Tomorrow+When+The+War+Began

[|Film] [|Novel][|Author]
 * Tomorrow When The War Began**

Book Covers & Analysis
When looking at a book cover there are **two** key questions to be considered:


 * What expectations does the cover set up for the reader?** (what does the cover suggest about the story?)
 * Who is the cover trying to attract?**



In order to answer these questions effectively we can examine the various techniques that have been used to construct them:
 * Symbolism** - objects, people, settings, graphics, colours
 * Character** - body language, costume, facial expression,
 * Text** - Font size & colour, manipulative language, positioning
 * Setting** - atmosphere, symbolism
 * Lighting** - brightness, colour, gradation
 * Camera Angle** - positioning, power,
 * Framing** - focus, zoom, rule of thirds

[|**Other book covers**]


 * Cover analysis activity: [[file:Cover analysis.docx]]**

Characters:
Homer is introduced as a larrikin and trouble maker in the early parts of the novel, but changes dramatically as the book progresses. Eventually becoming a leader in the group and is the first to suggest they take affirmative action in the conflict. Character profile for Homer:
 * Homer Yannos**[[image:http://i2.cdnds.net/11/04/550w_movies_ttwb_03.jpg width="207" height="141" align="left"]]

Fiona is introduced as posh, beautiful, but hopelessly naive. She is essentially the group 'princess'. But like so many other characters Fi's strength and resillience comes through as she is put into more and more difficult circumstances. Character profile for Fiona:
 * Fiona Maxwell**

Lee is a bit of a mystery. He is introduced as a quiet boy, with much of his time is taken up in his studies, music, and helping at his parent's restaurant. He is the central love interest for Ellie, and is the first to realise that they may be in a war situation. Character profile for Lee:
 * [[image:http://www.screentrek.com/images/twtwblee1.jpg width="156" height="125" align="left"]]Lee**

Robyn is a quieter member of the group, but very perceptive. She is the first to openly question the morality of their situation, as she is torn between her need to survive and her religious convictions. She is also competitive and later revealed to also be a capable leader.
 * [[image:http://images.wikia.com/twtwb/images/e/e7/Robyn.jpg width="192" height="128" align="left"]]Robyn Mathers**

Character profile for Robyn:

Corrie is Ellie's best friend and confidante. She is a no-nonsense country girl, who seems to always manage to get her own way. However she is also in many ways the character most effected by the conflict, with her family home being destroyed by the enemy. Her injury and abandonment at the end of the book is highly significant and weighs heavy on Ellie.
 * [[image:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Lc5os-h1s50/SxZeMAnyfeI/AAAAAAAAACg/bXr_zf48D1E/s320/2009-09-21-rachel-hurd-wood.jpg width="221" height="151" align="left"]]Corrie MacKenzie**

Character Profile for Corrie:

Plot:
A group of friends go camping in a remote valley named Hell for a week. They expect afterwards to return to their homes and find everything as it was before, they couldn't be more wrong. Due to a conversation that took place the day before the day before they were due to leave, the main character (Ellie), is on edge when the group seems to take too long to get back to her home. Her fears are realised when she finds her house deserted, and even more frighteningly, the working dogs are dead, still chained to their kennels and the power and phone have been cut off. Seeing the situation at her house, Ellie suggests they go to Homer's house down the road. On finding that house deserted, some hard truths gave to be confronted and plans have to be made. After deciding to wait until dark, the group go to the houses of Kevin and Corrie. From there they decide to go check out their home town of Wirrawee to see what has happened since they left there. In town they run into trouble when Ellie, Corrie and Kevin are shot at while checking out the showground, where they inhabitants of the area are being imprisoned. This leads to an explosive situation where the three only just manage to escape. On rejoining the rest of the group, they realise to their horror that Robyn and Lee have not returned. Deciding they can't wait any longer, they return to Corrie's to regroup. As their minds are on other things, the group is surprised by a helicopter patrol and they see to their horror that Kevin's dog, Flip, is outside barking at the chopper. They only just manage to retreat to the shearer's quarters out the back when an enemy jet appears and destroys Corrie's house. After waiting for Corrie to calm down, they carry out Homer's plan of gathering supplies for their camp in Hell. Ellie and Homer decide to go back into Wiarrawee to try and find out what happened to Robyn and Lee. On arriving at Robyn's house, Ellie surprises Robyn, who then faints. A while later they learn what has happened to Lee, so they decide to go pick him up from parent's restaurant and get out of town. In an impressive sequence, Ellie drives a truck which has a shovel on the front (which they put Lee into), but by this stage they are being chased by soldiers in vehicles. They manage to lose them and head out to another rural property to swap cars. Just as they are dumping the car in the dam, they find Chris, who has been hiding on his property for a week. For about a week or so, the group recuperates in the safety of Hell. Finally, they decide to send another group out for an information gathering mission in Wirrawee, while the rest of the group improves the camp. When the others return, Homer decides they should do something more to help the war effort. Something that would set the enemy back in the invasion of the country.
 * Chapter Summary worksheet:[[file:chapter notes.docx]]**

