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Warungin is an old Aboriginal man, and is one of the men that Lieutenant Gardiner captures so that the Governor and Silk can learn the Cadigal language. Warungin is incensed by his capture, though he continues to have mostly friendly contact with the English settlers after he escapes. Occasionally, he teaches Rooke the words for different weapons, although Rooke realizes that Warungin doesn't like that Rooke writes down all the words. He occasionally brings a group of men to Rooke's hut, and Rooke listens to Warungin tell stories and imitate different Englishmen. Warungin attends the public whipping of a prisoner and instead of seeing the whipping as a just punishment, he sees it only as cruel. This causes Rooke to realize that English justice isn't fair.
Warungin Quotes in The Lieutenant
The The Lieutenant quotes below are all either spoken by Warungin or refer to Warungin. 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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Part 2, Chapter 6
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Rooke said nothing more. There was a question forming in the back of his mind, which he did not want to hear. It was: What would I have done in the same place?
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Part 3, Chapter 6
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Warungin was not thinking punishment, justice, impartial. All he could see was that the Berewalgal had gathered in their best clothes to inflict pain beyond imagining on one of their own. Seen through his eyes, this ceremony was not an unfortunate but necessary part of the grand machine of civilization. It looked like a choice. When those fine abstractions fell away, all that remained was cruelty.
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He had made that choice, because he was a lieutenant in His Majesty's Marine Force.
There it was, in the very words. Force was his job. If he was a soldier, he was as much a part of that cruelty as the man who had wielded the whip.
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Warungin Quotes in The Lieutenant
The The Lieutenant quotes below are all either spoken by Warungin or refer to Warungin. 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:
).
Part 2, Chapter 6
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Rooke said nothing more. There was a question forming in the back of his mind, which he did not want to hear. It was: What would I have done in the same place?
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Part 3, Chapter 6
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Warungin was not thinking punishment, justice, impartial. All he could see was that the Berewalgal had gathered in their best clothes to inflict pain beyond imagining on one of their own. Seen through his eyes, this ceremony was not an unfortunate but necessary part of the grand machine of civilization. It looked like a choice. When those fine abstractions fell away, all that remained was cruelty.
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He had made that choice, because he was a lieutenant in His Majesty's Marine Force.
There it was, in the very words. Force was his job. If he was a soldier, he was as much a part of that cruelty as the man who had wielded the whip.
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