Romulus, My Father Flashcards of Quotes

Romulus, My Father, is a biographical memoir, written by Raimond in 1998. Romulus My Father details the struggle of many immigrants during and after the Second World War, and how these adversities were faced and sometimes overcome. It portrays the never dwindling love of Romulus for his son Riamond, in spite of the challenges of being abandoned by his wife and the confusion caused by his mental illness.

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Cards In This Set

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Stedfast values
No one remained as stedfast in his disdain for superficialities in his honesty and his care for others
Inconceivable relationships
It was inconceivable that he would go back on his word
Lie relationships
You must not lie it is worse than any damage you might do
Moral outlook values
His moral outlook could not distinguish between a promise and a declaration of intention
Courage relationships
Suffient courage to die rather than to betray his principles of other people
Contemptuous values
Contemptuous throughout his life of the external signs of status and prestige
Red gum christina
Dead red gum became a symbol of her desolation
Neglect christina
Few people in the area liked her most having taken against her for her neglect for me
Intellegent christina
Highly intellegent deeply sensious anarchic and unstable
Pararrmatta bash
He was going to bash me but because she yelled and they took a step forward
Parramatta scars
This is one for all the women who didn't make it through because of this place because of the scars parramatta left on them
Parramatta pile
Go to the bottom of the pile
Alibrandi italy
Because my grandparents were born in italy we weren't completely australian
Alibrandi italian
In a few years i'll be running things and it won't be a small italian family
Alibrandi ethnic
I've never been out with an ethnic girl before