Break Of Day Analysis

Break of day is a book written by Tony Palmer about a young boy named Murray Barrett. He Lived on a farm in the time of the war. This book talks about three main topics, death, family secrets and bravery. Palmer argues everyone has times of bravery and times of weakness. Palmer also shows that death is a big part of life and that everyone must learn how to live with it. He shows that every family has secrets just some are bigger than others.

Palmer argues that everyone has times of bravery and times of weakness it is shown in Will’s life Murray’s life and even Sid’s life. Will has always been Murray’s hero especially when they we little and even when they grew up. Murray saw Will as a brave person especially when he “[Will] fired the gun” but when Will found out Ada (his childhood sweetheart) was marrying Sid and not him, he ran away to the war instead of staying at home with his family. When Will found Sid at Kokoda he was so mad that he had wanted to kill him and Will had become a coward. Murray was always seen as a coward and he too …show more content…
So that he could talk about death and how serious but common it was back in the time of war. He talked about family and that every family does in fact have secrets but sometimes they are not as big as other times. Palmer also included bravery to show that bravery is not a fixed thing and that it can change at any given time, as can cowardness, you do not always have to be a coward I believe that all three of these statements are true to this day and were not just relevant back in the time of war. Every family still has their own secrets maybe not about the war but still secrets and bravery is still not a fixed thing. Death still happens this day maybe not as frequently as in the war but still a very real thing and everyone will have to learn to deal with it and that is why I believe Palmer included it in his novel “Break Of