Part 1 of Essay
AVITZ avitz by Mordecai Richler is a novel about the life of a young man named Duddy Kravitz growing up on Montreal's St. Urbain street. The novel chronicles his life from when he was a troublesome school boy up until he was a young man of nineteen desperately trying to make something of himself and own his very own piece ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... The book starts out with Duddy as a fifteen year old attending high school. At the beginning of the book we find Duddy in a bitter conflict with a teacher at the school, Mr. MacPherson. As is seen in this dialogue: -"I know you're responsible for the drawing on the board and I think it cowardly of you not to have taken complete responsibility." said the teacher. -"I'm a coward. Who's afraid to strap who around here?" responded Duddy. We find that the young Duddy is a bit of a trouble maker, and we al ....