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The Duck is a resident of the countryside who meets the Rocket while he is stuck in the swamp. The Duck thinks very little of the Rocket’s pompousness and self-aggrandizing claims, since she cannot see how he offers any utility to the rest of the world. Nevertheless, the Duck is of a kindly disposition, inviting the Rocket to take up residence in the country, which is the only hospitality ever offered in the story. The Duck did try her hand at public life and politics once, but quickly found that she was too pragmatic for it and opted to settle for caring for her family instead. Where the Rocket is the epitome of high-society arrogance, the Duck is the paragon of middle-class simplicity and goodness.
The Duck Quotes in The Remarkable Rocket
The The Remarkable Rocket quotes below are all either spoken by The Duck or refer to The Duck. 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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The Remarkable Rocket Quotes
“I don't think much of that,” said the Duck, “as I cannot see what use it is to any one. Now, if you could plough the fields like the ox, or draw a cart like the horse, or look after the sheep like the collie-dog, that would be something.”
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“I had thoughts of entering public life once myself,” answered the Duck; “there are so many things that need reforming. Indeed, I took the chair at a meeting some time ago, and we passed resolutions condemning everything that we did not like. However, they did not seem to have much effect. Now I go in for domesticity and look after my family.”
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The Duck Character Timeline in The Remarkable Rocket
The timeline below shows where the character The Duck appears in The Remarkable Rocket. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Remarkable Rocket
A beautiful Duck swims up and immediately points out the Rocket’s strange shape, asking if he was born...
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The Duck is unimpressed by this, and tells the Rocket so. She cannot see what function he...
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The Duck is of a kind disposition and neglects to continue the argument. Instead, she tells the...
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This causes the Duck to reminisce about her own brief stint in public life and politics. A while back,...
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...life and accustomed to the finer things that high society can offer. With this, the Duck remembers that she is hungry and swims away, to the great distress of the Rocket...
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