Mr. Dooley Character Analysis in The Drunkard

Mr. Dooley is a local traveling salesman and insatiable gossip who is a friend of Mick’s (despite having much higher social status than the Delaney family). At the beginning of the story, Mr. Dooley has just died, and his funeral promises to be an important social event. Mick wants to be seen at Mr. Dooley’s funeral because Dooley was well-liked in town, and Mick wants to be well-liked by proxy. He looks forward to mingling with Dooley’s high-up friends, thereby reinforcing his own sense of self-worth.

Mr. Dooley Quotes in The Drunkard

The The Drunkard quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Dooley or refer to Mr. Dooley. 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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Between business acquaintances and clerical contacts, there was very little [Mr. Dooley] didn’t know about what went on in town, and evening after evening he crossed the road to our gate to explain to Father the news behind the news. He had a low, palavering voice and a knowing smile, and Father would listen in astonishment, giving him a conversational lead now and again, and then stump triumphantly in to Mother with his face aglow and ask: “Do you know what Mr. Dooley is after telling me?”

Related Characters: Mick Delaney (speaker), Larry Delaney (speaker), Mrs. Delaney, Mr. Dooley

Page Number and Citation: 191

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Mr. Dooley Quotes in The Drunkard

The The Drunkard quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Dooley or refer to Mr. Dooley. 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:

).

Between business acquaintances and clerical contacts, there was very little [Mr. Dooley] didn’t know about what went on in town, and evening after evening he crossed the road to our gate to explain to Father the news behind the news. He had a low, palavering voice and a knowing smile, and Father would listen in astonishment, giving him a conversational lead now and again, and then stump triumphantly in to Mother with his face aglow and ask: “Do you know what Mr. Dooley is after telling me?”

Related Characters: Mick Delaney (speaker), Larry Delaney (speaker), Mrs. Delaney, Mr. Dooley

Page Number and Citation: 191

Explanation and Analysis:

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Mr. Dooley Character Analysis

Mr. Dooley Quotes in The Drunkard

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