The impact of Duddy's family on his apprenticeship. ("The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravit" by Mordecai Richler)

The impact of Duddy's family on his apprenticeship The world we live in is far from being perfect, and there are many things in our lives that we can never change, no matter how hard we try. The division of the people into the higher and the lower class existed at any point of the human history, whether it is the Egyptian Pharaohs versus the ordinary farmers in the ancient Egypt, or the rich and …

…Duddy finally buys all the land he wants, he thinks that now he is man of the higher class and that he is finally able to rise above his family. But when Simcha turns away from his and says that he doesn't want any of Duddy's land, Duddy comes to a dead end. Duddy Kravitz may have thought he was free, but in fact, he was in a family trap that he could not spring.