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Essay Galaxy - The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
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 ....
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