Term Papers on The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz

Term Paper Title	The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

by Mordecai Richler

     In the novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Mordecai Richler punishes
Duddy for his wrongs against others in several ways.  Each punishment fits the
crime, and there is an irony about each one.  The three punishments inflicted on
Duddy at the end of the novel are the loss of Simcha's love, the loss of his
friends, and the absence of any funds to build on his property.

     The loss of Simcha's love is a devastating blow for Duddy.  This is evident
when Duddy confronts Yvette and asks her, “ Why did you go to my grandfather? Of
all the people in the world, he's the only one” (Richler, 1959, 313).  Duddy did
everything he could to get this land because his grandfather said that 'A man
without land is nobody'.  Duddy, in his own mind, did it all for Simcha, to earn
his love and respect and in the end, he had neither.  The  loss of Simcha's love
did not happen for nothing.  It happened because of the way in which Duddy had
gone about acquiring his land.  Yvette told Simcha, and Simcha did not approve.
He was, in fact, extremely disappointed with Duddy.  His disappointment is shown
when he tells Duddy,

     I can see what you have planned for me, Duddel.  You'll be good to me.
You'd give me everything I wanted.  and that would settle your conscience when
you went out to swindle others. (Richler 1959, 312)

     The betrayal of Yvette, her speaking to...

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