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The Shipping new-fangledsIm tired of way out somewhere. I want to be thereThese words spoken by Bunny Quoyle, riding along with her family on their way to the old homestead in Killick Claw, New Foundland seems an exclamation to a deeper desire to settle what has been an unsealed and unhappy life. The quote could also define the transition that Quolyle, Bunnys father, experiences. Quoyle is nowhere it seems, until he finally arrives somewhere meaningful. The transformation is a potful about getting over the loss of his wife, petal, but also much about getting over him egotism as a loser and getting to a place of contentedness and confidence. Quoyles life rides on waves some small that are body-surfing-like, others that are bulky and tumultuous that crash inshore with Tsunami-like devastation. Eventually, he manages to find a place suitable and sustaining. Quoyle began life savouring, accept that he had been born into the wrong family that somehow he ended up with the wro ng parents. He stumbled into adulthood, feeling invisible until someone noticed. His lack of flirt with and confidence is evidenced by his always trying to hide his chin with his hand the hand always goes to the chin, his monstrous chin, when he feels threatened. His love for Petal is partly based on the fact that he caught her attention once, sort of by accident and that they had a meaningless sexual relationship that resulted in two children. He is the sort of character you feel sorry for from the start, feel badly that hell never become anybody, never make something of himself, save you want to cheer for him all along the way. As we get to hunch over Quoyle, we realize that although he has a negative self image, is always self conscious and has no confidence in his abilities, he has a huge heart and a huge capacity to love, and he especially has a huge consciousness to do what is right for his family. Quoyle is a man developing into himself. His first opportunity to grow comes by an invitation from his aunt to move to New Foundland, to settle in his familys ancestral home and to find his roots. You commode be anything you want with a fresh start,says his aunt in win over him to go. And off they all go the aunt, Quoyle, Bunny and Sunshine and all their self-collected demons.