Otherwise he would not be astounded to hear that Bunny likes her first day in school. At school he did not seem to have any friends. But this reserve surely is also a reason that it is not easy for Quoyle to find friends. He is afraid to be hurt again when people know more about his scars on his soul. Quoyle is so sensible and frail, he does not want people to know too much about him. Annie Proulx uses this as metaphor for disguising the “inner face”. He feels uneasy when people can see his real face. Quoyle has always been hiding his big fleshy chin behind his hand.
It is a big problem for Quoyle to identify with his family. He was also afraid of his brother who used to call him unkind nicknames, and so Quoyle had the idea that he might have been given to the wrong family (p. Quoyle was afraid of his father who used to remind him of all his failures in behaviour and attitude. In the first chapter the reader already gets an impression of Quoyle’s deep-seated fears, which have their roots in his childhood.
He truly is an outsider whose life seems to be shipwrecked. Quoyle is bulky and heavy, but inside he is kind-hearted like a child. He is not able to find a qualified job, cannot keep his wife by his side and does not know how to educate his children. 2 QuoyleĪnnie Proulx describes her main character Quoyle as an antihero who is unable taking charge of his life. I want to discuss where those fears might have come from, the way the characters try to cope with it, if they are able to fight their fears and if it is helpful to be confronted with one’s fears. It also becomes evident how close pain and fear often are. It is worth to take more than a quick look at those fears.Īnnie Proulx introduces a lot of other characters to the reader. He unites a lot of different fears inside of him. Quoyle is a complex character with a couple of interesting peculiarities. There Quoyle starts to deal with his fears and takes charge of his life. Quoyle’s aunt appears and persuades him to take his two daughters and leave for Newfoundland, the place his ancestors came from. Formed by his unhappy childhood he tries to find his place in a cruel world and marries a nymphomaniac who dies in a car accident. The novel “The Shipping News” by Annie Proulx tells about a man named Quoyle who works for a third-rate newspaper in the state of New York.
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