Erin

TWTWB assignment

1 I think that when Homer put the three choices into the group they should have just stuck with what they did in the book, they needed to get food and if they didn’t take any risks they wouldn’t of got any where and they would have been stuck in hell and probably going crazy thinking about what was happening, and thinking about what the ‘enemy’ was doing to their families. But on the other hand if they didn’t go out nothing would have ever happened to Corrie. 2 I think murder is wrong even though it’s different in war, it shouldn’t be. I think that it’s ‘okay’ to shoot someone in war but it’s not fair when people take it too far, such as land mines, and bombs or anything extraordinary. I think that what Ellie did in the book was wrong because the ‘enemy’ weren’t killing a large amount of people and it wasn’t the first time that Ellie caused an explosion. 3 I think that the enemy did have a reason not to treat Corrie because Ellie killed a fair amount of people. The enemy had the right to let Corrie die, although I wouldn’t have liked Corrie to die, the enemy was justified not to treat corrie. I don’t think Ellie was wrong for creating the bomb because if she didn’t the enemy probably would have captured/killed them. 4 I think that it is unfair that the country that invaded Australia in the book, because it’s not like Australia intended to make that country poor. In the perfect world Australia should have given some money to that country but it’s not really their duty to do so. I think it’s sad that that the country is in a poor state but its not Australia’s fault that they are in that state of living, and its not fair that they have to resort to war because of it.
 * Tomorrow when the war began**
 * Task one**

1. I think that in the book all of the characters show leadership at different times. Ellie shows it at the start of the book when they are going into hell. She also comes up with a lot of good ideas. but as well as that Homer takes control when he gives them options on what to do.
 * Tomorrow when the war began**
 * Task two**

2. I think that all the characters in the book show courage, because they are all so used to being safe all the time and not worrying about being caught and/or shot. They all show courage when they blow up they bridge, but I think that Fi has a lot of courage because she’s gone from living such a simple life, to fighting in a war. I don’t really think that Kevin showed much courage when they first went to check out the showground, because he ran away and was willing to save himself before saving corrie and Ellie.

3.Ellie has quite a complicated relationship with Lee because she thought she loved him, although she also had feelings for Homer and was having a flirty relationship with both of them. Homers situation was quite similar because he liked Fi but was flirting with Ellie. I also thought that Ellie and lee’s relationship was a bit awkward and they didn’t really suit each other. I think that Homer and Ellie would have made a better couple because they have more in common than Ellie and Lee. As well as that the fight between them showed that lee really likes Ellie but Ellie really didn’t care.


 * Tomorrow when the war began**
 * Task three**
 * 1) I think that there isn’t really anyone better for the role of the narrator because Ellie is the thinker and the feeler of the group. She also thinks about what will happen to the group if things work out and what will happen if they don’t. I think that’s why John Marsden chose her as the narrator. She also just seems like she was always ready for the war, E.G She knows exactly what to do and she shows great initiative for example when she made the bomb.

E.G
 * 1) The word foreshadowing means to indicate beforehand or show hints for the future. In the book foreshadowing takes place multiple times.
 * “When the jet planes first come over hell, and lee says “it’s probably the start of world war three”, “we’ve probably been invaded and we don’t even know”.
 * “Writing it down is important to us…recording what we’ve done, in words, on paper, it’s got to be our way of telling ourselves that we mean something, that we matter. That the things we’ve done have made a difference.”

1. I think that all the characters have changed mentally through out the journey but there is a few that stand out. Fi because she had no idea about camping let alone a war so she’s really had to change her way of thinking to fit into a war. Fi was used to living such a simple life but now she has to be on top of things all the time. 2. When Homer comes up with the plan to blow up the bridge, Ellie says that it is a clever plan, I agree with her, but I also think that homer is taking a lot of credit for it when it was a bit of a group idea. He just came up with the plan, I wouldn’t really call him a genius but the plan was very clever. I don’t think that homer should be called a genius if the plan was to kill a number of people it’s not really what makes a genius. 3. I don’t think Ellie is perfect and in the book we got to know Ellie so we started to like her and barrack for her but if she was faceless we probably would have thought different, because we don’t know her, but she definitely is not a war criminal. A war criminal is someone who takes it too far and Ellie hasn’t done anything war criminal-like yet. Adolph Hitler was a war criminal so I doubt that Ellie comes anything close to being a war criminal. 4. I think Ellie had the right to yell at Chris. But I also think that anyone could belong in that group, Chris could have been caught if he didn’t come with Ellie and the others, anyone could fit in with the group but Chris just wasn’t war ready and the others were.
 * Tomorrow when the war began**
 * Task four**

