Edward

Hi, welcome to my Hums wiki page.My name is Edward Pope. I am nearly 14 years old and I love the beach, summer and dancing. I go to Woodleigh school and I'm loving it. Below Is my work throughout this year. I hope you enjjoy reading it. This year in Humanities My goal is to do more reading which will help me in hums and broaden my vocabulary. I also want to get good marks throughout the year.

This is My Bill Neugent short story:

Short Story- Bill Neugent

I heard a funny noise, I turned and to look at Private Walter Drury as it was him that usually made silly noises. I looked but he was already bolting for the woods. Dick and I began shouting at the same time, “Come back, come back,” but it was no use. He had already disappeared fast through the trees and we could no longer see him. We were ordered, ordered to shoot the innocent prisoners in front of us. Just before we began with our rifles I noticed Private Charles Gordon having some sort of private silent conversation with a prisoner opposite him. I couldn’t really understand as when I noticed they had finished Gordon shod him until he was dead. As we left the shooting I felt terrible but I was proud of myself of how strong I was compared to Drury who fled. I didn’t know at the time that Private roger had slipped behind to check for valuables of the dead people on our way back to camp. But I did notice he was missing and it fitted together when I saw him with his new belongings later on at camp. I couldn’t stop thinking about them and my stomach was churning when I did. At the sight of food I felt sick and I ran to the edge of the trench and vomited. I was then told my face was pale white. I tried to accept some liquid but my stomach didn’t like that either and I was sick again. “What’s the matter with you,?” the sergeant asked me. I didn’t want to look weaker than I already did and replied with... “Nothing” That night everything was calm and peaceful, you would hardly know we were in the war. Dick was one like me who really felt, he was scared too and I caught him sneaking back out of camp the way we came, towards the dead prisoners. He was going just to look at the damage he had done and it was something I had considered doing many times that night. The life is hard in the war, although you didn’t have to worry all the time about being killed, you still had to be careful. By this stage I was used to my hear racing of fear whenever I went to kill an innocent prisoner or another on the other side.

// Reflection: // // I realley enjoyed qwriting this short story as it is different to the way I usually write. It was a bit difficult at times but I managed to handle it in the end. Thankyou for reading. I found it a little hard trying to adjust to the language but caught it in the end. I Also enjoyed leting my imagination get right into the story. The style of writing I found a little hard to read and I went to the beach quietly to concentrate. //

And this is my Bayeux Tapestry report, Enjoy reading.

Background of the Tapestry: The Bayeux Tapestry is a woven piece of art and history which was made by the Norman nuns in England. The tapestry tells important scenes that led up to the Norman invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. However 1068 was when the tapestry began being made in England and 1077 was when the tapestry went on display. The tapestry consists of 623 people, 37 buildings, 202 horses, 57 Latin inscriptions and many other things like birds animals etc. It also has a boarder involved, the upper and lower edges of the tapestry are filled with mythological figures like lions, dragons, hunting and farming scenes. “Are there woman on the boarder of the tapestry?” You may ask as the tapestry was produced by woman but there are only three women involved. A question that is often debated is “who made the tapestry?” The first theory is that King William the Conqueror’s wife Queen Matilda made the tapestry with help from the English nuns in honour of her husband. However the second theory is not so romantic, it was drawn by Nuns and made in England. The tapestry was a huge effort and in the end became to be two hundred and fourteen feet in length and twenty inches in width. The whole of the Bayeux Tapestry was embroidered with only two embroidering stitches which are called: · The Laid stitch which is also known as couched work. 1068 - 1077  || · The Stem stitch
 * A small section of The Bayeux Tapestry

Is it possible that the story in the tapestry is biased or unreliable? I t is possible that the story in the tapestry is biased or unreliable as the story is told by the victor meaning that the English won and told their side of the story as the losers were dead and gave no say. The story on the tapestry is in images as the language of education at the time was Latin and many of the people could not read or speak Latin. The Bayeux tapestry is also biased because it was written or described in William the Conqueror’s perspective, also it was made by nuns in France (Normandy) and they were not in the battle so the information would have been changed along the way. It is said that the tapestry is unreliable as it is told in stitched pictures and very little writing. As England was conquered by the Normans they took it upon themselves to record just how they handled it.

