Kravitz

In the novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Mordecai Richler tells a coming of age story about a young boy named Duddy Kravitz. During Kravitz’s time in highschool he is a boy driven by the want to get everything so he can sell it for money. His greed for multiple things throughout his teenage and adult years becomes an ideology for Duddy and he will not stop at getting what he wants until he is satisfied. His desire for wealth and fortune throughout the novel becomes a dominant theme and affects

In the novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz written by Mordecai Richler, we meet Duddy Kravitz, a young entrepreneur who is trying to become successful, as any other business man would. Throughout the novel Duddy meets numerous different people who are either business partners or people he believes he can get advice from to allow Duddy to gain wealth. Duddy is a well known culprit of being a person who only looks out for himself in his business relationships. Other people he meets have the

The Apprenticeship of Life The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler is the story of a boy who goes through life, learning the ways in which the world works while endeavoring to gain prosperity. Duddy’s resoluteness to be prosperous is at the very core fuelled by the over-reverence of his brother Lennie by his father and his uncle. Duddy spends his life endeavoring to enhance the relationships in his life, but eventually hurts them as he cerebrates that at the terminus, mazuma is the

Throughout the novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Duddy makes decisions that overall define who he is as a person. These actions show that at times he is moral and his actions can be considered to be good. Though what he does can be good, it can also be considered to be quite immoral or bad. First off some of Duddy’s actions were very immoral and only did bad for others. Duddy shows himself at times as an unsympathetic person that will do his best to take advantage of others while avoiding

The Selfish Madness of Duddy Kravitz The story of Duddy Kravitz reveals that there’s more to strive towards in life than being financially successful. Mordecai Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz covers the story of a young man who begins to pursue money and land in response to misinterpreting advice from his grandfather. Throughout the novel, Duddy Kravitz fights for money and land, hurting those around him in the process. He breaks the hearts of those who love him and pushes them away

of growth, and strive for success for a young boy growing up in a time of financial and supportive struggles.. At large, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz shares a story packed with satire and irony, but effectively shows how the characters are greedy, materialistic, and immoral. Prior to discussing ways in which satire is used within Duddy Kravitz it is important to understand what satire is, and what other devices it includes. Satire is a humorous or light form of writing that is used to expose

Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Cunning though he is, Duddy Kravitz fails to learn the tricks of his trade and, consequently, fails to become a whole person. In Mordecai Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Duddy’s peers succumb to his antics, thereby becoming deficient as Duddy’s teachers. Duddy’s amoral business associates are masters of ruthlessness and deceit, and his family members are enfeebled by the society they live in. Trained at the hands of these cripples, Duddy Kravitz is unable to

Lindsey M. Burns Ms. Helen MacDonnel English IB 1, Higher Level 10 October 2013 Duddy as an Anti-Hero In his novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Mordecai Richler portrays the character of Duddy as an anti-hero. Richler develops Duddy in this way through close relationships with other characters and family members. Various negative traits of Duddy were shown in his business career as well. Mordecai Richler developed the character of Duddy as an anti-hero to highlight complexity in individual

Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler is the tale of a young greedy boy who feels that money is his path to happiness and pride. Duddy simply stomps all over his friends and his family as well (to a certain extent). Richler feels unreserved sympathy towards Duddy because, in essence, Duddy is Richler written down and diversified. Duddy is a character based on Mordecai’s own personality. Duddy Kravitz is a crook, a blackmailer and a cheat. However, Duddy Kravitz is Richler’ s crook and

Mordecai Richler’s novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, is a novel that shows the life of a child who was raised in the Jewish ghetto of downtown Montreal during the 1940’s named Duddy Kravitz. Duddy is a kid without a moral compass; due to that, he will do whatever it takes to acquire land. The reason Duddy is so obsessed with getting land is because one of the role models in his life once said “A man without land, is nobody”. Duddy’s morality was shaped by a lack of positive role models