Is Duddy Karvitz And Anti-Hero?

March 27th Is Duddy Kravitz an Anti-Hero ?

Matt. P

Duddy Kravitz very clearly posseses many characteristics that

qualify him as an

anti-hero. During the novel Duddy succeeds on several occasions with nothing

but dumb

luck. Duddy on many occasions even makes horrible mistakes, and yet he

still manages

to land on both feet and sometimes even to come out ahead of the game.

Duddy takes a job waiting tables at a hotel, it・s there he meets

Linda and Irwin,

after Linda asks Duddy about roulette Duddy pretends to be an expert on the

game and

agree・s to finance some a game for her. Duddy is devistated to learn that

Linda and Irwin

are swindling him and that the roulette machine is fixed, Duddy loses almost

all of his

money. After the roulette scandle Irwin and Linda return Duddy・s money

apologeticaly,

and many of the people at the hotel donate money to Duddy when they learn

about his

loss. Even though Duddy made a fatal error trusting Linda he still manages

to find

success through dumb luck.

Duddy also believes that ・ A man without land is nothing・. On Duddy

and Yvette・s

first date, Yvette takes Duddy to a seemingly random piece of land near the

hotel. It is on

this date where Duddy finds his land, the land that he will strive to own

for the rest of the

novel. If Yvette had taken Duddy anywhere else on this date than Duddy・s

life could

have been very different, because owning this piece of land his what pushes

Duddy

almost beyond his endurance. That piece of land is responsible for all of

his successes in

the novel.

After Duddy discovers the land he immediately starts looking for

ways