What Type of Evidence is the Tapestry: T he tapestry is obviously evidential in some way. The primary evidence of the tapestry is that they spoke Latin and you could tell what things like it were made with at the actual time. The Bayeux Tapestry Is not in fact a tapestry it is an embroidery. Colourful wool used to create the scenes of the battle. The tapestry consist of eight long strips of un-bleached linen which was then sewn together to make the base or background of the embroidery. Other ways the tapestry is primary evidence is you could tell how wool was died at the time and also the techniques of embroidery, stitching and their art analogy. Also as it was created during the time/decade of events.

The tapestry is definatly secondary evidence as well because it is England’s people’s interpretation of what happened in the Battle of Hastings close to the time. It is also secondary evidence because the Norman nuns which sewed the tapestry weren’t there in battle at the very time it happened therefore it is their re- telling.

First Possible Cause of Death: There is much controversy of how King Harold Godwinson died. There are two possible causes of Harold’s death. As it is true that the story is told by the victor, theory one is that King Harold perjured himself and in battle got an arrow shot through his eye. In tradition he was killed by an arrow in the eye however it is unsure whether the person on the tapestry is King Harold being killed by the arrow through the eye; as there is another figure near being killed through the stomach by sword.

The Bayeux Tapestry 1068 - 1077 ||
 *  King Harold is Dead

Second Possible Cause of Death: Theory two is that King Harold received a sword through the stomach in battle. The evidence is in images embroidered on the tapestry. There is one of King Harold dying by theory one; and another just near it showing theory two. Above are the words “the death of Harold the king” in Latin. The controversy is where is Harold?. Is he under the word “Harold” or under the word ‘dead”? Historians believe that the Normans would have wanted to make it very clear to the Saxons that their king was dead. Therefore is seems likely that they would stress this by showing his death in words and pictures. Some historians have argued that King Harold is pictured twice and others say one is dressed neater than another, but is too hard to judge as the dyes have faded over time. As it is hard to know if one figure is a warrior and another is King Harold or they are both King Harold.

A secondary source that King Harold could have been killed by sword is the song “Carmon de Hastgae proelio”- “song of Battle of Hasting” which was written a few years later mentions he was “cut down” and nothing about an arrow.



1066 ||
 *  Battle of Hastings

Conclusion: The purpose of the tapestry is to stress that King Harold was dead. Theory one says he is only unequivocally dead. Whereas theory two he is pictured under the word “dead.” The Normans came to invade and it was a propaganda. King Harold received a sword through the stomach in battle and was pictured on the tapestry under the word “dead.” Historians believe that the Normans would have wanted to make it very clear to the Saxons that their king was dead. Therefore is seems likely that they would stress this by showing his death in words and pictures. King William, the Normans, They were the victors they told the history. References

The Middle Ages DVD
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http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/bayeux-tapestry.htm Accessed on 11/02/2011 http://www.suite101.com/content/the-truth-behind-the-battle-of-hastings-a141000 Accessed on 11/02/2011 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_was_the_Bayeux_tapestry_biased Accessed on 13/02/2011 http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100308223156AAyS90a Accessed on 13/02/2010 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_was_the_Bayeux_tapestry_biased Accessed on 14/02/2011
 * Website: **

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/images/bayeux-cooks.jpg Accessed on 11/02/2011 http://olelarsonsfolks.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Bayeux.jpg Accessed on 13/02/2011 http://www.britishbattles.com/norman-conquest/hastings-1066.jpg Accessed on 16/02/2011
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Many thanks Ms Billett Many thanks Ms Billett
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 * Class re- enactment: **

// Reflection: // // I really enjoyed doing this task and I beleive everyone else did too. Although I escpecially enjoyed it because I could let my imagination go wild and I would imagine I was in the battle as I was reading or being told about the history. I did really well on this task and I am very proud of it. I found the different ways Ms Billett told the history to us was really helpful. She did a re- enactment using the people in the class; she also told us the history many times and provided us with a DVD on the Middle Ages. // = = = = = = = = =**// My Renaissance Essay //**=

