Essay on The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz - Duddy is No Monster

Despite being treated inferiorly at home and in the workplace, Duddy is resilient in working hard for money. While working with college boys, he is seen as inferior and someone who is ‘odd’, because of how poor he is. "Oh it, has a grandfather"(70), demonstrates that by calling Duddy ‘it, ' they are bullying him. These experiences take a huge toll on how Duddy sees the world and the way he begins to interact with those around him.

Although thanks to Andy’s family, things for the Duvitches changed for the better. Andy’s parents always showed care towards the Duvitches when they saw them no matter where they were. Their mother always remembered the rose she received from them. “But mother, remembering the old plotted rose tree, always had a friendly word and a smile for the young Duvitches when she saw them and a bone for Kasimar when he found the courage to venture across the road.”, “Father was the only man on Syringa Street who tipped his hat to sixteen-year-old Maria Duvitch”. Andy and Tom did a horrible thing to the Duvitches. “Without considering further, I dropped the cake of soap into the tub of fish”. This caused them to be invited over for dinner. “I’ve just seen Mr. Duvitch and he remarked that since Andy and Tom caught the fish,

This jealousy surprisingly brings out the more selfless and responsible side in Duddy. Lennie is an intelligent boy who makes it into medical school and is highly regarded in the family. Although Lennie is more intelligent, he still falls into trouble and Duddy must save him. The problem is, Lennie performs an illegitimate abortion and the abortion goes wrong, so a doctor is called in and finds out. Once this happens Lennie flees town and no one knows where he is or how to find him, so Duddy takes on the challenge.

1. “Villefort started in spite of himself. The coincidence shook his usual impassivity and struck a chord of sympathy in the depths of his soul. He, too, was about to be married; and he had now been called upon to destroy the joy of a man who, like himself, was on the point of attaining his supreme happiness”(Dumas 25).

The law enforcers are confused because they cannot identify how the criminal escaped. They declare the murders unsolvable; however, C. Auguste Dupin, a man who loves mysteries, steps into the scene to attempt to untangle the puzzle. While he is looking for clues to solve the mystery, the spectators and citizens provide insight into the story as well, setting the context and atmosphere that Poe wishes to narrate the story with. At last, after Dupin find clues that lead to a possible victim, including a fingerprint and a window that could be opened and closed from the outside, he deduces that the murderer was an orangutan. After the orangutan is convicted, the story slows down quickly, leading to the selling of the orangutan by the sailor who owned him and the increasing of the confidence that Dupin has in himself. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is a strange short story because of its irregularity in characters. Not only does Poe make an orangutan the murderer in the story, he describes the peculiar attributes and characteristics that the policemen and the townspeople possess. Through the peculiar characters that he establishes in the short story, Poe gives an example of the American Dream. Dupin was a man who had fallen into poverty and destitution; however, by taking on the mystery and working diligently to solve a case that had been deemed as unsolvable, Dupin shows that redemption can be achieved through determination and confidence.

Joey R. Poole presents an intriguing story in “The Hand-Me-Downs.” Simon is a straight shooting kid that follows rules and does not ask many questions. But later in the story, the reader can tell that the violence surrounding Simon erodes his attitude. He begins to stand up to his brother and he begins to understand that he has free will. At the beginning of the story, the reader can tell that Simon is a typical innocent young kid but by the end of the story, the reader is convinced otherwise. Simon changes as the story progresses representing a dynamic character rather than a static character.

The Palace Thief, a short story written by Ethan Canin, explains the bond through the narrator communications. The interactions with the characters demonstrate the character's personalities, experiences and the family shapes of individuals selfhood. The narrator of the story mainly focuses on the twist of an individual character. In this essay, I'm going to go over the relationships and correlations of characters William Hundert (Mr. Hundert), the three-year teacher at St. Benedict Academy, Charles Ellebry, who went against Mr. Hundert for teaching duties, Sedgewick Bell, who was a very clever student, and Senator Bell, who was a powerful demagogue.

Duddy’s role models are the reason for his terrible behaviour, his father Max is one of Them; he was a terrible father for Duddy due to of the lack of attention he gives him, giving attention to Duddy’s more successful brother Lennie is how he makes up for that lack of attention to Duddy. That is the reason why Duddy wants to be so much like

She truly loved him, and wanted the best for Duddy. While all Duddy was thinking about was money and becoming rich so he could get the land. He wanted to buy the land so he could build a children’s camp, hotel, and a farm beside a lake. Yvette toke Duddy to the lake for the first time, and he told her not to tell anyone and that he would give her fifty dollars for it. “‘If you promise me that I’ll give you fifty dollars.'

Using the fact that Virgil is an epileptic and that it is very difficult for him to be hired, Duddy employs him as a driver and gets all his work done. Virgil thus, has an accident and becomes paralyzed for the rest of his life. Duddy never goes to even meet him, which shows how amoral he is. Not only this, but also Duddy forges Virgil's cheque in order to buy the final parcel of land. In order to do this, "Duddy took a quick look at Virgil's bank balance, whistled, noted his account number and ripped out two cheques.

Duddy Kravitz grew up without knowledge of any better life and hustled for every penny he made. His greed fuels his success and also causes his failures. It is important to realize that without his greed, Duddy would not have his land. Nevertheless, he would have a stable relationship with Yvette. The exact nature of Duddy’s greed is exhibited when he works at the Hotel Lac des Sables in Ste.

He lies to Virgil and does not tell him that he got the truck for free just to compensate for the thousand dollars that he owes him. Despite knowing that Virgil has epilepsy, Duddy hires him, he later on gets in a car accident because of his epilepsy. Yvette blames Duddy for hiring him even though he knew he had epilepsy. Virgil was someone who supported and encouraged Duddy, he always admired him, yet Duddy goes on to scam him, lie to him, and put him in danger just to save and make money. After this incident, Duddy shows no remorse, his greed and manipulation persist. When Duddy is in desperate need of money he is very unethical about the way in which he gets it, Duddy steals money from Virgil, as described by the author "Duddy took a quick look at Virgil's bank balance, whistled, noted his account number and ripped out two cheques. He forged the signature by holding the cheque and a letter Virgil had signed up to the window and tracing slowly...Duddy's heart began to bang as soon as he entered the bank, but nobody questioned the signature on the cheque, and so he rushed down to his own bank with it and deposited it there. Rushing into the house, he announced, "I've got the money.' ". Duddy,

The novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is also comparable to what helped Duddy Kravitz propel himself into the business world and fulfill his goal. During Duddy and Yvette’s sexual intercourse on a hill, Yvette helped him find the land that he ultimately wanted to get accidentally. After the intercourse, Yvette said to Duddy that “I’ve got nearly three hundred dollars in the bank/if it’s any help” (Mordecai Richler, 100). Yvette is helping Duddy grow his business from the ground to up. Yvette let Duddy use her bank account so he can buy the off the land.

She witnesses firsthand all of the hardships the French commoners are enduring and it fuels her rage and anger toward the nobility. Madame Defarge channels all of this anger into exacting her revenge, but we cannot help pitying her for her wretched childhood. We comprehend the reasons behind the madness, but that does not justify her actions.

Alexandre Dumas’s novels and in particular The Three Musketeers are so great for his ability to mix fact with fiction. As a historical novel, The Three Musketeers bases its story around some major characters and events of 17th century, French history. Cardinal Richelieu, Anne of Austria, and other important characters really lived and acted the way they do in the novel. In fact, the historical basis of Dumas's story extends all the way to his initial idea for the novel, even to the Musketeers and d’Artagnan themselves.(history 1)