Importance Of Survival In 'Tomorrow When The War Began'

The Importance Of Survival

Kadance fenlong
Pamela watson
ENG1D
April 21st 2023

“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear” (Coelho). In order to face survival one has to be brave, one has to overcome their fear, one has to continue to go forward despite the fear they may be facing. In Tomorrow When The War Began they face a lot of fears. They all struggle differently with their circumstances. The fear changes them inside and makes them go into survival mode mainly because there is no other choice. The main characters that are affected in Tomorrow When The War Began are Eliile, Lee and Robyn. Conflict changes Ellie. Lee ends up with a close bond to survival, which transforms him. Lastly, Robyn undergoes change due to survival and repeatedly displays conflict in the form of person vs. person. These three characters help develop the

First, When Lee and Robyn went to check on Lee's family, they got trapped but petrol and they were both shot at. “They were dodging towards the door of the newsagency when shots started pouring down the street” (Marsden 127). This shows survival because Robyn was actively getting shot at but still continued to fight for her life and succeeded. Second she throws a typewriter to save Lee and her life. “She picked up the photocopier that sits on a stand near the lottery desk and chucked the whole thing through the door” (Marsden 128). In order to help them reach safety, Robyn was able to throw something in time. Lee was shot, but they both survived, so she had to go get him and carry him to safety. Robyn then assisted Ellie in rescuing Lee. ‘“they're firing,” said robyn” (Marsden 142). Lee had to be with the group or he would die, so Robyn managed to get him into the bulldozer's shovel, climb inside the bulldozer's cage as Ellie drove away, got fired at, and yet managed to