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Why isn't Gimpel a fool?

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:44:26 PST

Why isn't Gimpel a fool?

The towns people are foolish because they take strange pleasure in...

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:56:56 PST

The towns people are foolish because they take strange pleasure in playing jokes on Gimpel and making him look gullible and ignorant. They don't see the goodness of his heart, nor can they appreciate how or why he puts up with everything that happens to him."It is not that he simply believes the outrageous things the villagers tell him, but rather, that he chooses to do so. For example, when the villagers tell Gimpel that his father and...

In the story "Gimpel The Fool" How are the towns people foolish?

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:36:26 PST

In the story "Gimpel The Fool" How are the towns people foolish?

It appears that Gimpel is the fool, very gullible, someone who will...

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:26:03 PST

It appears that Gimpel is the fool, very gullible, someone who will believe anything you tell him. The townspeople take advantage of Gimpel's kindness, innocence and faith in human nature, by tricking him and publicly humiliating him. Once he marries Elka, he appears to be the biggest fool who ever lived. But Gimpel is not simply an idiot, or a fool, who does not see the truth, he is a man with a kind and generous heart who loves the...

In the story "Gimpel The Fool"Would you consider Grimpel or the towns...

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:20:55 PST

I just want a better understnading of the story and Grimpel.

If he is the fool what makes him foolish?

or the towns people....

Good question! Technically speaking, the imaginary world is...

Wed, 30 May 2007 08:29:58 PST

Good question! Technically speaking, the imaginary world is heaven…right now. Therefore, the real world is daily life. However, the two worlds are very close together, and soon they will swap categories. That is to say, soon, Gimpel will be in heaven, and it will be real, while the world of daily life will only be imaginary.

At the end of the story, Gimpel talks about two worlds, the real world...

Tue, 29 May 2007 19:25:48 PST

At the end of the story, Gimpel talks about two worlds, the real world and the imaginary world. Which one is heaven and which one is actual life?

Issac Bashevis Singer "Gimpel the Fool" Gimpel’s statement,...

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:03:12 PST

Issac Bashevis Singer "Gimpel the Fool" Gimpel’s statement, “What’s the good of not believing? Today it’s your wife you don’t believe; tomorrow it’s God himself you won’t take stock in.” What is meant by this statement I have mixed feelings. Gimpel's answer is the answer of a holy fool to a worldly/practical point of view. That is to say, there are many who would question and test everything, and if Gimpel had a little of that...

In Issac Bashevis Singer's "Gimpel the Fool," Gimpel’s statement,...

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:54:28 PST

In Issac Bashevis Singer's "Gimpel the Fool," Gimpel’s statement, “What’s the good of not believing? Today it’s your wife you don’t believe; tomorrow it’s God himself you won’t take stock in.” What is meant by this statement? I have mixed feelings.