Duddy in the beginning of the story is presented as a young Jewish boy, who lives in Montreal with his father Max and his brother Lennie. As a young boy Duddy is a rebellious kid because of his lack of attention at home. By doing wrong things, is the only way he feels that he gets attention. For example he forms a gang called "The Warriors". In this gang Duddy teaches the boys to behave unethically, smoke bubble pipes, and split streetcars so that they could use it twice. He is also jealous at his brother Lennie because he is the one who gets the most attention at home. Duddy's father Max, always introduced Lennie to other people and he tell Duddy that throughout Lennies" years in Fletcher's Field High School that he had never been straped by a teacher. Duddy also spent a lot of time with his grandfather Simcha Kravitz. After hearing his grandfather say " A man without a land is nobody", he was motivated to get the land of his own and to be somebody. Throughout the novel Duddy Kravitz is seen as ruthless manipulator and a relentless pursuer. Duddy will do any thing to pursue the land of his dream no matter the cost would be.
After hearing his grandfathers" statement that a man without a land is nobody he began to work a lot harder to acquire the land of his dream. He begin working as a waiter in a hotel. There Duddy becomes one of the most favored waiters among customers, as well as one of the most hated waiters among his employees, especially Irwin. While working in a hotel, he meets one of the maids, Yvette. Duddy and Yvette develop a close relationship to one another while working in the hotel and sooner Yvette fall in love with Duddy. Yvette is the one who find the land that Duddys" had dream of. After Duddy sees the land of his dream he is prepared to do anything to pursue this land. He then uses Yvette to sign off the paper under her name because he is a minor and he cannot legally own a land.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Setting "The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz" is written by Mordecai Richler. ... The setting in "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" helps the ongoing story. ... Duddy Kravitz lives on St. ... Duddy Kravitz is a Jewish boy form Montreal. ... Duddy Kravitz has an ambition to survive and he does. ...
The authors of both The Tin Flute and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz present two very different stories with two very similar characters. Duddy Kravitz and Jean Lévesque are extremely hard working, driven characters. ... Kravitz's desperate attitude and insane working hours ultimately lead to his mental breakdown. ... This first glance at the land resulted in an internal force that pushed Kravitz to irrational and extreme behaviours. ... Duddy Kravitz, being conniving and manipulative, did indeed attain his goal but not without losing the respect and affection of other...
THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ In the Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Mordecai Richler clearly intends to portray his main character as a failure. ... Duddy himself knew that well: "Duddy didn't say a word all though the screening but afterwards he was sick to his stomach." ... Later, Duddy said to Mr. ... He always lies to gain money, and that's all that Duddy cares about. ... At the beginning, Yvette and Duddy are in love. ...
"A man with out land is nobody", those are the words that Duddy Kravitz has taken to heart. ... The other characters views of Duddy are divided into two sides some people such as Virgil would say "Duddy can do anything"; other people (most everyone else) has about the same view as his father " my boy was a trouble-maker. He was born on the wrong side of the tracks with a rusty spoon in his mouth- I think that the reason people don't like Duddy is because Duddy was and always has been a good business man; "Some of his stamp business profits Duddy invested in the comic book market." The ot...
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz written by Mordecai Richler is set in the Jewish Ghetto area during the Great Depression. ... Duddy Kravitz is the main character, and he shows a characteristic found in all humans, greed. ... When Duddy Kravitz works at Rubin's Hotel, Lac des Sables, in Ste. ... 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. ... The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is an excellent novel for those who find interest in human nature and to what ends someone is willing to...
Duddy Kravitz's only real family relationship is with Simcha, Duddys scrupulously honest though unbending Grandfather. ... In Mordecai Richler's: "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," Duddy's cause of rise and fall is triggered by a few unforgettable words Simcha told him "A man without land is nobody" (49). ... Lennie Kravitz, Duddy's older brother receives much more attention and love from their father and uncle. ... When Duddy expects Simcha to be proud and honored by how hard he has worked to impress him, Simcha feels nothing but disappointment in Duddy. ......
Max Kravitz is one of the most influential people throughout the course of Duddy's childhood. ... Max, although he did care about Duddy, did not prepare him for success, and that pushed Duddy to strive for more and to prove to his father that he could do more than expected of him. The only piece of advice that Max gave to Duddy was that one day, he would be able to seek guidance from the Boy Wonder, because, as Max always told Duddy, the Boy Wonder was a close friend of his. Throughout Duddy's childhood, his father left him on his own. ... (p.25) Max was capable of bringing up Duddy,...
Mordecai Richler's fictional satire The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz captured my imagination of the Jewish Canadian livelihood in a Montreal ghetto. The title itself signifies the irony in Duddy Kravitz's life-learning process- the hero, a sixteen year old Jewish ghetto boy, metaphorically takes on an apprenticeship under the tutelage of "society-, unguided by a real master. ... Another parallel between Richler and Duddy is that Richler graduated from a high school resembling Duddy's Fletcher's Field. ... Richler wrote The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz when he ...
The characters in both Othello and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz have their own set of morals. ... The character of Duddy Kravitz found in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is morally bankrupt. ... Another character in this novel is Simcha Kravitz, the Zeyda of Duddy. ... On the other hand, Duddy Kravitz does not use reputation as a way of leading a life of evil. ... In The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Yvette is the character who is good. ...
