In the novel "Duddy Kravitz" honesty is a major theme. It is shown that there are parts of honesty and dishonesty in each of the main characters. Duddy especially suffered because of his dishonesty, and caused those who loved him to suffer also. In the beginning of the novel, we see Duddy develop into a trouble making student. While in class he wouldn't listen and he would talk back to theteacher and give him no respect. Outside of his class he would be no different. He would cheat and lie and get away with almost anything he did. One example of this is when he told everyone about his fake brother Bradley. "Duddy told the boys about his brother Bradley. I got a letter from him only yesterday aft. As soon as I'm finished up at Flectcher's Field he wants me to cume down to Arizona to help out on the ranch like."(Pg.14) Duddy was also a teen who was hard to handle in life. As Duddy got older he began to know more about what to do in his life. He decided to get his owl land. This decision came from the fact that his grandfather, Simcha

Finally honesty and dishonestyccan relate to Duddy and Yvette. Yvette was a girl Duddy met at the resort and was Duddy's so called "girlfriend". Although Duddy did like Yvette he would always use her so he could benefit. "If you promise me that, I'll give you fifty dollars."(Pg.100) That's why you musn't tell anyone we came here or bring anyone else here."(Pg.101) Yvette proved to be a very honest womadn to Duddy but she also was dishonest with Duddy at times. One dishonest mistake she made was not telling Duddy about the Mr.Friar incident. "A Hebrew never marries outside his own race. I'd marry you. I'm mad for you."(Pg.163). She chose not to tell Duddy because she knew it would upset him and she wanted to stay as his girl. In the end Yvette does choose to leave Duddy because of the incident with Virgil. Even though Yvette left Duddy he was happy because he had what he wanted.

A very dishonest incident we look at is between Virgil and Duddy. Virgil was a very good friend of Duddy's and together they were making money. One thing Duddy forgot to realize though ie as Virgil was doing his job, was that Virgil had epilepsy. As Virgil went out one day to do his job he got into a fatal accident and was hospitalized. Virgil was not able to walk again and Duddy felt bad because he had a part in causing the accident. Though this accident happened Duddy was still searching for a way he could make money. So what he did was ask his pal Virgie because he knew he had money, but he said no. The answer was no but in Duddy's mind it was yes so he went along with a plan to steal Virgil's mdoney. Duddy had called Virgil's bank. "Disguising his voice, he told the bank manager, 'This is Mr Roseboro speaking' He gave the address"(Pg.304) Duddy was very cruel to Virgil but he did what

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Approximate Word count = 1196
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)