Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden, Personal Response
Tomorrow When The War Began by John Marsden.
Tomorrow when the war began by John Marsden is an exceptional novel filled with action, suspense and tension. The author tells the story of seven stereotypical examples of teenagers heading up into the hills to camp for a while when they suddenly find themselves drawn into the extreme stress of a war as they are left to fend for themselves. It is an inspiring tale of how they all responded to the war in different ways, took risks and grew from ordinary teenagers.
All seven teenagers transform from normal youths to brave, courageous and strong young adults as they deal with the loss of loved ones and extreme fear. But out of all seven I found Homer’s character developed the most. Before the war he started off as a typical teenage boy. He loved to play pranks and stir up trouble on other students at school. He didn’t care about his grades or anybody’s feelings. It seemed he didn’t have a care in the world. I think he took his life for granted as he had lots of family and friends all running after him and I think he didn’t realise how fortunate he was. I also think that part of this was not his fault. I think he knew no different and didn’t know what it was like to have no family or friends. As Homer and his friends get back from their camp and realise all their family have been taken and they all have to deal with the stress, I thought Homer’s character developed the most. He kept his head up and became a serious leader of the group. I think Homer was just as stressed as everyone else, but I think he decided if they were going to survive, they had to stick together and so he began to value what he was left with in his life. He was the one who remained strong and tried to comfort others. He came up with plans to gather food and keep everyone safe. He risked his own life by sneaking around the camp which the town was kept captive in so he could get word that everyone’s family was okay. I found this amazing, his actions
Tomorrow when the war began by John Marsden is an exceptional novel filled with action, suspense and tension. The author tells the story of seven stereotypical examples of teenagers heading up into the hills to camp for a while when they suddenly find themselves drawn into the extreme stress of a war as they are left to fend for themselves. It is an inspiring tale of how they all responded to the war in different ways, took risks and grew from ordinary teenagers.
All seven teenagers transform from normal youths to brave, courageous and strong young adults as they deal with the loss of loved ones and extreme fear. But out of all seven I found Homer’s character developed the most. Before the war he started off as a typical teenage boy. He loved to play pranks and stir up trouble on other students at school. He didn’t care about his grades or anybody’s feelings. It seemed he didn’t have a care in the world. I think he took his life for granted as he had lots of family and friends all running after him and I think he didn’t realise how fortunate he was. I also think that part of this was not his fault. I think he knew no different and didn’t know what it was like to have no family or friends. As Homer and his friends get back from their camp and realise all their family have been taken and they all have to deal with the stress, I thought Homer’s character developed the most. He kept his head up and became a serious leader of the group. I think Homer was just as stressed as everyone else, but I think he decided if they were going to survive, they had to stick together and so he began to value what he was left with in his life. He was the one who remained strong and tried to comfort others. He came up with plans to gather food and keep everyone safe. He risked his own life by sneaking around the camp which the town was kept captive in so he could get word that everyone’s family was okay. I found this amazing, his actions