is impossible. When they tell him things that seem false, he thinks they are lies but he acts like he believes anyway. It's like he's trying to keep them entertained or happy. It's like they are all children and he's the parent trying to keep them satisfied. When the townspeople try to get Gimpel to marry a whore, he figures that it couldn't hurt to marry her. He probably thought h
e would have a good connection since she was an orphan also. When she cheats on him, he tries to convince himself that she is a good person and would not do such a thing. It shows that he tries to see the good in all the people, even the bad ones. He also made a commitment to this woman for his life, and even when she cheats repeatedly, he sticks with her. He loves her for her good and not her flaws. When Elka had her children, Gimpel loves them like his own. He knows that they are not his, obviously, but he doesn't let that child grow up without love. He probably knows what it's like to not be loved because he is an orphan. He doesn't want that child to go through the pains he went through just because his mother wasn't perfect. He is an extremely strong person for not hating this child or neglec
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