Things changed from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance in the way of exploration, education, art, reformation and religion. The Renaissance was the enlightened age where almost a positive outlook was taken on by the people. It was very different as it was advanced in all ways compared to the Middle Ages, It actually brought the end of the knighthood era as the revolver was invented and then lead to a more secular world. The name renaissance is French for ‘rebirth,’ as the people at the time were interested in studying the world around them and undertook life with a different perspective. The renaissance was actually a transition to a new modern world. It was also classified that the medieval period was slow and dark, a time of little education or innovation until the Renaissance period. At the time of the Renaissance they stressed the importance of the individual people and their individual talents, which lead to the exploration of the world around and beyond them. The Crusades were explorations undertaken which ultimately undermined the Feudal system. As the first was created by the Pope ironically, he thought to send 5,000 people to liberate Jerusalem but finished with the result of 100,000 joining. Later many more Crusades were undertaken and this brought new ideas back. Marco Polo was a traveller and an explorer too through his famous journeys across Asia being the first to do so from Europe. He was known to be very famous after the publishing of his book about his journeys called ‘The Silk Road to China.’ At the time of the Renaissance the classical world was discovered with the Greek influence and the roman art, as their art and painting style changed quite a lot with the discovery of many things such as the vanishing point and the linear perspective. They also discovered trade; this made the people more wealthy which led to more money and better education. As the hard working trade lead to wealth of families, they wanted to educate their children. A Renaissance man who was known for the time to be an expert at everything from art to science, maths and more was an inspiration to many. People had the passion to be well educated and strived to build up their knowledge and their children’s too. A strong education would lead to more opportunities which gave the people in the Renaissance a sense of proud as they achieved goals. Mathematics and science became an even bigger thing in the Renaissance than it was in the Middle Ages; and the art involved more beauty and religion. As the art used to be very gothic, the Renaissance art was so fine because the artists concentrated more on the beauty of someone or something rather than everyone looking the same. In a way the Renaissance was the enlightened age for art too as the art was more lifelike compared to the Middle Ages which were quite blocky and straight with no depth. Ideas aroused and their religion was questioned. Always being told the way it should be for not many particular reasons, this lead to humanism. As the people built self-confidence, the time of actions known as humanism occurred and they became individuals with the choices they felt needed to happen. They were curious and as times changed different rules applied and the bible was translated to the local language from Latin by the priests. Martin Luther was the first and most famous to translate the bible to the local language with the help of the printing press that at the time was supposed to be a secret invention but did not stay that way for long. The people thought they deserved the right and didn’t understand why the priests were allowed to have a direct relationship with god (which is called reformation) but they weren’t. They wanted the right to see for themselves, as the importance of the individual was stressed. The need for priests was challenged which led to anyone, even bread makers and shoe makers to be able to have a direct relationship with god. So the exploration of many things classed the period of time as the Renaissance period, the enlightened age. The importance of individuals and the excel in education brought the next age. What next? The exploration of the world around harnessed the fossil fuels which led to the industrial revolution and the termination of the renaissance period. = = = = = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">My Middle Ages Essay ** =not found :(= = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The Legend of Icarus: ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Daedalus and Icarus <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">A Greek Legend <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Why are there different versions of the same story? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">There are different versions of the story because there was believed to be no witnesses. Although the endings were all the same, the different takes were quite diverse and had different purposes as the next take kept coming. As the story is a Greek Legend it was so long ago that the story would have been altered over time as it was carried through speech. The death of Icarus occurred in each take and was caused by his arrogance his hybris personality, the highest form of arrogance. There could also be many more variations of the story because it was something along those lines of that Icarus died but maybe not all the details of how. The story in a way is also sad because although Icarus may have been warned he still had the best time of his life while he was flying high in the sky with his new feather wings. In take 5 Daedalus says to Icarus, “Now listen. Do not fly too near the…,” he didn’t get a chance to finish. And in some of the other takes Icarus //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'footlight mt light','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">is actually // warned. It is interesting how many different takes still lead to the same idea and the death of Icarus at the conclusion. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">By Edward <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**The Death of Janini, Modern Take:** <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">How does the author make the reader believe in the dragon? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The author makes the reader believe in the dragon by the way the daughter in the story is so passionate about her beliefs and the way she understood life was. The author articulates notations of demons, dragons and all things bad. As a reader you also believe in the dragon by the use of anthropomorphism and similes to help portray the feeling and image of the story. Little comments that come from the daughter portray that the dragon is real. The mother forgets to shut the window and a gale enters the house and the daughter claims, “It’s the dragon’s breath,” said Mary. Mary also claims that the mummy and daddy dolls under no circumstances leave the doll’s house because they shelter her from the dragon, this reflects the way the story rolls over and by the end in a way it occurs. The concluding paragraph of the story makes the reader believe as it all links together with it looking like the house burnt down via the dragon. The fictional image in the daughters head came to life, “The dragon surged through the night on silent wings with Mary on its back. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Crossing The Divide: <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Crossing the Divide <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">I was only a young boy when it happened. The fog blocked the view within one meter as it majestically lay across the water. We were in boats or canoes of some sort on that early morning when we escaped our country. My Ma and Dad made this decision for me and my sister; they wanted to move to a country which had democratic values. As we made slow ripples through the glassy water closer to the boat. The local fishing men were helping us out, letting us hide in their boat while they took us to the connecting boat which would complete our journey from Vietnam to Australia. I was so nervous when we were hiding in the fishing crates on board and the police came to check out the boat we were on as we were leaving the bay. They searched the whole boat; my heart was pounding hard like a herd of horses. I was ordered to stay quiet by my parents; I couldn’t stop breathing heavily so I had decided to not breathe at all. This helped and after a while the policemen were gone and we were on our journey. The smell was repulsive, wet fish along with squished fish as close to my face. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">We kept down low. My Ma was scared I comforted her and it helped but she couldn’t seem to get over the fact that she was breaking the law by leaving her country. It was sad to leave for me but I was looking forward to the strange land we were going to go to. Apparently it has trees everywhere and strange animals called kangaroos. We docked the fishing boat and joined a crowd of more people where we would wait before we went in the other boat. I was confused because there was more than one boat to cross over to. This is where it happened. I also got confused of who was who. I must have got into the wrong line or something because when I was on the boat and we had left, I couldn’t find my family. I found a small place on the boat and cried and cried my eyes out. This boat wasn’t going to the same place and I didn’t know any one. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">It was a long time. I found where this boat was going, a place called New Zealand. I met a lady on the boat, her name was Mimmi her long hair was like fine black silk. She took me under her wing and we stuck together like glue as I was going to be divided from my family for a very long time. With the horrible weather and the repulsive food we survived the trip. There were many sick people aboard the boat. We went in and out of days, weeks and months over the rolling sea through strong wind and rain. I was so terrified at points and it was even scarier as I was only around 7 or 8 at the time. We believed in ourselves which is what kept us alive as there was one or two people who actually didn’t quite make the journey and passed away on board. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The site of land was breathtakingly beautiful. I couldn’t walk at first as it felt like learning all over again. I missed my family terribly, I cried to Mimmi so often and she let me wet her shoulder with my sad tears. She wasn’t as upset as me as she was a wife at one stage but her husband died in battle and no children were born between them. As we stuck together at the time of docking the boat, we had to walk to a fenced area in a straight line. We were all confused and were actually forced into a sort of pen, fenced from all directions with only a blanket on the floor and a mesh pillow to sleep with. Before we left Vietnam there was room for refugees but we were told that there wasn’t any longer. This broke our hearts momentarily. It was hard to put the feeling of starting a new life with Mimmi away for a while but I knew it would happen one day when they let new comers into the country. At the time we didn’t know how long this would go on for, the behaviour by guards that treated us like rubbish and the horrible cent and sleeping arrangements. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">It lasted a year and a half; I scored every day, the sleepless nights in the cold. There was good news after that and they were finally allowing room for more “refugees,” they called us, and me and Mimmi began our life in the towns of New Zealand. She promised me that one day she would help me get in contact with my family who were on the other boat to Australia. I was told that New Zealand was quite close to Australia and when we were financially fine we would go to find my family. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">I grew up to my teens and the house me and Mimmi lived in was an average town house. As we could not afford much I went to a public school nearby which I walked to.“It’s nearly time, we will cross the sea to find them,” she told me one day with an excited smile.“But what if we can’t find them, all I know is their names,” I said with my voice breaking from adolescence. “Trust me we will,” she exclaimed truthfully. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">As well as me, Mimmi had developed some friendships in New Zealand too. One luckily worked at a travel agent in town. He told us if you want to find my family he could organise it for us. We could afford it with Mimmi’s saving from her job as a tailor in town and my savings. The day came for the flight. We were both nervous. I had never experienced such technology in one day with all the mod- cons on the plane and even in the toilets. We knew where to go as even the names of someone can get you to find them if they are anywhere in the world. In a way I was scared that my family wasn’t going to recognise me because by that time I was about 16 or 17 years of age. As Mimmi and I reached Australia we headed for the address Mimmi’s friend had given us of my family’s house. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">I collapsed into a crying heap as soon as the door handle was turned and the door was opened. It was my Ma! “It couldn’t be…,” she cried. My father came to the door too.“Son, I love you,” He exclaimed as he kissed me and hugged me as tight as he could. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">It was the happiest time of my life, I even saw my sister who was also pleased to see me. We shared stories and memories for hours and hours on end. I introduced them to Mimmi and they welcomed her to the family with a passion. Joy was in the air, we celebrated for days. “You came for us,” Ma sobbed.“I would never forget you,” I weaped. “And now live with us please?” She asked Mimmi and me.And without a doubt we did! Happily ever after we lived. I thanked Mimmi for days as she was my mum in a way for a huge chunk of my life. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">So that is my story, we were divided for years and I crossed the sea to find them. Today I am 45 and live with my wife Anita who I met through college. I visit Mimmi and her recent husband and offcourse my family as often as I can. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Term reflection

