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" i could leave and never come back, live like Huckleberry Finn, wild and without grownups."

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"On account of his head looks identical to his backside which causes all manner of confusion when he's on the dunny"
- humour
- slang

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Attention jockeys, stewards and trainers: we're off and racing."

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“Maybe I could…maybe I could…”
Emphasises escapist tendencies and his hope for his future

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'my stomach gives a flip'

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'What can she do? She can't kill me'

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"in half a mo it's time for breakfast

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"Kip! Don't move if you know what's good for you!"

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'But I'm Jesse Owens, I'm Jack Titus, I'm Decima Norman, excepting I'm not a girl.'

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'ha'penny'

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The bottom that fit these undies must be a bottom and a half. The queen, no, the empress of bottoms.

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“…you spring out of bed like the Devil’s after you,”
Demonstrates Catholic identity

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"I'm King Kong, squashing native huts." 

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"I'm King Kong, squashing native huts." 

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Toni Jordan uses this to show that Kip's character is very in-tune with current pop culture, as many youths might be at the time. Similar quotes referencing The Shadow explore the same idea. It gives some historical context to Kip's chapter.

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"Dirt?, that'd be the brownish stuff, would it?"

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"I'm King Kong, squashing native huts. Crunch crunch. Sorry natives."

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"Dressed quick as"

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“…the last thing I’d do is let her walk in lanes and talk to the likes of me”

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"crikey"

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Reference to popular culture (onomatopoeia)

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Reference to popular culture (onomatopoeia)

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I’m King Kong, squashing native huts. Crunch crunch.

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"I say hello and nod back like working men do"
-shows how he associates himself with the working men
-proud of his responsibilities, no matter how small

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"I imagine they use the king's bowel habits to time the changing of the guard"
-shows his creativity
-shows what he knows of the world
-humour

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'something happens to my arm and my eyes and my stomach and my adams apple'

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"He sounds like a cow that swallowed a whistle."

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“all I know is every working boy in Richmond is waiting and watching. Half afraid war’ll happen, half afraid it won’t.”

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"ok cobber"

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"remarkable precision for such a hefty hoik"

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"Those blokes are the workers." (p. 3)

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"That shawl is very becoming on you, Mrs Husting."

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"knock-off"

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‘Being known as a chief layabout and squanderer of opportunities in all of Richmond is a big responsibility.'

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‘Being known as a chief layabout and squanderer of opportunities in all of Richmond is a big responsibility.'

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“you could talk right at him. You could sprinkle water on his head and drop a saucepan lid next to him and he’d not look up.” – this is another example of Kip’s humour

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"Rightio"

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“On-bloody-guard, d’Artagnan,”
Referencing Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers

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"Dirt?...that'd be the brownish stuff, would it?"
- being sarcastic /  cheeky

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"he's beaut boss"