A very common belief is that is is better to be a fool for a lifetime than a bad person for a day. The idea behind this is fairly simple: innocence is better than evil. Gimpel, despite his intelligence is an innocent man; he is trusting, unquestioning, and easy to fool. Gimpel is the town goof ball. Every established place of living has one, from Homer Simpson to Dennis Rodman. Gimpel is the one people …showed first 75 words of 604 total…

…showed last 75 words of 604 total…is a good man. No person can deny that Gimpel would put himself on the line for them, and this makes Gimpel an even greater person. Gimpel, perhaps, is just that - the overlooked nice guy. No one respects him, everyone pretends not to care about him, but everyone would remember him as he left. He is just another face in the crowd, swimming is a sea of forgotten values and unsung heroes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**