This summer after reading The Shipping News, I started to ponder why Quoyle was such an outsider, particularly while growing up? I wonder whether or not people are just born naturally as being "part or the crowd" or "against the grain." Throughout the novel, Quoyle started developing more social skills and he eventually almost becomes the head man at his business. However, Quoyle was still known as being fat, weird looking, and odd. So this causes the question to develop into whether or not people become an outsider based on looks or personality. I am looking forward into digging deep into this whole concept of being an insider an outsider throughout the school year, and hopefully by the end of it I will have a grasp on this big question.
