Loyalty and Betrayal in the Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
...d that something must be done about it. “So what I’m thinking is why don’t you come round at lunch time tomorrow and hand out some of these free pamphlets and stuff to the guys, eh?” – Duddy speaking to the man who opened the mission. (pg 13) “I heard a rumour that a sort of mission’s opened up on St Joseph Boulevard and the jerk who runs it is going to hand out pamphlets and stuff at FFHS. Isn’t that an insult to our religion like? I think somebody ought complain.” – Duddy speaking to Lennie. (pgs 17-18) Duddy grew up with his father’s stories of his intimate acquaintance with the Boy Wonder. What Duddy never realised and found out the hard way was that his father was exaggerating. Max did not know Jerry Dingleman, had never been a close friend of his, and his stories were exaggerated. When Maz got Duddy an appointment with the Boy Wonder on Schnorrers day, Duddy was thrilled. Duddy didn’t know that his father had betrayed him and set him up for a huge letdown. “An intimate of the Boy Wonder? Hah! He doesn’t know you from a hole in the ground.” – Duddy, speaking to Max. (pg156) Duddy asks his friend Hersh to set him up on double dates with some girls that he knows. Ignoring the fact tha...