Gimpel believes whatever he hears, and that causes people to continue to belittle him. His friends and peers have deceived Gimpel since he was a boy in school (Singer 131). Gimpel's peers would tell him things such as the Rabbi's wife was pregnant or that his mother and father had risen from the grave and were looking for him (Singer 131-132). Gimpel believed all of the lies because he did not know what else to do (Singer 131). Elka also told her share of lies to Gimpel, which he also reluctantly believed. Elka convinced him that the child that she had only four months after there wedding was his son. She also told Gimpel that

Gimpel was driven from Frampol by his own cowardly behavior and the misery that he brought upon himself. Had Gimpel stood up for himself he may have been respected and turned his life around instead of running in search of a life that would never exist for someone like him. Gimpel's life was shaped and molded not only by the deceitful behavior of his wife and the people of Frampol, but also by his own inability to take action on his behalf.

Gimpel's brings his own misery upon himself by failing to stand up for what he believes. Gimpel almost seems like he needs to believe what people tell him in order to survive (Fraustino 1). Gimpel does not even realize what truth is and how you can tell it apart from everything else (Fraustino 1). Whenever Gimpel does think that something is not true he refuses to say anything and instead keeps his mouth shut and causes himself another humiliating moment or problem in his life. One reason that Gimpel will not call out a lie is because of his heavy belief in the scripture that says "it is better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil" (Sobeloff 4). Gimpel causes even more heartache and misery to himself by not confronting Elka about her unforgivable lies to him. He has a feeling that the child is not his, but he lets the Rabbi and Elka convince him otherwise with foolish reasoning (Singer 134). Gimpel even walks in to his own home one night after an accident at the bakery and catches Elka in his bed with another man and he still does not confront her about her lies. Gimpel says that "Today it's you're wife you don't

believe; tomorrow it's God himself you won't take stock in." (Singer 137). Gimpel is scared to not believe his wife or any of the townspeople because he is afraid that it may lead to him being a skeptic about everything and even going as far as to question God and the scripture. The Rabbi told Gimpel that, "belief in itself is beneficial. It is wri

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