The Shipping News | Characters
The main and only fully developed A character in The Shipping News is Quoyle. As the omniscient narrator tells the story, Quoyle was born into a family that seemed to care nothing for him. His older brother abusively belittled him and his father thought of him as nothing but a failure. If that were not enough to make him insecure, his hideous appearance — "head shaped like a crenshaw, no neck, reddish hair ruched back" — further diminished his sense of self worth. What is surprising is that Quoyle did not turn mean himself. Instead, he suffered in silence, lacked ambition as a...
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