Comparing Gimpel The Fool And Invisible Man
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5.12.2013
ENG 102
Inner peace, maintaining self and the need to belong: “Gimpel the Fool” by Isaac B. Singer, “Everything That Rises Must Converge” by Flannery O’Connor and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
According to Ruth Wisse the schlemiel clings to an “as if” philosophy, as a way of coping with reality and maintaining a sense of self (Feuer and Schmitz 107). All three stories present main characters, who employ self-deception as a means of navigating and reconciling the lives they live with the lives they would like to live, while trying to satisfy “the fundamental need to belong” (Bonser, Deckman, DeWall and Pond 979).
Gimpel is Frampol’s baker. The residents make it their duty to play pranks on him, even to …show more content…
Brinsfield. "The human, spiritual, ethical dimensions of leadership in preparation for combat." Fires July-Aug. 2011: 52+. General OneFile. Web. 12 May 2013.
DeWall, C. Nathan Deckman, Timothy Pond, Richard S.Bonser, Ian. "Belongingness As A Core Personality Trait: How Social Exclusion Influences Social Functioning And Personality Expression." Journal Of Personality 79.6 (2011): 979-1012. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 12 May 2013.
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. New York: Vintage International, 1995. Print 3-33.
Feuer, Menachem and Andrew Schmitz. “Hup! Hup! We Must Tumble: Toward An Ethical Reading Of The Schlemiel.” MFS: Modern Fiction Studies 54.1 (2008): 91-114. MLA International Bibliography. Web. 13 Mar 2013.
Klara, Robert. "Join the crowd: be it a Detroit muscle car or a country club cardigan, nothing sells a brand quite like the promise of being 'one of us. '." ADWEEK 14 May 2012: 62+. General OneFile. Web. 12 May 2013.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Gimpel the Fool: And Other Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1957. 3-21. Print.
Stillman, Tyler F. Baumeister, Roy F. "Uncertainty, Belongingness, And Four Needs For Meaning." Psychological Inquiry 20.4 (2009): 249-251. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 12 May
5.12.2013
ENG 102
Inner peace, maintaining self and the need to belong: “Gimpel the Fool” by Isaac B. Singer, “Everything That Rises Must Converge” by Flannery O’Connor and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
According to Ruth Wisse the schlemiel clings to an “as if” philosophy, as a way of coping with reality and maintaining a sense of self (Feuer and Schmitz 107). All three stories present main characters, who employ self-deception as a means of navigating and reconciling the lives they live with the lives they would like to live, while trying to satisfy “the fundamental need to belong” (Bonser, Deckman, DeWall and Pond 979).
Gimpel is Frampol’s baker. The residents make it their duty to play pranks on him, even to …show more content…
Brinsfield. "The human, spiritual, ethical dimensions of leadership in preparation for combat." Fires July-Aug. 2011: 52+. General OneFile. Web. 12 May 2013.
DeWall, C. Nathan Deckman, Timothy Pond, Richard S.Bonser, Ian. "Belongingness As A Core Personality Trait: How Social Exclusion Influences Social Functioning And Personality Expression." Journal Of Personality 79.6 (2011): 979-1012. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 12 May 2013.
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. New York: Vintage International, 1995. Print 3-33.
Feuer, Menachem and Andrew Schmitz. “Hup! Hup! We Must Tumble: Toward An Ethical Reading Of The Schlemiel.” MFS: Modern Fiction Studies 54.1 (2008): 91-114. MLA International Bibliography. Web. 13 Mar 2013.
Klara, Robert. "Join the crowd: be it a Detroit muscle car or a country club cardigan, nothing sells a brand quite like the promise of being 'one of us. '." ADWEEK 14 May 2012: 62+. General OneFile. Web. 12 May 2013.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Gimpel the Fool: And Other Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1957. 3-21. Print.
Stillman, Tyler F. Baumeister, Roy F. "Uncertainty, Belongingness, And Four Needs For Meaning." Psychological Inquiry 20.4 (2009): 249-251. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 12 May