English EOY Exam - Lieutenant

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Daniel Rooke quotes

‘What comforted Rooke.. was the knowledge that as an individual he did not matter. Whatever he was, he was part of a whole, one insignificant note with the great fugue of being’ (p. 14)

‘No one knew him here: Daniel Rooke, so clever he was stupid’ (p.21)

Tagaran quotes

‘Forthright, fearless, sure of herself’(p. 148)

‘Tagaran was… herself, unique in every particle’ (p.209)

Rooke and Tagaran quotes

‘Everything had been suspended while he and Tagaran floated in some corner of the cosmos in which the impossible could unfold’ (p. 209)

‘There was no word for what he had learned with Tagaran. He could not attach a name to what he felt for her. But she had shown him… the man he could be.’ (p.281)

Talbot Silk

‘Silk was disliked by no one: he was cordial amusing and easy always in the right place with just the right words’ (p. 22)

‘He… was a storyteller who could turn the most commonplace event into something entertaining’ (p.22)

Rooke and Silk

‘ How different Silk was from himself, Rooke thought. Silk could imagine no use for words other than reaching an audience.’ (p.204)

Knowledge and learning

‘She was not stupid, only clever enough to recognise the limits of what she understood’ (p.40)

‘After such a leap of learning, the world would no longer be the same’ (p.154)

Duty and Obligation

‘It was easy to raise his right hand and swear that he would serve and obey. It was nothing but words’ (p.27)

Part 1 - Section 1 (pg3-25)

Daniel starts school at Portsmouth Naval academy

• Show Rooke’s inner workings and how he is different

• Rooke’s main concerns are with science, knowledge and morals. Not relationships with others

Part 1 - Section 2 (pg16-26)

Rooke meets astronomer Dr Vickery, joins the marines, meets Silk, goes to Antigua

• Silk is a leader, charming

• Rooke firsts sees ‘black faces’ (slaves)

• Shows Rooke lacks sexual interest (shows his inner workings)

Part 1 - Section 3 (pg27-36)

Rooke sees a man get hung for disobeying, fights on Resolution

• Distressed by combat

• Rooke and Silk get closer

• Rooke is injured and sent home

• Rooke understands duty and obligation, negotiates personal morals

Part 2 - Section 1 (pg45-56)

Rooke goes aboard Sirius as an astronomer, Silk begins writing his narrative

• Rooke feels a sense of purpose and belonging

• Meets Gardiner

• His role on Sirius foreshadows the role he will play in documenting indigenous language

Part 2 - Section 3 (pg67-81)

• Rooke attempts to engage with natives

Part 2 - Section 4 (pg82-87)

• Rooke is willing to interact with an inexperienced lieutenant, showing his character

• Rooke goes to lengths to avoid social interaction with his peers

• This social reluctance shows the significance of his easy relationship with Tagaran

• Rooke understand that he has genuine interest for native and Silk just wants to create a book

Part 2 - Section 5 (pg88-104)

• Brudgen is introduced

• Rooke makes his skills values while avoiding interaction, motif, of turning his social reticence and academic ability to his advantage

part 2- Section 6 (pg105-13)

• Goverer announces planned 2nd settlement

• Gardiner tells Rooke of being forced to help capture two natives

• Rooke questions what he would’ve done in same situation

Part 2- Section 7 (pg114-23)

• Rooke travels to 2nd settlement to see Boinbar and Warungin

• Natives escape

• Rooke lies to Silk about Gardiner’s confession

Part 2- Section 8 (pg124-31)

• Rooke fails to search for comet

• Tensions between settler and natives increase

• Gardiner helps Rooke recalculate

Part 3- section 1 (pg135-9)

• Natives come in to the settlement

Part 3- section 2 (pp140-56)

• Group of natives visit Rooke

• Rooke makes a connection with one of the young girls (Tagaran)

Part 3- section 3(pg157-66)

• Tagaran and Rooke begin to share their languages

Part 3- section 6 (pg192-99)

• Public flogging appals Warungin

• Rooke rethinks his understanding of justice

Part 3- section 8 (pg211-18)

• Tagaran and other girls tell Rooke they were beaten by some white men

Part 3- section 9 (pg219-34)

• Tagaran begs Rooke to teach her how the musket works

• They argue and she leaves

Part 4- section 1 (pg237-49)

• Brugdem is attacked by natives

• Governor orders a ‘puntive expendition’

• Rooke tries to refuse to participate

Part 4- Section 2 (pg250-7)

• Rooke sabotages a mission by warning Tagaran

Part 4- Section 4(pg271-87)

• Rooke discovers intent to behead natives

• At night he swims alone in the sea then leaves the party: he faces up to Major Wyatt and the govener at the settlement

Part 5- section 1(pg291-302)

• 46 years later Rooke is dying in Antigua; he recalls his final morning in NSW and farewell to Tagaran