Homer Yannos: A Typical Australian Teenager
Homer Yannos is a typical australian teenager. He starts at as a laid back trouble maker with no direction in life. During the book homer goes through a significant change, from the good for nothing clown to a leader who could be trusted to make tactical decisions. This book showed that war changes people for the better or for the worse.
At the beginning of the book Homer is shown as a laidback trouble maker. He is shown as a laid back when Ellie asked whether he would go to hell “Oh yeah, I’ll have a go at that,’ he said. ‘I’d rather we went to a tropical resort and drank cocktails with umbrellas in them, but this’ll do in the meantime.” This shows that he is a typical laid back teenager who we can relate too. He is displayed as a troublemaker …show more content…
An example of war changing people for the better is Homer, as I have said war turns him into a leader who can be trusted to make important decisions. But an example of war changing people for the worse is Ellie. Ellie was forced to blow up a lawnmower, killing enemy soldiers to save her own life. This changes her and causes her to “Lose her innocence”. We can tell it changed her because of when she said; “It was hard for me to believe that I, plain old Ellie, nothing special about me, middle of the road in every way, had probably just killed three people.”, “When I thought of it baldly like that: killed three people, I was so filled with horror. I felt that my life was permanently damaged, that I could never be normal again, that the rest of my life would just be a shell ”. This shows that war can change people in good or bad ways. It is good for people like Homer, who got some sense knocked into him, but it is bad for people like Ellie he had a false sense of security that they would never be involved in a war.
In conclusion Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden showcases how war can change people. Homer starts of as a good for nothing troublemaker (Australians). During the novel Homer changes into a leader who everyone trusted to make the shots. This novel displayed that war doesn't usually change people for the better as Ellie and co were changed in a negative way. Finally this novel taught me that war can change people in many different
At the beginning of the book Homer is shown as a laidback trouble maker. He is shown as a laid back when Ellie asked whether he would go to hell “Oh yeah, I’ll have a go at that,’ he said. ‘I’d rather we went to a tropical resort and drank cocktails with umbrellas in them, but this’ll do in the meantime.” This shows that he is a typical laid back teenager who we can relate too. He is displayed as a troublemaker …show more content…
An example of war changing people for the better is Homer, as I have said war turns him into a leader who can be trusted to make important decisions. But an example of war changing people for the worse is Ellie. Ellie was forced to blow up a lawnmower, killing enemy soldiers to save her own life. This changes her and causes her to “Lose her innocence”. We can tell it changed her because of when she said; “It was hard for me to believe that I, plain old Ellie, nothing special about me, middle of the road in every way, had probably just killed three people.”, “When I thought of it baldly like that: killed three people, I was so filled with horror. I felt that my life was permanently damaged, that I could never be normal again, that the rest of my life would just be a shell ”. This shows that war can change people in good or bad ways. It is good for people like Homer, who got some sense knocked into him, but it is bad for people like Ellie he had a false sense of security that they would never be involved in a war.
In conclusion Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden showcases how war can change people. Homer starts of as a good for nothing troublemaker (Australians). During the novel Homer changes into a leader who everyone trusted to make the shots. This novel displayed that war doesn't usually change people for the better as Ellie and co were changed in a negative way. Finally this novel taught me that war can change people in many different