Break Of Day Quotes

‘Break Of Day’ was a novel written by Tony Palmer, about the main character Murray Barret’s childhood and his experience of war. Throughout the novel Palmer explores three main values bravery, family secrets and death. In the novel Palmer implies that bravery and cowardice is shown in everyone in their own sort of way, everyone has their own family secrets and death was a common thing back then, and a part of life.

Throughout the book Palmer suggests that bravery and cowardice is shown in everyone in their own way. Murray shows cowardice when he doesn’t hit Mr Creswell when Ada was desperate and screaming “Hit him!... But he couldn’t do it.” This shows how Murray shows cowardice towards Ada Creswell. Will shows bravery when “[He] fires the
Another death was near the end of the novel and “[Murray’s] uncle’s breathing became thinner and drier until eventually it stopped.” So the uncle lived a whole life, until eventually his time comes and he dies, and that's just a part of life that we all have to deal with, like the soldiers who died in war. Murray and his family lived on a farm so it was a common thing to die on a farm. So when there was a fire once “they found [Mr Barrett] by the stables.” He died in the fire trying to save the horses for the farm, because when you have a farm there is more to think about than just yourself and your family. So Palmer shows through the book the value of death, and how we all have to deal with it, no matter how unexpected or expected the death is.

Overall throughout the novel Palmer shows the three main values of bravery, family secrets and death. Palmer suggests bravery and cowardice is shown in everyone in their own way, everyone has their own family secrets and death is a part of life. So to conclude Palmer shows that all three of those values are not only important in the book but also in