Queenie’s father is a gruff and short-tempered man. Like his wife, Lillie Buxton, Wilfred is exclusively focused on the butchery, which keeps the family safe from the poverty that surrounds them in their mining town but prevents them from having any meaningful life as a family. Although Wilfred is kind to Queenie, he wishes she were a boy, as she would have been more use to him.
Queenie’s Father (Wilfred Buxton) Quotes in Small Island
The Small Island quotes below are all either spoken by Queenie’s Father (Wilfred Buxton) or refer to Queenie’s Father (Wilfred Buxton). 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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Prologue: Queenie
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Father said later that this African man I was made to shake hands with would have been a chief or a prince in Africa. Evidently, when they speak English you know that they have learned to be civilized—taught English by the white man, missionaries probably. So Father told me not to worry about having shaken his hand because the African man was most likely a potentate.
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Queenie’s Father (Wilfred Buxton) Quotes in Small Island
The Small Island quotes below are all either spoken by Queenie’s Father (Wilfred Buxton) or refer to Queenie’s Father (Wilfred Buxton). 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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Prologue: Queenie
Quotes
Father said later that this African man I was made to shake hands with would have been a chief or a prince in Africa. Evidently, when they speak English you know that they have learned to be civilized—taught English by the white man, missionaries probably. So Father told me not to worry about having shaken his hand because the African man was most likely a potentate.
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