Ryan+McD

Tomorrow When the War Began = __Task 1 __ = But the one I think is most reasonable is to stop the enemy supply’s and troops building up in the town, otherwise it could near impossible to actually do anything. Then and there would be more patrols and more bombings, so that sort of cancels the idea of //‘siting tight’// out and rescuing their parents because of the amount of troops. So in my point of view it would be better to inflict damage on the enemy, but not pointlessly attacking troops of the street, but actually strategically manoeuvring and destroying buildings and points of interest to the enemy. **__Task 2__** So as you can see they all show leadership some greater than others, but all a great achievement for themselves and their friends. Courage requires a great amount of self-assurance, bravery and hope in what you are doing. Also remaining awake and ready for the unknown challenges that could appear. Every person in the group has courage in their skills. I would name examples yet there are too many to name, but the one that I think show the most courage and bravery is the time when Robyn hauled Lee through the restaurant, whilst bullets where flying through the air and actually smash a door down to the ground, then still get to safety whilst carrying Lee, is just amazing. To me this is the most amount of courage show because not only does she fights through her fears, but also saves another life by putting her life in danger. Everyone shows courage throughout the story but this triumph over fears is definitely the most courage show in the story. They all had test of friendship throughout the novel. I observed a couple of tests of friendship between Lee and Ellie, after the romantic involvement they had behind the haystack. They become more like a fighting couple and less like a fighting friends, even throughout the fights and arguments you could tell that they had come closer together. Some of strains put on the relationship were the fact that didn’t want to be part of a romantic relationship for the sake of the group, because if it had dissolved and they broke up then there might have been tension between them and the group. Also if Ellie had become partners with Lee then if one of them had died then she would be attached to him and she couldn’t forgive herself, and would be extremely sad. This also would have been bad for the group. **__Task 3__** **__Task 4__** During the first act against the enemy where Ellie, Kevin and Corrie, went to the showground to see what was happening and who the enemy had captured. It did end badly, but Ellie maned up and she ran for her life. She helped save Corrie and Kevin as did Corrie and Kevin for her. This was a wakeup call and she sort of felt a bit of independence and responsibility, to do right and help save everyone. As the book goes on Ellie, gets more and more independent and she starts to learn how to cooperate with other to get stuff done. The incident where she realised this is when she blows up the bridge. But not only does Ellie realise that she is maturing and is starting to become more of an adult, but a lot of people start to realise that as well. Throughout the book Ellie has changed to the situation and has become an adult. These incidents really have helped her grow-up. **__Task 5__** **Q1.** The role that Hell plays in the novel is sort of like a sanctuary. It is a place where the group of friends can go for cover and shelter from the problems of the world outside the bush. Apart from being calming and enjoyable it is very hard to find if you are an invading force and looking for some bandits or rebels hiding in Hell. One it is very far away and hard to find that small area they are in, and secondly if you get to know the place then you know where to hide if you are found by the enemy and they don’t know how to find you. So in this novel Hell is the opposite of the meaning in the Bible; it is a blessing. **Q2.** Yes. The novel does suggest that people can belong to the land. In a away we all belong to the land and most of the creatures on it. If you think about it where we get are food. We get our food from the land, plants and animals. Ellie and her friends do the same. Not only do they have snack that are already packed, but they use the veggie patches they find and anything that could be useful to them. An example of this is the sentence where Ellie says “Homer and Fi and I made some little veggie gardens, and when the hot day at last cooled we put in some seeds: lettuce, silverbeet, cauliflower, broccoli, peas and broad beans”. So I believe that people do belong to the land, just as much as the land belongs to the people. **__Task 6__** “My hand had been very steady till then, got the shakes. I thought we were about to die just because I couldn’t light a match.” It seemed unfair and almost ridiculous, I tried again but I was shaking too much. The soldiers were almost past the mower. Kevin grabbed my wrist “Do it” he mouthed fiercely in my ear. I struck it a third time thinking that there wouldn’t be enough sulphur left to ignite it. But it lit, making a harsh little noise, and I threw it to the ground.” See how he make everything, dramatic and almost slow motion, but it is still jumpy and the action doesn’t stop. Ellie also think whilst this is happening, which gives it a lot more affect, because you know what the problems are and what could go wrong. This is a great method for fast paced writing. **__Task 7__** The Famous Five are a group of children who have the sort of adventures most kids dream about, in a world where ginger beer flows and ham rolls are a staple diet. Julian, Dick and Anne get together with their cousin George in the first adventure, //Five On A Treasure Island//. George is actually a girl who wants so desperately to be a boy she crops her hair and struts about doing boy things. She hates it when people call her by her correct name, Georgina. She has a dog called Timmy—oh yes, and an island. Most kids just have a dog, but George's parents own Kirrin Island and let her run around on it as if it were her play-thing. Her parents are known to Julian, Dick and Anne as Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny. I think Marsden would of referred to this story because it is a story about 5 kids searching for a place of wonders. This is sort of like the 7 teenage kids searching and fighting for their family or friends or what they would call a place of wonders, their home. These stories are quite similar in a way but quite different in some.
