“Gimpel the Fool” by Isaac Bashevis Singer “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 …showed first 75 words of 1491 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1491 total…God, and the truth, states, “When the time comes I will go joyfully. Whatever may be there, it will be real, without complication, without ridicule, without deception. God be praised: there even Gimpel cannot be deceived” (108). Therefore Singer ends his fable on a note of victory, signifying an uplifting for Gimpel as he sheds the burdens of his Earthly world- deception, ridicule, and complexity- and prepares for the purity of his ultimate life in heaven.