Voyages

_Voyages

Focusing on Voyage as theme of three works of literature , the long journey of life is analyzed on the character of Quoyle , Prospero and Pi . Quoyle 's character in The Shipping News ' by Annie Proulx undergoes extreme changes and dynamic forces has been provided in his character that drives the story forward . having no confidence , he experiences extreme loneliness and misery at the beginning of the book and he always considers himself as a failure . in the entire novel , he grapples in a place where his family is made of loony murderers

and cruel abusers . His goal is to separate himself from this world and try to voyage into a Newfoundland whee he will be able to avoid turning into his family 's root and recover from all his traumas in life and break the chain of abuse casted by three generations of Quoyles in the novel

His transformation began as he made life changing moves on Newfoundland , this is his voyage into a new career where he was assigned to car wreck stories and the shipping news . Here he have to take courage facing his two great fears of Petal 's death and fear of water . Quoyle has his own conviction about pain that it really dulls when he see that other people suffer , as you suffer . When he initiated writing about a ships pro , he moves from reporting about cars into having a column written by himself and this made him a worthy writer . This became a turning point for him as he voyaged from his old self to his Newfoundland where he was able to set a voice of his own instead of being trapp1ed with people 's opinion of him . He was able to take great pride in his work and develop a sense of self-worth

Quoyle 's personality and character was an ultimate victory in avoiding misery . His voyage into life 's journey of separating himself from his family was achieved and his physical appearance which he consider as a chief failure save him from being catapulted overboard into the sea . He finally realize every time he looks at himself in front of the mirror that he is of great worth on this world

In the character of Prospero in Shakespeare 's The Tempest , he spent 12 long years on an island where he refined the magic that gives him the power he needs in to reconcile with his enemies . Being the duke of Milan and Miranda 's father he was forced to board a boat with his daughter by his brother Antonio who run his dukedom while he was away and devoting himself to learning magics . Good thing with the help of Gonzalo 's generosity , Prospero was able to survive from the books of magic being supplied by him

Prospero 's character is really amiable he is a loving father , a fair leader , a benevolent man and a fair ruler . His point of view about one 's completeness lies on his voyage...