Setting:




__**Quotes regarding setting**__:
I’m down at the creek now, sitting on a fallen tree. Nice tree. Not an old rotten one that’s been eaten by witchetty grubs but a young one with a smooth reddish trunk and the leaves still showing some green. It’s hard to tell why it fell – it looks so healthy – but maybe it grew too close to the creek. **Pg 1-2**
 * Symbolism...**

//‘Why did people call it Hell?//’ I wondered. All those cliffs and rocks, and that vegetation, it did look wild. But wild wasn’t Hell. Wild was fascinating, difficult, wonderful. No place was Hell, no place could be Hell. It’s the people calling it Hell, that’s the only thing that made it so. People just sticking names on places, so that no one could see those places properly anymore. Every time they looked at them or thought about them the first thing they saw was a huge sign saying ‘Housing Commission’ or ‘private school’ or ‘church’ or ‘mosque’ or ‘synagogue’. They stopped looking once they saw those signs… … No, Hell wasn’t anything to do with places, Hell was all to do with people. Maybe Hell was people. **Pg 43-44**

Our lives had always been so unaffected by the outside world. Oh, we’d watched the News on TV and felt bad when they’d shown pictures of wars and famines and floods. Occasionally I’d tried to imagine being in the places of those people, but I couldn’t. Imagination has its limits. But the only real impact the outside world had on us was in wool and cattle prices. A couple of countries would sign an agricultural treaty thousands of k’s away, on another continent, and a year later we’d have to lay off a worker. **Pg 78**
 * Isolation...**

From my new position I could see right across to the mountains. ‘//It’s beautiful isn’t it?//’ I said. ‘//Living here all my life, some days I don’t even notice how beautiful it is. I still can’t believe we might be about to lose it. But it’s made me notice it all now//.’ **Pg 159**
 * Home...**

//‘You’re lucky. There’s nothing beautiful about the restaurant. And yet, I feel the same way about it as you do about your property. I think it’s because we did it all ourselves. If someone smashes a window they’re smashing glass that Dad cut, glass that I polished a thousand times, and they’re tearing curtains that Mum made. You get an attachment to the place, and it becomes special to you. I guess maybe it does take on a kind of beauty.’// **Pg 159-160**

I lay in the sleeping bag looking at the sky and the trees. Why did the English language have so few words for green? Every leaf and every tree had its own shade of green. Another example of how far Nature was still ahead of humans. **Pg 164**
 * Nature...**

So I shuffled out of the tent, clutching my sleeping bag to me like some kind of insect half-emerged from a chrysalis. The cockatoos were scattered across the heavens like raucous angels. They drifted on, too many to count, until they were out of sight, but I could still hear their friendly croaks. **Pg 164**

Useful links
[|Who are the invaders?]- John Marsden discusses on Q&A Pezi on characters [|Character Prezi] - More helpful quotes = =

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