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4rTWTWB assignment

Task 1 1. When Homer puts three choices to the group it becomes clear immediately that there is only really two options. This is because of the unlikeliness to succeed in helping there family’s to escape the show grounds. In my opinion the best option would have to been to stay alive and survey the area. For instance when the group blew up the bridge no one knew the enemies capability the bridge could have been rebuilt in a day and no real impact would have been made. Also they did pay a terrible price for sneaking around Corrie had been shot and Kevin had to take her to the hospital losing two more of their group.

2. Ellie had to make some tuff decisions when the war began. If she would remain innocent and try not to hurt anyone or to damage the enemy and drive them out of her country. Is killing in war at the same level as murder. War is plain and simple its kill or be killed. That is the reason why it is so brutal because people are fighting for their survival. I believe that death in war in not murder for either side. However when someone kills they are ending another human life and that is never to be forgotten.

3. Yes, because of the connection between Corrie and the group, Corrie not being treated could have been very justifiable for the soldiers. What if the group had captured a solder that had killed one of their own would they treat he/she.

4. Well it’s hard to say because of the way that the story keeps the invading country a secret. I think I have the same option as Robyn in the storey. I can understand their reasons for an invasion but that does not mean I support it in any way.

Task 2 1. As the group first came out of the forest and saw what their lives had become Ellie took clear control and came up with the idea of visiting each member of the groups’ house. However as the story develops homer defiantly becomes stronger and begins to lead the group and teach them how they are going to survive.

2. In the final chapter the story is ended with Kevin driving off into the dust taking corrie to the hospital. Although Kevin was not the bravest or the strongest at times he really showed great courage helping his friend and not abandoning her at the hospital. “No. I don’t give a stuff what’s rational and what’s logical”. Knowing that if the enemy found out about his resistance he would probably be punished but he took the risk and hoped that the enemy would not see the connection.

3. A war in your backyard would not be an easy thing for anyone to live through so friendships were always tested during this book. On top of all the stress of living in a war Ellie has to deal with all the relationships happening within the group. She is worried that if those relationships fail that the group will fall into turmoil. For instance Ellie becomes jealous when Fi likes homer because she has always known homer and know feels like she is losing him to Fi.

Task 3 1. Ellie is a very reliable narrator; she really tried to tell the story as truthfully as possible. Marsden chose Ellie as the narrator because of her role in the group and her idea to go to tailor stich. This ended up saving the group from the invasion.

2. Foreshadowing is a term that is used to describe a technique of writing in which the author talks about something that may become important in the future. This is usually done so that it sounds insignificant but becomes important later on in the novel. Examples of this are everywhere in the novel tomorrow when the war began. At the very start of the book when Ellie was calling up Fi, the TV was on and Ellie heard a hot debate about the country’s future. She regarded it as insignificant and was glad to get away from it for a week. Examples can be pulled from everywhere in this book. Another foreshadowing event takes place on the very first night of the camp. Marsden talks about how best the characters would invade their own country. They think that commemoration day would be a good time because everyone is in the same spot and the military is doing demos. These examples are a clear indication of foreshadowing. Although they don’t seem important while reading the book they become quite important as the story develops.

Task 4 1. Homer is one of the most interesting characters in the book. He starts out as a rough as guts farmer who wants everybody to know that he has no feelings. When he was young he was described as annoying and always hanging around with the wrong people. However as the novel develops so too does he. He begins to have feelings for Fi, a girl that is the complete opposite of him. What also surprises me is that he starts to take leadership and think about how to stop making mistakes and survive.

2. Homer was pretty smart although he did not show it all the time. Ellie’s comment that “Homer’s genius” was very correct. It was a very good idea to blow up the bridge although it was very risky. Homer seems to really mature as the book goes on.

3. Ellie was faced with some really tuff choices that would have made her feel pretty guilty about herself. I don’t believe she was a war criminal because she was forced into situations in which she had to survive. Ellie was a good person doing bad things.

4. When Chris fell asleep on guard Ellie had a right to be angry with him. He risked the safety of the whole group. I think the group would have been better off without Chris. He seemed to be only looking out for himself and not others in the group.

Task 5 1. Hell is the groups sanctuary their home away from home. They rely on hell for protection and it is their key to survival. Hell becomes more and more important as more troops patrol the area around Wirrawee

2. The Hermit of hell is described as belonging to the land. This is because of the way he left civilisation and escaped into hell. The hermit of hell builds things from the wood in the forest and grows crops in the earth. Ellie and the rest of the group draw inspiration from the hermit. They try to survive like he did and live of the land.

Task 6
1. It is hard to tell were Ellie pulls the idea of using the lawn more as a bomb from. The main factor would have been the ability to look at her surroundings and think fast. She bumped into the lawn mower so she would have immediately known it was there. She would only have to make the connection between the soldiers and the petrol.

2. Marsden created a lot of suspense when Ellie went looking for matches. When she opened the car door and the light turned on she must have been in a state of panic. She quickly turned it and waited for bullets to come through the car. This kind of writing creates a lot of suspense and tension. It evolves the reader and really draws them into the book. I think Marsden has a great style of writing because even I found myself not being able to put the book down.

3. Marsden doesn’t heavily describe the people being killed and relates to them just as soldiers. He does this because he wants to keep a low connection between the enemy and the reader. Marsden does not want the reader to feel sorry for the soldiers and to think that Ellie is a heartless killer. He does this well because of the way we know all about Ellie and her friends but we no next to nothing about the invaders. So we naturally take her side.

4. Like I discussed in question 3, because we naturally take Ellie’s side we do not worry about the things that she has done and we know that they were purely for survival. We also do not condemn Ellie because the soldiers shoot first and ask questions later so we feel anger against them for wanting to kill Ellie.

Task 7

The secret seven a book by Enid Blyton has a lot in common with tomorrow when the war began. They are related by many topics like the fact that there is roughly the same amount of characters in each book and both share many of the same morals. In the secret seven the kids do not rely on their parents this is just like the situation that the war creates. There are also a lot of thoughts about right and wrong that are shared between both novels. The secret seven although not as extreme as TWTWB, is very similar in moral and message. =**Task 8**=
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