my bed” (Kennedy 68,69,78). Another reason I say it is in the first person is because of the position and presence of the narrator. The narrator is a major character and participant in almost every event that unfolds during the telling of the story. The presence of the narrator is definitely pervasive. Gimpel is the primary person in every scene. Gimpel’s reliability must be questioned though. I do believe we can rely on what we are being told; however we are only getting one side of the story. I don’t doubt a single thing Gimpel says, but I do have to wonder what is going on with the things we are not being told about.Through the course of this paper, I have come to realize that it is not the obvious that Singer is trying to tell us. He uses the plot to show us that things are not always what they seem. But we could not discover this without seeing things from Gimpel’s point of view and the insight into his character. He never says he loves Elka, but through his actions, he makes that message quite clear. Had this story been told from someone else’s point of view we would not have been able to see that everything he did was because he loved her. In conclusion, through analysis of the above I have realized the truth of this story…Gimpel was not a fool. He was in love....
