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The Shell Director is a senior employee of Shell, where Roald works after graduation. The Director tries to place Roald in Egypt, but Roald begs to be sent to Africa or Asia so that he can pursue his fanciful dreams of elephants and adventure. The Director is annoyed, but he agrees to send someone else to Egypt. When he offers Roald a second placement in East Africa, Roald is overjoyed.
The Shell Director Quotes in Boy
The Boy quotes below are all either spoken by The Shell Director or refer to The Shell Director. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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25. Goodbye School
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‘May I ask why you do not wish to go to Egypt?’ [the Shell Director] said.
I knew perfectly well why, but I didn’t know how to put it. What I wanted was jungles and lions and elephants and tall coconut palms swaying on silvery beaches, and Egypt had none of that. Egypt was a desert country. It was bare and sandy and full of tombs and relics and Egyptians and I didn’t fancy it at all.
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The Shell Director Quotes in Boy
The Boy quotes below are all either spoken by The Shell Director or refer to The Shell Director. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
25. Goodbye School
Quotes
‘May I ask why you do not wish to go to Egypt?’ [the Shell Director] said.
I knew perfectly well why, but I didn’t know how to put it. What I wanted was jungles and lions and elephants and tall coconut palms swaying on silvery beaches, and Egypt had none of that. Egypt was a desert country. It was bare and sandy and full of tombs and relics and Egyptians and I didn’t fancy it at all.
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