The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz written by Mordecai Richler is set in the Jewish Ghetto area during the Great Depression. The entire story took place in Montreal. Duddy Kravitz is the main character, and he shows a characteristic found in all humans, greed. It is part of human nature that a person is hungry for power, never satisfied by what they already have and always wanting more. Greed may be a great motivator but it can also lead a person to self-defeat by disobeying the principles of being human. Duddy Kravitz shows his greed to readers by robbing a group of people that helped him, selling his late uncle's furniture and stealing from Virgil, one of Duddy's close friends, to reach his own dream which is to get land of his own. .
Greed is at its greatest height when it includes money. When Duddy Kravitz works at Rubin's Hotel, Lac des Sables, in Ste. Agathe des Monts, he is tricked into acting as banker for a rigged roulette game, where he ends up losing more than three hundred dollars. Duddy Kravitz runs away from the resort from shame but, when he returns he finds that Irwin, the main swindler, has returned the money he has lost. After he receives the money from Irwin he is greeted by Mr. Cohen, one the guests, who says that a hundred and forty-two contributors have donated $500. He gladly accepts the money even though he realizes that it is morally incorrect. This example shows that the greed for money darkens the sense of a person's morality.
The desire to achieve his dream causes Duddy to forget all his principles and advice from family. When Duddy's Uncle Benjy, passes away he bequeaths to Duddy his estate, under the condition that he is not allowed to sell it but when Duddy must come up with $4,500, Duddy ends up selling all of his uncle's antique furniture leaving the home bare. To Yvette, his girlfriend, it is terrible but in Duddy's corrupted mind it is what he must do to go on living.
At the root of many perils, lies greed. ... Greed consumes the goodness of innocent hearts. It is necessary to find a realization of our faults, a desire to battle temptation and a strong will to fight off greed. ... Greed is an excessive desire for something. ... History has shown that greed has made many people evil and they will resort to anything to get what they want. ...
Their greed consumed and corrupted their innocent children which ended in tragedy and death. ... Greed consumes the mother's thoughts and distorts her outlook on life. ... This shows that greed from one family member has influenced another. ... The house itself shows greed also. ... Money consumed her thoughts, so that was all the house said. ...
A greed for power causes Lady Macbeth to also think vicious thoughts. ... Lady Macbeth is initially consumed with delusional thoughts, in which she is asking evil spirits to come into her and "unsex" her so she can fulfill the murder of Duncan. ... The lust and greed for power has led to the murder of others and to the death of Lady Macbeth. ... Macbeth initially is a loyal and brave person, but when given opportunity he chooses the path of greed and corruption. Power corrupts Macbeth until death, consuming him with greed and paranoia. ...
Namely there are the important themes of Good and Evil, Greed and Power, Guilt, Fear and Ambition. ... Macbeth started out as good but soon became filled with evil which dominated his character and then made him obsessed with greed and power. Because of greed, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth want more power. ... By the end of the play their greed for power had consumed them so much that Lady Macbeth was driven to madness and committed suicide and Macbeth was left full of regrets for his actions. ... After Duncan's murder, both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth himself were consumed with guilt, so ...
In the beginning of the story Scrooge has turned many people away because of the selfishness and obsession that consumes him. ... Belle has chosen to release Scrooge from his promise of marriage because she sees that he has become infatuated with money and with his greed he would never be able to truly love her without having regrets. In the present, Scrooge has also pushed his nephew away because of greed. ... Furthermore, Scrooge proves that being consumed with greed makes us bitter and incapable of compassion towards people. ... After he has met the three ghosts of Christmas his judgment cl...
After hearing a prophecy that is so tempting should it be true, Macbeth becomes consumed with ambition, greed, and treachery, destroying those around him and eventually himself. ... The prophecy makes him think of things that he is uncertain about, evil things, murder, and greed. ... Her words set him up to feel many emotions: uncertainty, fear, desire, and greed. ... He becomes more and more consumed with hatred, desire, and greed. ... He is consumed with fear when Macduff tells him that he was taken from his mother's womb (cesarean). ...
Sonnets and poems referred to love and happiness as well as greed and envy. ... The themes of the plays, sonnets, poems, etc is mainly of one person trying to overcome or to be consumed. ... William Shakespeare's sonnets told of love and hate while other poets and writers told of greed and envy. ... Within both periods, poetry included love, hate, greed, envy, temptation, and not much more. ...
The most obvious flaw in society is greed, the need for one guy to get ahead of the next guy. ... The greed of others trying to get "one up" on the next guy is what led to him on a path to destruction. ... This could be as a result of almost overwhelming greed, the perpetrator being big business. ... The refrigerator consumes belts like a goddam maniac. ... It was the overwhelming greed that surrounded him that led to his unhappiness. ...
Here, ivory represents greed. ... When the whites beat him, it connotes the corruption of the human mind, consumed by selfishness and greed. ... It may seem difficult to consume all the information in one sitting; moreover, it also overwhelms the readers with emotions of the unknown. Personally, I think the symbolic imagery of dehumanization by the effects of greed carries a major significance throughout the exploration, where I, as the reader, am also questioning the depths of my inner self....
