Tomorrow when the war began novel analysis
Symbolism, imagery, allegory:
Hell
The words that are commonly associated with the word and place Hell are; fiery, evil, frightening. The words that don’t conjure with the word Hell are; warm, fuzzy feelings. John Marsden sets hell as more of a heavenly place then a fiery, evil, frightening place. Ellie describes Hell as “quiet, shady, cool and damp” this is describing a place more like Eden rather than a place people would avoid at all costs. Hell is described as an oasis, it offered up the perfect place for Ellie and her pals to live and hide away peacefully without fear of being found, captured or killed at any moment. Hell was quite remote and difficult to reach; the teens are tucked away in their …show more content…
Bad things lurk in the shadows while angels are surrounded by bright white halos. Usually good is associate light with goodness and dark with all things ominous.
The darkness in this story is where the kids can hide safely. All of their spying and sneaking operations take place in the dark—it's their veil, the cover that protects them. As the teens sneak around the Showground, Ellie says, "To come out of the darkness now would be to show courage of a type that I'd never had to show before. For the kids, the light is frightening because it reveals them to the soldiers who have the power to destroy them. Because of this, they do all their travel at …show more content…
it would be one of the last areas expected to be invaded. But, the military does and sets up base as the small-town homes a vital area of access to invade the rest of the country (access to a large shipping port). The power is mostly out, and the streets are empty and the people except for military trucks and patrols. Robyn told Ellie that “they’d had trouble at every corner, nearly running into a patrol, having to hide from a truck, hearing footsteps behind them” during their recon
Symbolism, imagery, allegory:
Hell
The words that are commonly associated with the word and place Hell are; fiery, evil, frightening. The words that don’t conjure with the word Hell are; warm, fuzzy feelings. John Marsden sets hell as more of a heavenly place then a fiery, evil, frightening place. Ellie describes Hell as “quiet, shady, cool and damp” this is describing a place more like Eden rather than a place people would avoid at all costs. Hell is described as an oasis, it offered up the perfect place for Ellie and her pals to live and hide away peacefully without fear of being found, captured or killed at any moment. Hell was quite remote and difficult to reach; the teens are tucked away in their …show more content…
Bad things lurk in the shadows while angels are surrounded by bright white halos. Usually good is associate light with goodness and dark with all things ominous.
The darkness in this story is where the kids can hide safely. All of their spying and sneaking operations take place in the dark—it's their veil, the cover that protects them. As the teens sneak around the Showground, Ellie says, "To come out of the darkness now would be to show courage of a type that I'd never had to show before. For the kids, the light is frightening because it reveals them to the soldiers who have the power to destroy them. Because of this, they do all their travel at …show more content…
it would be one of the last areas expected to be invaded. But, the military does and sets up base as the small-town homes a vital area of access to invade the rest of the country (access to a large shipping port). The power is mostly out, and the streets are empty and the people except for military trucks and patrols. Robyn told Ellie that “they’d had trouble at every corner, nearly running into a patrol, having to hide from a truck, hearing footsteps behind them” during their recon