Gimpel the Fool- Keeping the Faith

“Gimpel the Fool” by Isaac Bashevis Singer describes the life of a Jewish orphan in an eastern European Jewish village who is labeled a fool by the community. The overly trustworthy Gimpel allows his fellow villagers to trick him into wedding Elka, the village prostitute, who is also an orphan. He lives happily with Elka and her illegitimate child until he finds her with other men and asks the rabbi for a divorce. Gimpel longingly reconciles his relationship with Elka and she bears six more children, but only on her deathbed when reveals the truth of her promiscuity and the children’s bastardization that he loses his faith in God and his innocence. He regains his faith by refusing to surrender to devilish impulses that incite him to seek retribution on his community, and in so doing, frees himself to travel the world. Gimpel, who lives the youthful half of his life being called a fool, keeps peace by trusting in others and in God; however, only after he loses faith and has to rediscover God does he begin to believe in himself.

Gimpel keeps peace in his community by giving others the benefit of the doubt while admiring others’ resolve, for he lacks firm beliefs in anythin

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Approximate Word count = 1434
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)