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The site of a major battle in Western Belgium, near Ypres and Passchendaele. Harry fights alongside and meets Stan here.
Polygon Wood Quotes in Black Diggers
The Black Diggers quotes below are all either spoken by Polygon Wood or refer to Polygon Wood. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act One Quotes
HARRY: If you blokes have a beer with me then that’s a start.
STAN: What are you on about? We’d always have a beer with you.
FIRST WHITE SOLDIER: You’re as good as a white man, Harry.
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When Harry begins to befriend white soldiers at the Battle of Polygon Wood, the group’s conversation ends with these lines that foreshadow the role of racism in the diggers’ fate after the war and point to the particular, partial way in which they were sometimes accepted as equals during the war. Harry’s request shows how progress toward racial equality must be founded on goodwill and personal connections—not only is the best way to dispel racist beliefs by simply learning to see the people one hates as human through personal connections, but different groups’ eagerness to interact can create a powerful Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias.
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Polygon Wood Term Timeline in Black Diggers
The timeline below shows where the term Polygon Wood appears in Black Diggers. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act One
At the 1917 battle of Polygon Wood , three white soldiers, one of whom is named Stan, ask Harry what he will...
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