gimple the fool
"Gimple the Fool" is a story primarily about the pride and respect you should be capable of receiving as a human being. Gimple spent his entire life living what other wanted him to be. ... His role in the society would be unable to change because all had become accustomed to the way he was being treated, incluing Gimple himself. ... Gimple never really considred himself a fool, but nearly everthing he did was a point of contrast to his foolish life. ... Gimple really was a fool. The only one that Gimple could ever find solace and wisdom from was his rabbi. ... Even when the rabbi told Gimple he must leave and divorce his wife, Gimple refused to listen, Knowing the rabbi was one of the only person in the town that had never taken advantage of him, he cound not bring himself to see the truth.