Gessler's commitment and devotion to his art is an illuminating example of determination and moral courage. Discuss the above statement with suitable examples from the text.

Gessler younger and Gessler older were two brothers who made a living by making shoes for a very long time. The quality of the shoes they made was extremely durable because they took a long time to make the shoes but at the same time never compromised with the quality. Slowly they faced stiff competition in the market from the big shoe makers. This story is about the stuggler of craftsmen in the 20^th century. Gessler's commitment and devotion to his art is an illuminating example of determination and moral courage. The narrator begins his story saying that he knew Mr. Jessler from his youth and he made his father’s boots too. They would never buy shoes from anywhere else. The line “and it seemed so inconceivable that what he made could ever have failed to fit” justifies this. The narrator again expresses his feelings about the shoemaker’s mastery: “when I was promoted to him, at the age of perhaps fourteen, some inkling haunted me of the dignity of himself and brother. For to make boots — such boots as he made — seemed to me then, and still seems to me, mysterious and wonderful.” Understandably, Mr. Gessler just wanted to keep his art alive. He never let it go irrespective of its business prospect and paid heavy price in the end.