write about the character of mr gessler
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He is described as a passionate and hard working shoemaker. Physical appearance: Mr. Gessler has been described as a 'little',short-statured man "as if made from leather". His face was pale with lots of wrinkles and reddish hair and beard .
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To Mr. Gessler, shoe-making was not a mere profession, but a sacred vocation, an art of which he was a passionate artist. Once the narrator asked him whether his work of shoe-making was awfully hard. Gessler answered with a smile –Gessler’s passion for shoe-making is evident from the fact that he performed all the activities himself like working on the leather, taking measurements and stitching the shoes. The narrator also says that when he had to leave his work to attend to the customers, he appeared as if he had been awakened from some dream of shoes or like an owl, who felt surprised in daylight. In fact, it was his passion for his work that he continued his efforts to maintain excellence in his work despite all the hardships, including the death of his elder brother.