Tommorow When the War Began
In the novel Tomorrow When The War Began, by John Marsden, Australia has been invaded by another country. Due to this invasion Ellie and her friends become isolated from their families in Wirrawee. The group are forced to discover their hidden strengths and learn important values and lessons about life. These values and lessons begin with learning to fend for themselves, discovering the importance of their friendships and their ability to draw on courage when faced with difficult and dangerous situations.After Ellie and her friends discover that they have been invaded they return to a remote wilderness area known as "Hell". Unexpectedly the group are now without their families to support them and are faced with the fact that they will have to make decisions for themselves. The group successfully make plans to hide from the enemy, gather food supplies and make decisions about their own survival and also that of their families. Homer often takes on the role of leader in guiding the group through decision making processes. An example of this leadership is when he says "The way I see it, these are our choices, now that we know a bit more about the deal
Perhaps the most significant lesson that is learned by the group is that of courage. Ellie and her friends find themselves in situations far more threatening and dangerous than they could ever have imagined. The invasion forces the group to take extreme risks and often finds them digging deep for courage. During the reconnaissance mission to the Showground, Ellie describes her realisation of what true courage requires, "To come out of the darkness now would be to show courage of a type that I'd never had to show before, never ever known about. I had to search my own mind and body to find if there was a new part of me somewhere. I felt that there was a spirit in me that could do this thing, but it was a spirit that I hadn't known about. If I could connect with it and then maybe, just maybe, I could start to defrost the fear that had frozen my body. Maybe I could do this dangerous and terrible thing." For Ellie, and possibly Kevin and Corrie, the decision to move from the safety of the tree into the light of the Showground was certainly the most courageous moment of their lives. It could even be said that it was a life changing decision and set the road
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Approximate Word count = 780
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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