 * Q1.** The three choices that Homer put forth were both reasonable yet risky. The most risky choice was the choice to go and save their family’s from inside the highly guarded showground, with patrols every 15mins.The other 2 choices were not as risky, the idea of sitting tight and staying alive could work but still with risks of being found, the other problem with this idea is that they will not get anything done (unless something else comes up). But the war could end due to allied forces taking back the land or they backed out because of a treaty, so this is a 50/50 sort of idea with some risk but nothing in return. (Apart from their lives but even that’s not guaranteed).
 * Q2.** Is murder considered to be wrong in war? This is hard because other people have different points of views and different ideas, but personally I think murder is wrong. To take something as precious as a human life an experience of the world we live in is the lowest anyone can go. But War is essentially murder on a really large scale or that’s what it has been said to be. Murder in war, to me I don’t think it’s wrong, but **war is wrong.**
 * Q3.** Will the //“enemy”// be justified if they treat Corrie? Well with this question you have to think on the larger scale of things and not so much just refusing to treat Corrie a helpless person in need, will make everything better and the enemy and Ellie will be even. But what about rest of Australia and the terror they have caused throughout it. You have to remember who shot Corrie, who kidnaped and killed many people on the invasion, who bombed innocent peoples house and killed their beloved dogs and livestock and most importantly who destroyed their lives. So no the enemy would not have been justified, but neither would have Ellie for murdering those people. I know I said murder is not wrong in war, but remember **war is wrong.**
 * Q4.** If the //‘role reversal’// had taken place and all Australian citizens got the crummy jobs, the menial jobs, this would be really unfair to the Australian people who have built the nation to what it is now. The Australian citizens and residents have strived to pursue their dreams and ambitions. This has shaped the country and the type of people they have become. But to have someone come in and say, “Well we don’t have this, so we are going to take it” is extremely unfair and puts all of the work that people have put in for this country, this nation to become what it is now, to waste.
 * Q1.** During the book Ellie and her friend all show leadership and the skills it takes to become a leader throughout the book. For example:
 * Homer** is the plan maker and he probly shows a lot more maturity as the book goes on, and starts to think of ways doing and completing the problem they are faced with and puts them into action.
 * Ellie** is always thinking and never stops. Whenever a plan is decided or something happens she thinks over all the possibility’s no matter how big or small, and isn’t scared to tell them what is wrong with it or what someone did, but her weakness is her strength sometimes she just needs to get on with it.
 * Robyn** over comes her fears, and shows that even though she might be smaller than the rest, when it comes to it she reacts, like when she helped Lee when he got shot in the restaurant. She showed great strength.
 * Lee** learns to talk more and not be that shy boy in the corner, it may sound small but can be quite hard to do, alos he takes a bullet and still moves on and battles through it.
 * Kevin and Corrie** learn to work together and not as individuals. Fi learns more about life and it is not all just manicures and puppies, she moves out to the bush and proves she can survive.
 * Q2.** The change that Ellie and her friends develop is massive. To change so significantly shows courage in its self. But to also fight a war, shows a remarkable amount of guts. Throughout the book they all show great feats of courage in whatever they are doing.
