Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - English Duddy Kravitz Duddy Kravitz  In the novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz the reader feels ambivalent toward Duddy because we are sympathetic for the prejudices against him and outraged at the same time that he does what is needed to obtain what he wants, no matter how far he must go to do it. Ever since he was seven years old, he has had a great ambition for land. Since he is Jewish, the trek for obtaining the land will be a long and hard one. For this we are very sympathetic toward Duddy. At the same time we are greatly disgusted at the low lengths he goes to in order to obtain the land. For example he fraudulently acquires money by forging one of Virgil’s cheques, and importing/exporting illegal items. He also is manipulating Yvette into purchasing the land for him since he is underage and Jewish. She is a white French Canadian and is able to acquire the land easier. The reader is outraged over his manipulation toward Yvette leading her to believe that he loves her, when in fact his intentions are to have her buy the land after which he will discard of her like a possession. We also feel sympathetic to him at the same time since his family does not show love toward him. His elder brother Lennie is favored by everyone over him. Throughout the entire novel, Duddy is seeking patriarchal loving and acceptance from Max. The reader feels sorry for him since his entire life is lacking love. The reader in the end is disgusted that Duddy trades his acceptance by Simcha, Yvette, Virgil and many others in order to obtain the land so that Max would accept him and show love toward him. In the novel he lacks love, in order to gain acceptance by Max, he pursues an adventure to any means. For "a man without land is nobody." Bibliography: Word Count: 319
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