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In life, Thackeray Porringer was a painter’s apprentice who didn’t take kindly to his boss’s hazing ritual—sending Thackeray to find striped paint to paint a barber’s pole. When Thackeray realized he’d been tricked, he essentially died of anger. In death, Thackeray is just as angry and jealously looks after his copy of Robinson Crusoe, which was buried with him. However, as Bod gets closer to Thackeray’s age—around 14—Thackeray’s temper mellows and they become friends.
Thackeray Porringer Quotes in The Graveyard Book
The The Graveyard Book quotes below are all either spoken by Thackeray Porringer or refer to Thackeray Porringer. 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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Chapter 7
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In the graveyard, no one ever changed. The little children Bod had played with when he was small were still little children; Fortinbras Bartleby, who had once been his best friend, was now four or five years younger than Bod was, and they had less to talk about each time they saw each other; Thackeray Porringer was Bod’s height and age, and seemed to be in much better temper with him; [...]
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Thackeray Porringer Quotes in The Graveyard Book
The The Graveyard Book quotes below are all either spoken by Thackeray Porringer or refer to Thackeray Porringer. 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:
).
Chapter 7
Quotes
In the graveyard, no one ever changed. The little children Bod had played with when he was small were still little children; Fortinbras Bartleby, who had once been his best friend, was now four or five years younger than Bod was, and they had less to talk about each time they saw each other; Thackeray Porringer was Bod’s height and age, and seemed to be in much better temper with him; [...]
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