 * Q3. Ellie is concerned by Lee’s morality; she’s concerned that if the romantic relationship end then it will cause tension within the group. What test of their friendship did you observe?**
 * Q1.** I think Ellie is very reliable as a narrator. I think is a great reliable because she not only does things, but she thinks about everything and takes the reader through the plan. With this the reader understands what is happening throughout the book and knows the risks. This is why I think Ellie is the best as a narrator.
 * Q2.** Foreshadowing means or is a method of writing where you give away hints on the page or in the book, to the future of the book and what might happen later on in the novel. There have been many situations in this novel where the author has used the method of foreshadowing. For instance, on page 40, about 3 paragraph its says //“Its probably the start of World War 3,” said Lee “we have probably been invaded and we don’t even know it.”// Guess what happened, they got invaded. There are many circumstances like this throughout the book. So when you are reading you have to look out for them because they can help with what might happen next.
 * Q1.** Ellie under goes the most change in the book from my point of view. Not only does she physically understand how hard it is to go //‘bush’// but she understands the affect it has on the mind as well. I also felt like she //‘crossed the divide’// mentally, she changed from a teenager working on her Dad’s farm to, a woman. She starts to understand what it is like to survive on her own, and not rely on Mum and Dad to help her. This incident really has changed her perspective on things.
 * Q2.** Homer might be a genius, or not it is very hard to tell with just one moment or seriousness and brilliance. So I don’t know if he is and you cannot tell just from one plan. If I had seen more of this then would say that he is smart but not a genius. It takes a lot to be a genius.
 * Q3.** Ellie was never a bad person, as the last sentence says that //‘**Was** Ellie a ‘good’ person’.// She did what had to be done. She saved her friends, whilst trying to minimize the casualties. She could have done it another way, but this was most logical thing to do under the circumstances. The reason I say this is because when she was at the backyard, and she blew up the mower and killed the soldiers. It was what needed to be done because if she didn’t then if they did get away
 * Q4.** Chris does belong in the group. The fact that he made a mistake doesn’t mean he doesn’t belong He might feel a little worthless and sad but he will come back and could possibly be a good thing for them. If he learns from his mistakes then he will be able to help the group more than he was then.
 * Q1.** Ellie gets the inspiration to use the mower as a bomb when Corrie runs into it. Example “It’s a ride-on mower,” Kevin said “I almost hit it too.” This inspired Ellie, but it was little bit of luck because she was taking a gamble to weather there was petrol in the mower. If there was no petrol they would have wasted all that time and probably died because of it. But luckily there was petrol in the mower. At first Ellie wanted to use a chisel to get the top off but then that would of caused a spark and they would have died, but Kevin found that you could unscrew the lid so he did. They made a trail of petrol and blew it up. So she was inspired by Corrie running into to the mower and that the mower would blow up because of the petrol inside of the mower.
 * Q2.** Marsden uses sort of a jumpy fast pace writing to create tension in this scene. He writes what not just what Ellie is doing, but he explains how far away the soldiers are and how little time they have. When Ellie is lighting the match he says that Ellie’s hands are shaking and she is struggling to light the match and that it nearly goes out when she tries and puts it on the petrol
 * Q3.** Marsden does not tell us who the enemy is because we will not hate Ellie for killing, or any of the group. We also do not dislike the enemy for doing something. So it is sort of vice versa. But apart from the viewer, he could be sued, or put in jail for racism. He would start a lot of controversy between whoever it was in the story and himself. So in nearly every way it was more beneficial for the reader/viewer, himself and the world.
 * Q4.** We do not ‘condemn’ Ellie for the murders because one, everyone thinks she did the right thing (which she did) and two, it is because we do not know who she killed, if could have been aliens it could have been anyone or thing. So we don’t feel bad about the death of the people because people think it is wrong to first to invade a country because yours isn’t doing well and then capture and kill the civilians. So all in all no one cares about the murders, but they do when it’s someone they can see and they can put a face too though.
 * Q1. Summary of Famous Five by Enid Blyton:**
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