The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

through the often satirical lens of author Mordecai Richler, in the novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. During their childhoods, Duddy, and his brother Lennie, are born into a dysfunctional family. This dysfunction is a result of a lack of a motherly presence. Additionally, their father Max, who is often cold, distant and abusive, contributes to the erroneous family dynamics. However, Lennie and Duddy turn out thoroughly different from each other. Lennie is a studious young man who works hard to become a doctor, with plenty…

Ambition is something everyone has. Your ambitions strives and makes you achieve your goals. However, too much ambition can corrupt and destroy a person. Ambition is like a drug, small amounts can make you feel great, but too much can kill you. Shakespeare clearly portrays the negative effects of too much ambition throughout his play The Tragedy of Macbeth. He uses the main character, Macbeth, to show us how excessive amounts of ambition can lead someone to their doom. In the beginning of…

my ISU is The Alchemist by Paul Coelho The novel I will be comparing my book to is The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler The thesis statement: These novels have a lot of differences but there are also have similarities with both of the protagonists which are their drive and ambition towards their goal in life Arguments 1) Both of the protagonists have a goal to achieve In The Alchemist by Paul Coelho, Santiago has always wanted to travel around the world. During his…

paths in life, but cannot create them. In Mordecai Richler’s novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, the inherent and systematic adversity which those not privileged enough to be born at the top of social ladder in society must face to achieve success becomes clear. Duddy Kravitz, the central character in the story is determined to break out of a cycle of poverty and become a “somebody” to the world, but in doing so must sacrifice all morals and ethics along the way. Richler suggests that the…

a residential school, Sauls parents broke so bad that they relied on alcohol to numb the pain. When Benjamin is back and sick, it says “only my grandmother stepped up to attend to him” (Wagamese 17). His grandma propelled Sauls dad to success by taking on a parental role while Sauls dad got better after the trauma of seeing his son being taken away. Without his Grandma, Sauls dad would've lost his sons. Without a woman at a man's side, men would be overwhelmed and be set for failure. Women's…

chance to develop having always been under the thumb of a much more powerful nonnative culture. Hence for a long time Ontario students were expected to study Shakespeare and various other British writers. In the same way today, they are also educated on American authors like Fitzgerald and their written works. However many schools limit a students exposure to Canadian novels to ISP reading lists. In this sense, Canada is an attic in which we have stored American and British literature without…