Laminex and Mirrors

by

Cate Kennedy

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Tony Character Analysis

– Tony is a male nurse from South Africa who works at the hospital. The narrator explains that she has agreed to go to the hospital’s staff Christmas party with him because she is moved by the way in which Tony comforts the post-operative “nose job girls” as they emerge from surgery.

Tony Quotes in Laminex and Mirrors

The Laminex and Mirrors quotes below are all either spoken by Tony or refer to Tony. 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:
Joy and Drudgery Theme Icon
).
Laminex and Mirrors Quotes

His uniform's blue and mine's an ugly mauve, clearly designating our status in the hospital pecking order, but he's still asked me to the staff Christmas party. The other cleaners, when they hear this, behave as if it's a doctor-nurse romance from Mills & Boon. They speculate on what table we'll all sit on, what they'll wear, whether there'll be door prizes this year. When I say I'm not sure if I'll go, they look at me flabbergasted. “But it's free,” Dot says,” and there's a whole three-course meal!”

“That nice young man asks you to go, I reckon you go,” says Noeleen. “He's from overseas somewhere, isn't he? Play your cards right and you might get a trip OS!”

Related Characters: Narrator (speaker), Dot (speaker), Noeleen (speaker), Tony
Page Number: 41-42
Explanation and Analysis:
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Tony Quotes in Laminex and Mirrors

The Laminex and Mirrors quotes below are all either spoken by Tony or refer to Tony. 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:
Joy and Drudgery Theme Icon
).
Laminex and Mirrors Quotes

His uniform's blue and mine's an ugly mauve, clearly designating our status in the hospital pecking order, but he's still asked me to the staff Christmas party. The other cleaners, when they hear this, behave as if it's a doctor-nurse romance from Mills & Boon. They speculate on what table we'll all sit on, what they'll wear, whether there'll be door prizes this year. When I say I'm not sure if I'll go, they look at me flabbergasted. “But it's free,” Dot says,” and there's a whole three-course meal!”

“That nice young man asks you to go, I reckon you go,” says Noeleen. “He's from overseas somewhere, isn't he? Play your cards right and you might get a trip OS!”

Related Characters: Narrator (speaker), Dot (speaker), Noeleen (speaker), Tony
Page Number: 41-42
Explanation and Analysis: