im, “The whole world deceives you, and ‘he said,’ and you ought to deceive the world in your turn” (308). Gimpel goes on to ask the Devil exactly what he means. The Devil goes on to tell him to urinate in the bread that he serves. The next day Gimpel goes on with doing what the Devil told him. Before they opened that day Gimpel decided that this was not exactly the best thing to do; this is when his superego takes over and he decides to bury the bread out back.The Rabbi is someone who Gimpel looks up to a great deal. It is almost as if he is the father he never really had. Gimpel goes to the Rabbi at times to get advice and the Rabbi is always there for him. The Rabbi come off as a strong person by telling Gimpel “It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil. You are not a fool. They are fools. For he who causes his neighbor to feel shame loses paradise himself.” (Singer, page 301) The Rabbi tries to get Gimpel to get as far away from his wife and his children, but he does not listen. The Rabbi’s superego is showing Gimpel what to do morally.Elka treats Gimpel inadequately, taking a good mans life and giving him nothing but heartache, she does this by having children that are not even his and denying it every time a question is brought up about it. Gimpel knows the child is not his, but allows himself to be convinced into thinking that some babies are born premature, and at this time his. Elka’s id is that she sleeps around with other men, which is unacceptable after your married. Elka also has an ego; she would put on a front like she had loved Gimpel when basically she always had a different man in her bed. Elka took a great deal of advantage over Gimpel. She did not give into telling him until their time together was over. It seems as though Elka stayed with Gimpel because he had money and could support her familyElka’s superego only hit her when i...
