Tommorrow When the War Began

Question: When placed in   unfamiliar and difficult situations, we are forced to think about and change our ideas about life and ourselves. How are Ellie and her friends shown to change in Tomorrow when the war began?
 
 
Introduction
The themes of war and invasion   throws peace and justice into turmoil, it shreds up the law book and sets it ablaze as if performing a demonic ritual. We are condemned to think with our hearts or our heads when subjected into these situations, our moral perceptions are given   a twist and we think about difference between survival and the possibility of the deaths of your friends and families or even yourself. In an attempt to survive we are forced to reassess ourselves and change according to the circumstances just like how   the echidna evolved by developing spines as a defensive mechanism against it's predators.   Change is inevitable as it is something that occurs in the lives of all people which contributes dramatically to our well being and how we look at life. In Tomorrow when the war began, John Marsden exploits the moderate rustic lifestyles of the Wirrawee   as Ellie Linton and her friends (Corrie, Kevin, Homer, Fi , Lee and Robyn) become the prey and has to develop these changes to cope with an arising invasion.   In the novel, the group of friends are put to a test of loyalty, trust and survival as they are frequently encountered with the insinuations of invasion which finally made as a revelation when   they discover   that the residents of the town are made prisoners-of-war. Ellie and her friends are made to discard their conventions of normal routine as they start to quest for information as they must think and act like men at war and plan out their movements strategically to avoid capture .   Their level of bravery must rise to a whole new playing field as their sense of security is constantly being   second guessed with their lives put to a new and unfamiliar   dimension of terror, uncertainty and sheer desperation. John...