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TWTWB assignment **Task 1**
 * 1) To “sit tight and do nothing” and wait until the war ends would mean they were just handing the rights to the country over to the invaders and the Showground was way beyond the group’s reach they would be in more danger going there than they would have fighting back. Taking down the bridge was the right thing to do because it will take time and focus to build a new one and the only way to town is to go all the way around the river which would delay them.


 * 1) In war there is no justice or playing fair. Ellie isn’t ready for a war or to die or to lose the people that matter the most to her. She’s scared that she has become a murderer like the Hermit. They reassured her that none ‘of them were hurt’. Homer tried to explain to Ellie that “normal rules don’t apply” because “this is war”. ‘It meant a lot to’ her but reassurance wasn’t everything for Ellie she had to convince //herself// that she wasn’t cold blooded. She was mainly scared because she “didn’t know their names or ages or families or backgrounds.” She just took their life. But “the moment they left their country … they knew what they were doing. They knew what they were in for. They’re the ones who tore up the rule book”

**Task 2**
 * 1) It would justify it for them not treating Corrie because she was involved in the deaths of soldiers and the explosions. In war you don’t usually go to your enemies and ask for help to treat one of their //soldiers// but they had no choice. They were hoping that they didn’t piece it together and realise that she was //their// enemy. This was a great risk they had no idea if they would treat her or not. Kevin was extremely brave to risk his own life to potentially save Corrie’s.
 * 1) For these people to come here and try to take over own country for their own is wrong, their lives were tough but they can’t just come on over and start killing innocents, locking families up and putting people in cramped, unhygienic spaces. In their minds it’s the right thing to do because for so long they’ve lived in these conditions. Having the chance to live or even travel to Australia would be amazing for them. No one in the world should live like they do but why do the Australians deserve that life.
 * 1) Each person in the group shows leadership some point in the book but in their group the main leader is Homer because he is the strongest emotionally. Most of them haven’t fully grasped the fact that their lives are in danger and that their country is under attack. Homer is constantly thinking up plans and leading the group through the struggle. He seems the most stable out of the group. The others through the book become strong leaders as well but Homer takes control of the group mostly. Also through the book he changes he goes from a trickster and loves messing with people to a leader, responsible, reliable and stable.


 * 1) Ellie shows remarkable courage through blowing up the bridge with the petrol tanker, saving lee in the truck and having the idea of using a lawn mower as a bomb. She did more than anyone ever asked her to do; she took a stand and stepped outside //normal life//, even though she hasn’t on the inside. Everyone showed courage throughout the book but I think Ellie was the most courageous.

**Task 3**
 * 1) Ellie is worried about Lee’s morality and how he turned from a gentle piano player to a soulless fierce and powerful war soldier. She was scared that he was dropping to the level of enemy and that he had become one of them. She was scared that if their romantic relationship broke up, she’ll lose his friendship and then Ellie and Lee’s focus on staying safe will be corrupted, putting everyone’s lives in danger and the focus of the group will be weakened.
 * 1) Marsden chose her because she is the thinker she contemplates the situations that come upon them and she feels for the soldiers that get killed. Throughout the novel she shows that she still hasn’t grasped the concept of her life being changed forever. He chose Ellie because she doesn’t just look at the circumstances she observes everything around her and she has a different view to everything that others don’t see. She is the only one in the group that still remembers their old life and she thinks why is what they’re doing now ok and in their old lives wrong. Ellie always reflects on the things they do to identify whether they were becoming soulless criminals.

**Task 4**
 * 1) Foreshadowing means to give away hints or clues to what will happen next in a novel. When Corrie gets shot and the group can’t stop the blood, this is an indication that she might die or become terribly ill. When the group went down into Hell for their camping trip they herd jets flying low and fast. They joked that it was “the start of World War Three” this was an obvious indication that they were being invaded.
 * 1) In the group the person that went through the most change would be Homer. He has gone from a mischief making teenager to a responsible leader. Throughout the book he comes up with genius plans such as the “motorbikes”, the cattle diversion and the plan to find out what’s going on at the showground. He shows great leadership and quick thinking. Even though the others changed and evolved Homer showed the more extreme change.


 * 1) Ellie suggests that “Homer’s genius” was shining through because “he combined action with thought”. His plans were always cleverly thought out and his plans were always too crazy and mad for any regular soldier to think of. Ellie didn’t know if he was a crazy mastermind or just crazy. To think of how to rescue Lee and get them to safety was one of his plans. Ellie knew that he read her mind and that in the position they are at “inaction was [their] enemy”.


 * 1) Ellie is a good person she only killed if absolutely necessary. She always thought about it, she never just let it go and moved on. She always felt awful about anyone who she killed. She always asked herself to check if she was bad if what she was doing was wrong. Ellie is defiantly a good person she doesn’t want to kill them but they have put their lives in danger by coming here and not expecting rebellion. They are the war criminals not her.

**Task 5**
 * 1) “In the Army the penalty for going to sleep on guard duty was death. Chis “risked the lives of all of [them] by being so slack” He still hadn’t realised that this is //life// now, death is around every corner. When Ellie first heard of the penalty she was “shocked” and stunned how merciless it was. But now seeing Chris taking a rest from keeping the others alive she saw the reason, the hate it causes. Chris didn’t “understand how it’s all changed.” Ellie tells him that he should of just got “a riffle and [finished] [them] all off” then and there. He hasn’t set his mind to being in a war. Chris doesn’t belong in the group; he’s just weighing them down.
 * 1) For the group Hell is a sanctuary, a safe place away from the war and destruction. Hell is a relaxing and somewhere to get back to nature. Through the book Ellie likes to sometimes go visit where Bertram Christie used to live. Hell is where it all started that night with the planes. It’s where they spent their last of their //normal// lives. The fun times, the camping trip.

**Task 6**
 * 1) To find yourself in parts of nature is what he means, to feel at home and safe. For Ellie Hell is her home where she can feel at peace where she can “blend in”. She’s still not used to being in a war she likes to go down to Hell and go explore and look back at their old lives; it’s all they really have left.
 * 1) When they were running away from the soldiers into the garden Corrie scraped her leg on the edge of the ride on mower this gave Ellie the idea. As well the soldiers were still being cautious and sticking together so if she had a bomb or something she could get them all in one shot to get them off their tail.


 * 1) Marsden portrays it as personal but at the same time distant. He doesn’t name the soldiers or tell you about their families or their heritage. Throughout the book he doesn’t even mention their nationality. He tries to make them as invisible to the reader. He also portrays that Ellie, Kevin and Corrie could be killed which makes the reader scared and nervous. So they want to read on.


 * 1) He doesn’t want to name the soldiers or give them any human features or characteristics that make Ellie look to the reader a murderer. They seem like the killers the invaders and you are on Ellie’s side rather that giving the option of choosing sides. When he describes the group its totally different to the soldiers he makes sure you feel for them and you get a sense their real human beings.


 * 1) The reader doesn’t condemn her for her actions because they see Ellie as a kind person on the good side. The soldiers in the eyes of the reader (because Marsden has showed no kindness in them) are the enemy trying to eliminate the group which he has shown to be the good guys.