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> At the start of the year I believe my creativity wasn’t as good as it is now. My ideas come to me a lot quicker and are really imaginative. I believe my communications assignment is quite creative as I mixed the music myself and choreographed it myself too. My Utopia book which I am writing and illustrating at the moment is creative and the ideas put behind it are quite thoughtful, I think I might do well with it. I have improved in other things too like my fluency of my writing which I try hard to do but still need to proof read a little more sometimes. I really enjoyed doing a lot of history lately and my essays and reports I had fun writing them as I enjoyed the subject, I think if you like something more and more as you learn about it your report or essays will be even better. I must say I do love using right click synonyms but I do think of important words myself too. I feel more comfortable with my punctuation as I believe the English skills book tasks have helped me. I took on the structure of essay writing and now I am happy with my progress and results. I think where I am going next is improvement, as this semester was my first of essay’s and things like that. The next time will be not necessarily easier but simpler to undertake. Topic sentences and round off sentences came to me quite easily, I just made it sound informative and get to the point quite early on. Connecting something to the next topic was a little more difficult for me but mastered it un the end. I believe I understand the content of the tasks given to me, the utopia, I wasn’t puzzled or anything like that I sort of got to it. The content sends messages too to our society and I believe that A utopian one would not really last and wouldn’t be as easy as people think it would be. I am also excited to know what is next as I’m sure our future tasks will be just as good as our ones before.

