The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Literary Elements

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Literary Elements

Genre

Satire

Setting and Context

the poor districts of Montreal, Canada

Narrator and Point of View

from a third-person point of view

Tone and Mood

Satirical, Jovial, Solemn, Mysterious, and Chaotic

Protagonist and Antagonist

Duddy Kravitz (Protagonist) vs. Himself, primarily and Dingleman, secondarily (Antagonists)

Major Conflict

Duddy's struggle to buy the land he wants despite Dingleman, who is planning to buy it and the fact that Duddy has to forge a check.

Climax

When Duddy obtains the land.

Foreshadowing

Duddy having no friends is foreshadowed early on in the book.

Understatement

The opulence of other people in Canada is understated in the book

Allusions

Mordecai Richler's other works, geography, popular culture, and to religion ("God's little acre").

Imagery

Richler uses intense imagery to underscore the severity of the poor economic conditions many face

Paradox

Duddy finally owns the land he has always wanted but no longer has any friends.

Parallelism

The story of poor Canadians are often paralleled.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

Canada is personified throughout the book

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