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I believe that the incident with the shoe shiner and Hessler shows a lot about. Through out my course of reading this story, I never thought I’d see this side of Hessler, because usually he has tolerance and patience. Although I could see why Hessler had his reasons, I believe that maybe he could’ve handled it a little more differently. The Shoeshine man had no right to attack Hessler like that. Insulting him about his work was uncalled for. I feel sorry for Hessler, mainly because the shoeshine man got to him. This just shoes us, the readers, that Hessler is like everyone else. He’s only human and not perfect. He’s tolerant, but not perfect. As for the identity of the shoeshine man, I view him as an ignorant, disrespectful man who has nothing nice to say to people like Hessler, who are trying to make a difference. When it comes to me being in similar situations like Hesslers, I try my best not to be the one who argues back. Instead, I decide to be the mature one and just walk away. I believe that it’s not worth my time dealing with people like the shoeshine man because in the end I’m no better than they are.