Tomorrow When the War Began
Task 1: 1: I believe that group should have tried to rescue their families in a subtle way that guaranteed they wouldn’t get hurt. If that didn’t work, then sit tight and stay alive and regularly check up on their families. This would reduce the risk of trouble and injuries or deaths. Although, keeping in touch by other sources like notes to their families of finding out information from different sources like the radio, walkie talkies and other things. Getting an overhead view of the situation in town would have been helpful as well to know where all entries were blocked off and where they weren’t. They worked so well as a group and came up with the best teamwork ideas. 2:In believing the actions of death were in spite of revenge, ones actions may be excused. An enemy that is bad and is constantly putting someone down then maybe killing is not really wrong. But it can be because you are killing in the first place for a reason of revenge for your people, large party or country. The invaders should not have really come in the first place and the way they treated everyone’s homes and animals was truly awful. They were in the wrong but killing isn’t always the answer and I also believe that the group would help one of the dying soldiers if they came across one lonesome needing their help. Forcing them not to give them away afterwards, because that would be a true disaster. 3:I believe that Corrie shouldn’t really be given the right to be treated, as much as us as readers of the novel want to but I believe it is wrong. If they killed several of them why should they go out of their way to save someone? That is an unusually awkward situation. It is great that she is saved but it’s not right, they shouldn’t need to help her after what had happened to their own people. Reading the book you are sort of bullied into thinking that it is the right thing for her to deserve treatment as us readers are emotionally attached but the numbers don’t add up. 4:Other countries are less likely to get involved in a clean war as they are re- assured that it is ‘clean’ and they feel it is almost not a war therefor they probably don’t need their help. To me there isn’t such thing as a clean war, war is war and the feelings and actions involved aren’t clean at all. War is hurtful and is not a clean thing at all. Why would war be clean? It isn’t and in won’t be because if it was clean it would hardly be a war in the first place and the people would be under instructions instead of held in cages and forced to do things that they didn’t want to do. Some of them captured were killed by dis-abeyance of the invaders. 5:Well from the beginning I think a country’s wealth shouldn’t really be shared. It is a whole different country and why should they have to think about the other countries around them financially? They shouldn’t have to share their wealth and fighting is definatly not the answer. Just because a country isn’t the same in some ways they shouldn’t have to fight about it. Fighting is not the answer! (Sorry I didn’t really know how to answer that last one)

Task 2: 1: There were so many different strengths throughout the group; this is what makes me believe that there was more than one leader during the many rough occasions. For instance when it came to getting the cattle moving across the bridge homer told the others ‘I hissed,’ until they moved and moved. They couldn’t believe what they’d heard and it showed how little things can help in big situations. That was in the result of him being the leader for that part as when he was growing up he would have learnt many tactics and he was able to use them under so much pressure. Robyn however was no doubt a leader in some stages of the story. She always racked her brains for the things that could help which were outside the box for many. She improvised and used her initiative and did so very well under pressure. Although once going through the identities and strengths of every character in a way most of them were leaders throughout the whole story. Ellie and corrie, feeling the hosts of the adventure that ended up into a war were always helping and making smart decisions that helped the whole group out. Weather it was taking cover in certain areas or deciding what was needed in important situations. Tactics were their main strengths. So in conclusion, nearly everyone was a leader of the 8 brave teenagers all constructing a better environment for each other, concentrating on the positive side and staying together as a group. 2: I believe that Ellie shows remarkable courage out of those in the group. She is always the one doing the right thing, taking risks for her friends and staying on track no matter what the consequences are. For instance the petrol line with the lawn mower, that took an immense amount of courage and especially under that amount of pressure. Ellie succeeded as much as she believed, “The flame should have gone out,” on the match as she threw it still is courage even though she doubts herself in a few moments during the novel. It’s not just Ellie that shows courage in the novel, many other characters do too, such as Kevin at times and homer too. Although Ellie stands out the most out of all of them. 3:Well, there may be confusions and disagreements lying ahead for the group as relationships are forming and they always don’t end up too well. This will result in differences but I also believe that because of the circumstances they will be there for each other no matter what. The hard times have brought them as a group together so close and it will take quite a bit to break their relation between each other. (I really didn’t understand this one) 4:I believe that John Marsden included the story of Christie in the novel because it showed that there is such thing as tragedy and it shouldn’t be forgotten, this is what I believe makes the characters scared and intrigued by the idea of basically living in the grounds of a supposable murderer. They knew the story was true now and it wasn’t just stories of the town that made the, believe, they had seen it for themselves. The story of Christie could also be a reason in the novel for the characters to explore their surrounds and find things that are special to them because they know that no one else would find them, for instance the notes and photos.

Task 3: 1 How reliable do you think Ellie is as a narrator? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Ellie is L <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> reliable as a narrator to a certain extent <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11px;">[PE1] <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">. She is L <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> unable to tell the feelings of others and in a result of this she is L <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> fallible <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11px;">[PE2] J <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">. This is because Ellie is L <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> unable to know the true feelings and emotions of her peers. The novel is a retrospective narrative and is written in first person this also means that it is hard to rely on just one person’s point of view to the story, just because one character feels a certain way it doesn’t mean the others feel the same way. Having said that Ellie is L <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> reliable in most cases as she is the only source of feelings the reader J <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> can get and this results in believing whatever Ellie says or does. “We might have to make some ugly choices,” Ellie says L <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> in the novel. This narrows the reader’s minds straight away, telling them that things are about to happen that might not necessarily be pretty. Ellie also presents L <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> feelings to the readers J <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> that make them feel sad or nervous for her such as when she says “For the first time I saw their faces” and “I’d better stop biting my tongue and start biting the bullet.” <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11px;">[PE3] <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Being reliable she notifies the readers throughout the book and illustrates our L <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> minds to what is really happening <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11px;">[PE4]

[PE1] Good work strong entrance! [PE2] Good word! [PE3] Good quotes maube 1 or 2 more J [PE4] Stay in the tense that is needed, good work keep it up!