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Study Guide : A Rose for the ANZAC Boys

A guide to help in the study of the novel A Rose for the ANZAC boys by Jackie French

A Rose fr the ANZAC Boys - Quotes and Themes

A SELECTION OF QUOTES FROM THE NOVEL - A ROSE FOR THE ANZAC BOYS

  • "...The single rose lay among the wreaths," (pg 7) - LOVE
  • "Her smile had worn out," (Midge, pg 28) - COURAGE
  • "You're here, doing all this," (Gordon pg 71) COURAGE & FRIENDSHIP, MATE-SHIP
  • "This isn't surgery, my dear. It's butchery," (Aunt Lallie, pg 153) - COURAGE
  • "I think sometimes women are tougher even than us men." (pg 204) - COURAGE
  • "We have both survived. We are free," (Midge, pg 235) - COURAGE, FRIENDSHIP, MATE-SHIP

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