The Lieutenant
Introduction + Context
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Part 1, Chapter 1 Part 1, Chapter 2 Part 1, Chapter 3 Part 1, Chapter 4 Part 2, Chapter 1 Part 2, Chapter 2 Part 2, Chapter 3 Part 2, Chapter 4 Part 2, Chapter 5 Part 2, Chapter 6 Part 2, Chapter 7 Part 2, Chapter 8 Part 3, Chapter 1 Part 3, Chapter 2  Part 3, Chapter 3 Part 3, Chapter 4 Part 3, Chapter 5 Part 3, Chapter 6 Part 3, Chapter 7 Part 3, Chapter 8 Part 3, Chapter 9 Part 4, Chapter 1 Part 4, Chapter 2 Part 4, Chapter 3 Part 4, Chapter 4 Part 5, Chapter 1
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All Themes Language, Communication, and Friendship Violence and Rationality Individuality vs. Communality Imperialism, Racism, and Morality Storytelling and Truth
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Characters
All Characters Lieutenant Daniel Rooke Tagaran / The Girl Talbot Silk James Gilbert / The Governor Lieutenant Gardiner Dr. Vickery Brugden Warungin Surgeon Weymark Lieutenant Timpson Lieutenant Willstead Boinbar Anne
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All Symbols Guns
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The Lieutenant

by

Kate Grenville

The Lieutenant Symbols

Guns

Guns are a symbol of power and destruction in The Lieutenant. Although Rooke finds guns to be satisfying examples of physics at work, he soon learns what guns can do to human bodies. The…

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