The stranger hadn't said, "Your name is not Goliath." He had said, "You are not Goliath."
Who was the man and why did he said this?
The man was a wealthy Jewish merchant. His name was Walter Sokolow. His family was killed by the Nazis. One day he came to the menagerie were the gorilla was and the man stared at the gorillas eyes and said that he was not goliath. So when the man left; the gorilla started wondering why did the man said this? One day the man approach to the wagon where the gorilla was. The man thought that perhaps a gorilla named goliath was an apt symbol for the Nazi giant that was then engaged in crushing the race of David. The man realized that the gorilla had no relation to the bloodthirsty monster in the painting. So by seeing the gorilla in the eyes he knew the gorilla was diffrent and that he couldn't be goliath.
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I think you picked a very interesting quote from this chapter. When you first read this quote, it's really confusing because you want to know why this random stranger is saying this to Ishmael. You explained why the stranger said what he said very well.
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