Cloudstreet

by

Tim Winton

Chub Pickles Character Analysis

Chub is one of Sam and Dolly Pickles’s sons. During childhood, he behaves much like his brother Ted, getting into trouble and failing to get along very well with his sister Rose. Even into adulthood, Chub mostly keeps to himself, and tends to react somewhat apathetically to even the most surprising news.

Chub Pickles Quotes in Cloudstreet

The Cloudstreet quotes below are all either spoken by Chub Pickles or refer to Chub Pickles. 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:
Chance, Choice, and Personal Responsibility Theme Icon
).
Chapter 3 Quotes

It’s just them in this vast indoors and though there’s a war on and people are coming home with bits of them removed, and though families are still getting telegrams and waiting by the wireless, women walking buggered and beatenlooking with infants in the parks, the Pickleses can’t help but feel that all that is incidental. They have no money and this great continent of a house doesn’t belong to them. They’re lost.

Related Characters: Rose Pickles, Sam Pickles, Dolly Pickles, Ted Pickles, Chub Pickles
Related Symbols: Cloudstreet
Page Number: 41-42
Explanation and Analysis:
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Chub Pickles Quotes in Cloudstreet

The Cloudstreet quotes below are all either spoken by Chub Pickles or refer to Chub Pickles. 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:
Chance, Choice, and Personal Responsibility Theme Icon
).
Chapter 3 Quotes

It’s just them in this vast indoors and though there’s a war on and people are coming home with bits of them removed, and though families are still getting telegrams and waiting by the wireless, women walking buggered and beatenlooking with infants in the parks, the Pickleses can’t help but feel that all that is incidental. They have no money and this great continent of a house doesn’t belong to them. They’re lost.

Related Characters: Rose Pickles, Sam Pickles, Dolly Pickles, Ted Pickles, Chub Pickles
Related Symbols: Cloudstreet
Page Number: 41-42
Explanation and Analysis: