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​ The author of the war novel you are reading has an opinion on the consequences/effects of war. What do you think it is? Type in your paragraph below:

Adrian D'onofrio: In the war novel "Tomorrow When The War Began" Marsdon demonstrates the impacts of war, even in todays teenaged civilians. It also shows war as a mental change towards people, and the way that it can make us do things we have had no experience doing. It shows that even in hard times, mateship always prevails. This is all shown in the way throughout the novel that in no matter how many challenges they need to overcome, they overcome them, together. It shows how they change people by the way that they were all scared before going on this 'expidition' but then reconising the fact that the only way to see their family again is to work together as a unison and change their values.

Jeremy Juco: In the book The Gallipoli Story, the author Patrick Carlyon depicts war as a fantasy that all men should want to participate in. As the story progresses, he tells us how his and everyone’s opinion slowly changes and they begin to regret ever joining the army. In this story, many of the men lied to get into the war and the youngest ever ANZAC to ever die was only aged 14.

Hassail Perera In the book Boys of blood & bone there is many scenes that include war, this book has a story about two people, one is set in the 2006 and another was set in world war 1. They saw their first glimpse of land, which was Sri Lanka. Andrew Lansllel is still traveling to France so they can fight in the war. But the other guy got stuck in a little town because his car broke down. Henry Lyon met some nice people named trot and Janine. They helped him while he was there and Janine let Henry Lyon borrow Andrew’s diary from the war. He read through half of it, but then he had to leave to go to the coast to see his friends and his girlfriend.

Trung Nguyen: Patrick Carlyon goes into much depth with this novel "The Gaillipoli Story". He provides countless quotes from the soldiers, displaying how some of them were coping with the loss of their family and friends, as well as how they felt about the war and the enemy. The storyline helps readers discover the emotion of the Australian soldiers and their ability to improvise and show courage, when really their hearts were beating with fear and aderlanine.

Josh Espino: Gallipoli retells the events of several soldeirs who entered the army and how some of those soldeirs were under-aged but still tried countless time to enroll. It captures the horrific scenes that the soldeirs had to endure during the bloodfeud. It shows the reasons why these underaged soldeirs wanted to join the army, and how some people joined just to clear their debt with some people, just to leave their family or to try something new. But as the soldeirs land on the shore of Gallipoli they realise why they were recruited so easily.

Zoe Smith: When Anne Frank goes into hiding because the Nazis are going after the Jews, Anne, her sister Margot, her Mother and her Father are to stay in the top building of a Warehouse. The Frank's are to stay with the van Pels who Anne struggles to get along with. Anne is unknown at the time of how long they wil be trapped in hiding. During the days an nights, the two families are to try to stay quiet and not attract attention. When the workers are in the bottom of the building working they are to stay quiet so the workers do not suspect anything. Anne is obviously against the upcoming war as her family are Jews and as a result of the war her family is to stay in the building not being able to live her life to her full potential.

Maddison McPherson: Anne Frank has many opinions of war, but her focus is the ripple effect it has on everybody, whether it be her family or friends, children on the street, the other countries etc. She alludes to the point that the consequences of war effect many people, not only those who the war/ discrimination are aimed at, in this case the Jewish. The author states how the children on the street live a harsh lifestyle, she mentions how Ghandi becomes involved and she focuses on how Jewish people are affected by the war no matter if they are in hiding or in concentration camps. Although, I think that the main effect of war that is conveyed in the Diary of Anne Frank is the dehumanisation of various people. Frank describes her living situations and how they are to act while in hiding. She also highlights the dehumanising treatment the Germans enforce. Anne Frank, in her novel has an opinion that war dehumanises many people, not only the Jewish.

Casey Goad: The book Anne Frank written by Anne Frank and then edited by Otto Frank (her father) conveys many themes about war. The book is about Anne Frank and her families experience during WWII. The Frank family is forced to go into hiding when the Germans go looking for Jewish. The theme portrayed here is isolation. The Germans have isolated the Jewish and are not allowing them to participate in everyday day activities. All throughout the book there is fighting and bickering, within Anne’s family and the world. This is another theme present about war. Anne Frank undoubtedly portrays real life experiences of war and confronts the reader with the reality of war.

Jay Fagan: The book "Tomorrow When the War Began" by John Marsden talks of how war is a suprising act and how war can change you. We see Elie, the protagonist change from an innocent young girl to someone who has to fight to keep her family and friends alive. The soldiers come and take captive of all Elie's family and her community and at the point I am up to, the soldiers have just found Elie and her friends. The soldiers are wreckless, destructive and willing to kill. The soldiers hunt her down but eventually Elie and two of her friends Corrie and Kevin have to explode a ride-on mower to keep the soldiers from killing them, this kills the soldiers. Elie has a dramatic change as she goes from a normal girl to a soldier in her own right. John Marsden is saying that war is dehumanising, unexpected and destructive.

Mark Wakeham: In John Marsden's novel "Tomorrow When the War Began" the sudden situation of war changes people. Elie a teenage girl is brought into the situation of war suddenly,this changes her from teenager to a soldier. John Marsden's indication of this is when Elie's family is taken captive by soldiers; the consequence of this brings Elie to perform actions to save not only her family's life but also her own. Therefore John Marsden's portrayal of war is of its transforming effect when confronted with it suddenly, and when forced to perform actions to save not only one's life but others too.

Renee Boreta: In the self-titled novel "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" the life of a Jewish girl during the time of the Second World War is illustrated through her diary entries. Forced to go into hiding with her family at their Secret Annexe, Anne Frank writes about her life and the journey she takes as she isolates herself from the world, in hope of escaping from the terror that war brings. In doing this Frank explains the ostracism that Jews receive from wearing the yellow star they are enforced to wear and how it stops them from living their lives to the fullest. Whilst in the Annexe, Anne and her family only receive partial information about the world outside of their hideaway and are all in fear that they will be found, living in secrecy and silence through a hidden doorway behind a bookcase. Therefore, due to the fact that Anne and her family are intentionally secluded fromt he outside world they only receive minimal information about the ongoing war which results in the author revealing little.

Charbel Aboufram What does tour novel say about war? My novel ‘Tomorrow when the war began ‘is about a group of teenagers whose village has been taken over and they need to fend for themselves. Within the text it illustrates to the readers the good aspects of war and the terrible aspects of war. For example one of the good aspects of war portrayed in the book is how war brings all the characters together. Also it demonstrates the terrible aspects of war and how it forces civilians to live in fear and by living in fear they always are paranoid. The book I believe is written in a way to force the reader two think twice on how war is portrayed in society. Simone Mrdjen =) The book "Anne Franks Diary" suggests various things about war. Her diary was written during the time of World War II. Anne's family were Jews who were vulnerable to being massacred by the Nazis. For this reason they go into hiding on the top floor of a warehouse to try and escape the horror. Whilst in hiding Anne was only provided with minimal information about the outside would. This is why her diary entries do not tell the reader much about the actual war, only of what Anne was aware of. From the book we are able to see the perspective of the war and the effect that it had on her family and herself. In her diary she also writes about how the Jews are discriminated against due to the influence of the Nazis.

Marina Estephan: The book ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ communicates many things about war. Anne Frank is a young girl who was killed during the World War II. During her teenage years, she kept a diary which she uses to communicate the effects of war. This allows us to perceive war from a young girls perspective .Through her diary entries, she communicates the utter frustration and absolute fear which her and her family felt whilst in hiding in a secret Annex from the Germans/Nazis. Anne and her family needed to go into hiding in an Annex to keep safe during the Second World War. Anne however is not completely aware of the reasons as to why her and her family are going into hiding but she is not too happy about it as the annex is very small.

Desiree: Through Anne Frank‘s novel “The diary of a young girl”, her view on war is illustrated as fearful and full of terror. Anne Frank, her sister, mother and father, along with the van Pels family had to stay hidden from the Nazi’s above an office, because they were Jews. The struggle, frustration and feeling that their future was unknown, is strongly emphasised in each of Anne Frank’s diary entries. This novel reveals the terrorization of war and how even when you are hidden and safe from harm, the knowledge of others being tortured and taken away leaves the Frank’s and Van Dann’s scared, alert and always aware of their surroundings.

Joseph Iaconis In his novel, //Tomorrow, When The War Began,// John Marsden portrays the thoroughly life changing effects of war. A sudden invasion of Australia forces the characters to adapt or pay the ultimate price. They find themselves doing things unheard of in their ordinary lives, and their thoughts and behaviour change. They also all see a side of each other, otherwise unseen. What my novel says about war is that it can bring out the best and the worst in people. The teenagers must free their families from the invaders, and are forced to do terrible things for theirs and their families' survival. In conclusion, I believe that John Marsden's objective in writing this novel was to demonstrate the thoroughly dehumanising and life changing effects of war, through the actions the characters are made to take.

Marlena Lista The book ' The Diary Of Anne Frank' is the diary entry Anne Frank wrote during World War 2. She illustrates the struggles she faces while in going into hiding because she is Jewish. She communicates the fear she feels and her confusion as to why her family is in the Secret Annexe with the van Pels whom she finds hard to live with. We read about the effects that war has on her family and all of the things she can't do because if the Nazi's.