Is Gimpel A Fool?

Part I of Essay
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 ....

Part II of Essay
.... 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 ....