Comparing 'False Gems And Gimpel The Fool'
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Xiaoyu Zhao
Professor: Lane
Eng 2
10/27/2014
The harvest of deceit
“The False Gems” by Guy De Maupassant, narratives that protagonist, M. Latin marries a “virtuous” wife and lives a happy life; after the death of his wife, he finds out that she cheats him because her “false” gems are real. However, her jewels make him wealthy. The protagonist in “Gimpel the Fool” by Issac Bashevis Singer is an orphan. The people in his town always make a fool of him and persuade him marry a whore who deceives him all her life. However, when he tries to revenge people who deceive him, his dead wife appears in his dream and awakes him. After he leaves Frampol, he is at peace and looks forward to another world which has no lie. In these two stories, …show more content…
Elka gives birth to a boy four months after they are married and claims that the child is Gimpel. “‘How can he be mine? ' I argued. 'He was born seventeen weeks after the wedding ' ” (P3, 25). Gimpel obviously knows that the baby is not his, but he still loves the child. He seems to be a dump, but forgiving his wife and loving the bastard shows how magnanimous and kindness he is. Even Gimpel sees that his wife sleeps with another man, he finally convinces himself that he had hallucinations and misjudged his wife. It presents a saint Gimpel to readers. Throughout the story Elka commits numerous infidelities and eventually has six children, none of whom are Gimpel 's. On her deathbed she tells Gimpel the truth and asks him to forgive her. After all Gimpel is not a real saint, a dream evokes his spirit of evil thoughts. One night, the evil in his dreams abets him to urinate in the bread intended for the village in order to get revenge for the many injustices the villagers have forced him to endure over the years. When he intends to do it, his dead wife alerts him in his dream, “you fool! Because I was false is everything false too? I never deceived anyone but myself. I 'm paying for it all, Gimpel. They spare you nothing here” (P8, 2). He suddenly wakes and realizes “A false step now and I 'd lose Eternal Life” (P8, 5). His wife saves him from the devil 's spirit. In the end, he leaves Frampol and liberates from his role as the village
Xiaoyu Zhao
Professor: Lane
Eng 2
10/27/2014
The harvest of deceit
“The False Gems” by Guy De Maupassant, narratives that protagonist, M. Latin marries a “virtuous” wife and lives a happy life; after the death of his wife, he finds out that she cheats him because her “false” gems are real. However, her jewels make him wealthy. The protagonist in “Gimpel the Fool” by Issac Bashevis Singer is an orphan. The people in his town always make a fool of him and persuade him marry a whore who deceives him all her life. However, when he tries to revenge people who deceive him, his dead wife appears in his dream and awakes him. After he leaves Frampol, he is at peace and looks forward to another world which has no lie. In these two stories, …show more content…
Elka gives birth to a boy four months after they are married and claims that the child is Gimpel. “‘How can he be mine? ' I argued. 'He was born seventeen weeks after the wedding ' ” (P3, 25). Gimpel obviously knows that the baby is not his, but he still loves the child. He seems to be a dump, but forgiving his wife and loving the bastard shows how magnanimous and kindness he is. Even Gimpel sees that his wife sleeps with another man, he finally convinces himself that he had hallucinations and misjudged his wife. It presents a saint Gimpel to readers. Throughout the story Elka commits numerous infidelities and eventually has six children, none of whom are Gimpel 's. On her deathbed she tells Gimpel the truth and asks him to forgive her. After all Gimpel is not a real saint, a dream evokes his spirit of evil thoughts. One night, the evil in his dreams abets him to urinate in the bread intended for the village in order to get revenge for the many injustices the villagers have forced him to endure over the years. When he intends to do it, his dead wife alerts him in his dream, “you fool! Because I was false is everything false too? I never deceived anyone but myself. I 'm paying for it all, Gimpel. They spare you nothing here” (P8, 2). He suddenly wakes and realizes “A false step now and I 'd lose Eternal Life” (P8, 5). His wife saves him from the devil 's spirit. In the end, he leaves Frampol and liberates from his role as the village