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Passion Essay Research Paper Destroying PassionPassion is

Passion Essay, Research Paper


Destroying Passion


Passion is any strong emotion or great enthusiasm. Everyone has passion


for something in life. Some people have passion for sport, some for gardening and


some for money. Depending on person s personality and strength of a passion, it can


be harmful or helpful to a person s destiny. In novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy


Kravitz by M. Richler, the author shows how main character s passion becomes an


obsession, and harms him and people around him.


Duddy Kravitz, a Jewish boy who grew up in a poor neighborhood of


Montreal, became obsessed with his grandfather s words that man without land


is nobody. Duddy heard this phrase many times but only at moment he saw the


land around a beautiful lake something was triggered in his mind. From now on,


an idea of buying a land became the center of universe for Duddy. Nothing could


stop him on the way to his goal. He uses Yvette, a girlfriend of his, to buy a land


on her name, since he, himself, is under age. Duddy does not care much of her


feelings and he remembers about her only when he needs help. He understands


that owner of the land may not want to sell to a Jew, so he needs Yvette to buy a


land for him.


Second person

Duddy harms on his way is a Virgil, an epileptic person


who becomes a handicapped because of Duddy s greed. Duddy, knowing about


Virgil s sickness, sends him to drive a truck with movie equipment. Virgil had an


accident that sends him to wheelchair for the rest of his life. But Duddy is not done


with Virgil yet. When it comes to buying the last piece of land, Duddy does not


have money. He knows Virgil has money but Yvette was protecting Virgil s money


and Duddy could not do anything about it. So, he forged Virgil s checque and got


money from the bank. After Virgil learned about it, his epilepsy attacks became more


severe. Yvette left Duddy and she told Duddy s grandfather, Simcha, how Duddy got


money. And one more person was hurt over Duddy s obsession. Simcha, who never


took anything from anybody, saw that his favorite grandson becomes a monster.


Passion is a good motivation and it can help people to reach their goals. But


sometimes it can take an extreme form and destroy a person. This happened to a main


character of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by M. Richler. In less than a year,


Duddy became dreadful person without any consideration for anybody. M. Richler


shows how passion slowly step by step becomes an obsession and changes Duddy.

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