Tomorrow when the war began Speech
Tomorrow when the war began Speech
Good Morning fellow English teachers from Queensland. My name is Nicholas Kennedy and I am here to talk to you about a novel that I believe every year 9 student in Queensland should read. Tomorrow when the war began by John Marsden
Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden it is a young adult invasion novel, detailing a high-intensity invasion and occupation of Australia by foreigners. The novel is told in first person by the main character, a teenage girl named Ellie Linton, who is part of a small group of teenagers waging a guerrilla war on the enemy garrison in their fictional home town of Wirrawee. The novel uses a strong theme to convey how important change is through a teenager’s life and bad it could be. John Marsden also uses Relevance to help connect you to the book allowing you to understand the theme of change.
A theme that I found in the novel Tomorrow When the War Began was change. Change is when people have things happen to their circumstances and are forced to think or believe differently. Change was important because it was a dominant theme in the novel as the characters (young teenagers) were forced to cope with the devastation of their lives and their environment caused by war. The theme of change is also important because it is something that affects us all at some time in our lives. We never know what the outcome will be for us, and just hope that our personal skills will make us resilient enough to cope with whatever life brings us.
We see the theme of change in the character, Homer. At the beginning of the novel we learn about Homer’s behaviour at school. He was an irresponsible, troubled youth who enjoyed being the class clown. Ellie says “He was wild and outrageous. He didn’t care what he did or what anyone thought…” Homer always seemed to be in trouble. Halfway through the novel we start to see Homer changing into the leader of the group. Ellie says “It’s hard to think that this fast-thinking guy was
Good Morning fellow English teachers from Queensland. My name is Nicholas Kennedy and I am here to talk to you about a novel that I believe every year 9 student in Queensland should read. Tomorrow when the war began by John Marsden
Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden it is a young adult invasion novel, detailing a high-intensity invasion and occupation of Australia by foreigners. The novel is told in first person by the main character, a teenage girl named Ellie Linton, who is part of a small group of teenagers waging a guerrilla war on the enemy garrison in their fictional home town of Wirrawee. The novel uses a strong theme to convey how important change is through a teenager’s life and bad it could be. John Marsden also uses Relevance to help connect you to the book allowing you to understand the theme of change.
A theme that I found in the novel Tomorrow When the War Began was change. Change is when people have things happen to their circumstances and are forced to think or believe differently. Change was important because it was a dominant theme in the novel as the characters (young teenagers) were forced to cope with the devastation of their lives and their environment caused by war. The theme of change is also important because it is something that affects us all at some time in our lives. We never know what the outcome will be for us, and just hope that our personal skills will make us resilient enough to cope with whatever life brings us.
We see the theme of change in the character, Homer. At the beginning of the novel we learn about Homer’s behaviour at school. He was an irresponsible, troubled youth who enjoyed being the class clown. Ellie says “He was wild and outrageous. He didn’t care what he did or what anyone thought…” Homer always seemed to be in trouble. Halfway through the novel we start to see Homer changing into the leader of the group. Ellie says “It’s hard to think that this fast-thinking guy was