1. The role that hell plays in the book is quite ironic because hell is meant to be your worst nightmare but in the book hell is like home to Ellie and all the others. Its the place they go to be safe but if you believe in hell and heaven, hell is a place you go to be punished, But hell for Ellie and the others is safe and protected. 2. I think that in the book they do suggest that people can belong to the land because they act like hell is theirs and they know everything about it. They also bring all of their stuff into hell and they invaded it.
 * Tomorrow when the war began**
 * Task five**
 * Tomorrow when the war began**
 * Task six**
 * 1) When Ellie, corrie and Kevin are running from the soldiers corrie runs in to a ride on mower, Ellie then gets an idea to use the mowers petrol and make a bomb to blow up all the people who are chasing her.
 * 2) John Marsden makes the scene tense by making the soldiers almost get Ellie, corrie, and kevin, I thought it was also really tense when Ellie was trying to light the match but it wouldn’t work and when she threw it on the ground really quick and it almost went out, it was a really intense part of the book.
 * 3) The reason john Marsden makes it so we can’t see the people who get blown up in the bomb is so we don’t feel sorry for them ,because in the book they make them look really bad because we don’t know them so john Marsden kept them faceless so we wouldn’t like them and for the whole book we wont feel bad if Ellie or any of the others blow the soldiers up.
 * 4) John Marsden wants us to like Ellie because she is the main character, we don’t condemn her for the things she has done because the soldiers are faceless and we know Ellie personally in the book however if Ellie was faceless and we knew the soldiers personally we would see it differently because we would see Ellie as a trouble maker and we wouldn’t want to know her side of the story.

//By miles Franklin//
 * Task seven**
 * My brilliant career**

My brilliant career is about a girl called sybylla who has a dream of becoming a writer but when father becomes a drunk she moves into her grandmas’ house, and she loves it. When sybylla is at her grandmas house she meet a boy called Harry they fall in love and Harry asks her to marry him but she has determined herself as ugly and does not believe how Harry could love someone as ugly as her but Harry really doesn’t care about her looks. But sybylla is still stuck on being a writer so she gives up everything to pursue her dream.i think marsden referenced this book in his book because they gave up everything but in this book it was sybyllas choice to give it up but it wasn't Ellie and the others choice.

task eight

//Berthram Christy// The sound of birds and animals was cloaked by gunfire and the smell of gunpowder hung in the air. That was our squadron’s first confrontation and the worrying made us sick. When we moved from camp and into the green eerie jungle the gunfire stoped and was replaced by the far-away sounds of nature. As we started to see the other squadrons in line the gunfire starts again, that time sweeping into friendly lines, that was followed by grunts and cries of pain. As we slowly move into the line we met up with an American group who bid us good luck. Their commander, Richard, was a good man, for he gave us some food, knowing we were feeling sick. A Vietnamese line emerges of nowhere and strike our lines followed by a return of bullets and shells. Out of sheer confusion the American squadron charged at the enemy lines, backed by none and were shot down nearly as soon as they had got up. Or Australian squadron had stayed in their position while this had happened and as the Vietnamese moved forward, Jonny, our leader, ordered us to retreat. Cries and moans came from the shot down American soldiers and I couldn’t take it. I had to do something, in a bizarre and incomprehensible action I ran to Richard, the only one I knew, and went over his wounds, after taking a bullet to the shoulder and two to the leg the man was unconscious and laden with cuts and bruises. I turn him over onto his back, his face was disgustingly scabbed. A red burning anger brewed in inside as I pick up a gun and shower the enemy line with bullets watching a clump of unexpected soldiers go down, and drag the American back to our group. The rocking of the waves felt different somehow, everything seemed different. The smells of the calm sea, the cool breeze. The soldiers are laughing playing cards drinking beer. We’re going home they sang. The others interacted with me a lot more than before, some adored me while others envied my new-found fame and glory, but the general emotion was joy. How can they be so happy, around five hundred thousand allied forces dead and around one million North Vietnamese scattered across the battle field. This hurt to see how much these soldiers **didn’t** care, and they all knew what the loss of a life that they knew. Also, we’ve heard of the protests and riots against this war, but is society really moral, really sane, do they even recognise the hardship of others, the pain, the suffering. And not just society and other people that I am radically questioning. Suffering. Greed. Death. Me. //How many lives can a person take to save their own?////Is murder ok in war? What is sanity?// These are questions that vary from person to person yet haunt generations and generations alike. I thought I’d come back a proud hero from this war, in fact I only came back a haunted one.

//**By Erin Santana**//
 * 8D**