Duddy Kravitz Notes
? Cosmopolitan
? Cultural
You can walk into other culture and take part in it
? London = Perfect Example
? Montreal
Truest example in Canada
? Toronto & Vancouver
Ethnic Groups
? West India & African
Recently
Can speak French and get Immigration
Quebec is the only province w/ control over immigration
? Bush is mad bout it
? Jewish
? Irish
? English Gov. (from after French were defeated)
Lures of Montreal
? French Speaking
? European Flavour
? Roman Catholic
? Business
? Mordecai
? Recently Died
? Chain Smoker
? Critiques other books and a good critique
? French
? English Educated
? Work Class Jewish (Post WW2)
? Montreal Anti-Youth War
Didn't want to fight
? Characters
? MacPherson
Physical Description
? Red fussy face, tight-lipped young Scot
? Curly Black Hair
Greying
? Thick Scots accent
Joined in 1927
Doesn't like Job
? Avoid Master's Room (Staff Room)
Lost his natural & free spirit (3)
Idealistic Teacher
? Won't Beat Kids (5)
? Hopes kids will succeed and remember him
Losing Professionalism
? Don't insult Family (6)
Mocks Dingleman's father
Wife is sick (8)
Heavy drinker by 1947 (4)
? Hersh
Idealistic
? Jerry Dingleman
Makes up more successful brother
? "doesn't live up here"
? made-up
? insecure
? full of bs = covering up for something
Inattentive
Badly-Behaved
Dysfunctional family
? dad gone, food on table (cold)
Brother is becoming Doctor
? Mr.
Parc Jeanne-Mance
Outremont
English: Outremont Station, Montreal Metro França...Cox
Wants Students to be his "friends"
? Room 41
Failure Class
? Outremont
Rich ppl street that successful ppl go (FFHS)
? Writing Elements
? Subsections
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? Plot
? Merit Cards
Dingleman won merit cards (4)
Nearest to the wall
Stopped system of merit cards
? Extra Understanding Notes
? Cold Water Flats
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