common goal for not only Duddy Kravitz‚ but countless others‚ fictitious and not. I could have chosen a longer quotation from the book‚ but I felt that this phrase clearly communicates to the reader that the "American Dream" has been a preoccupation with Duddy since he was very young. Duddy’s grandfather acted as a prominent father figure to him during his early childhood‚ when his father could not always be there for him‚ and as a result of always having him around while Duddy was so young and impressionable
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Sometimes I wonder if you even know that I exist. It’s always my fault. I AM ALWAYS WRONG! I come home; you don’t even ask me how I am or even where I’ve been‚ not even once. Jeez. I could be dead for all you care. I come back from work early and you ask me if I got fired. I sent you so many letters during that summer and you don’t bother to answer even one? I ask you why and you tell me that “I’m not one for the letters.” What a load of bullshit. When Lennie was at camp one summer working as a
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In the book The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler‚ Duddy Kravitz is the apprentice to life in order to find out the truth about himself. Different characters come in and out of Duddy’s life and act as masters towards him. These people all have specific lessons to teach him‚ and it’s up to him to either act upon what he’s learned or ignore it. Duddy Kravitz is a young man whom we can say is being an apprentice to life. What he needs to do is to discover the truth about himself and
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30 April‚ 2013 Ambition: It’s Easy to Dream a Dream‚ but Much Harder to Live it Napoleon Bonaparte once said: “Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. It all depends on the principles which direct them.” From this quote‚ one can see that great ambition is crucial to experience success whether it is achieved in an honest fashion‚ or a morally questionable one. In the novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (ADK) and the movie
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Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz‚ illustrates one such case of obsession‚ the title character‚ Duddy Kravitz becomes obsessed with his grandfather’s saying‚ " A man without land‚ is nothing.’"‚ thus starting Duddy on his quest to attain a piece of land. Throughout his quest‚ Duddy has no regard for the feelings or the relationships he destroys in the process‚ weather it in his family relations‚ business relations‚ or even his personal relations to those that are closest to him. Duddy was not born
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Throughout the novel Duddy tries to become someone who deserves respect. He wants to prove everyone that he can become a "somebody" and believes he can make Max and Simcha proud of him. Duddy Kravitz grew up without much support from his family: his mother Minnie died‚ when he was about six years old‚ and he doesn’t remember anything about her‚ and Max‚ his father‚ clearly preferred Lennie‚ his older son‚ to Duddy. Max loved to tell his friends anecdotes about the local gangster‚ the great Boy Wonder
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The Corruption of Macbeth and Duddy Everyone should follow their dreams‚ but sometimes when you get too caught up in your dreams; you begin to forget about reality. Throughout the play Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare and the novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz‚ written by Mordecai Richler‚ protagonists Macbeth and Duddy become corrupted as they on the pursuit of their dream. Throughout the novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and the play Macbeth‚ both protagonists have characters
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makes those who are not zealous‚ jealous... That is ambition. Ambition has been the backbone of every army! Through those great ancient Egyptian wars. From the conception to the design to the construction to the completion‚ ambition was the proverbial foreman‚ as once again we see that collective zeal create a phenomenon...thus...Ambition is the source of all that is good and all that is evil! It makes the wonders and it makes the wars. Ambition is the winner and loser of every game! Every footballer
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AMBITION Ambition and its pre-dominant theme of acquisition‚ is being touted as the new ideal of an increasingly materialistic world. Prescribed as an indispensible prerequisite for ‘success’ it has long erased the virtue of aspiration from the minds of our youth. Characterised by a subtle yet firm will to achieve or become‚ aspiration advocates the pursuit of excellence as opposed to mere success. Can ambition and aspiration be seen as diametrically opposite manifestations of the souls needed
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CHAPTER FOUR THE CONCEPT OF AMBITION Ambition: Ambition is the desire for elevation and continuous aspiration. Ambition is the case of a person who never feels satisfied and never stops at a certain level. Now‚ is this wrong or right? Is it spiritual or not spiritual? Normal or abnormal? Should a person go that way or resist it? These are important questions to which we shall give answers here with regard to the kind of ambition and its direction. Ambition is a natural thing‚ part of
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