Part one of term paper
A deeper look at "Gimple the Fool" At one time or another, everyone, in their life, has looked down upon someone because that someone isn't as rich, attractive, or even as intelligent as most people. People do this without any regard to the people's feeling, and without ever imagining what it is like to be in that person's shoes. In Isaac B ...

Part two of term paper
... a fool? The townspeople sure thought so. The story opens up with Gimpel saying he's a fool but not really agreeing with the statement. Gimpel gives his own reason when he says, "What did my foolishness consist of? I was easy to take in" (Singer 1071). He says this meaning that anything that someone says to him he believes to be the truth, no matter how outlandish it may be. His life was full of lies that people told him and it made no difference how many times he was made a fool, he still l ...