The novel "so much to tell you” by john Marsden‚ explores the concept of change and growth of the main character marina. The novel is about her personal struggle to become whole again after the tragic events that have occurred prior to the beginning of the novel. We see this through‚ the contrast of marinas character at the beginning to the end. We trace her personal journey and her healing through the novel and are given more insight as she develops. John Marsden has written this novel in the first
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The novel that I have chosen is Tomorrow When The War Began by John Marsden. This is the first novel out of the seven part series and it was first written in the year 1993 to 1999 (with the sequel). This novel has had worldwide sales of about 2.5 million copies‚ which was written in a comparatively kind era. From the summaries on the websites‚ Tomorrow When The War Began tells a story of a young group of rebels that have been separated from their families‚ and are forced to fight in an invasion of
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How does the composer‚ John Marsden‚ use a variety of techniques to reveal the struggle involved in Marina’s journey towards wholeness? The novel‚ ‘So Much to Tell You’ by John Marsden explores the concept of growth and change through the character‚ Marina‚ and her struggle to become whole. Throughout the course of the book‚ Marina develops from someone who is so psychologically wounded that she is unable to engage with members of her community‚ to someone who experiences healing and demonstrates
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The Rabbits The Rabbits written by John Marsden and Shaun Tan is an allegorical fable about colonisation told from the perspective of the natives‚ represented as billibies. The Rabbits are a metaphor for the white settlers of Australia and the story is about their negative effect on the world of the Aboriginal people. The use of imagery is widely used through the text. It creates a sense of feeling as‚ if imagined you would be able to feel part of the story. Emotive Language was used as well to
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and exhilarating action‚ John Marsden has created a masterpiece. John Marsden’s novel ‘Tomorrow when the war began’ is a must read book. It takes the reader on a shocking and exhilarating journey through the invasion of Wirrawee‚ a small coastal town in New South Wales‚ Australia‚ where 7 teenagers are hiding out in the bush among their town which is hosting a foreign army and a war they know nothing of. However this is not why it is such a magnificent book. It’s John Marsden’s superb way of utilising
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An Animal Rabbit Rabbits (scientific name is Leporidae) are small fluffy mammals belong to the family Leporidae‚ of the order Lagomorpha. Over the world‚ rabbits can be identified in eight different genera in the family. Some of rabbit species are: European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)‚ cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus) and the Amami rabbit ( Pentalagus furnesssi‚ which is considered a harmful species in Japan). Besides‚ some species can be considered to closely relate to rabbit are pikas and
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How does the film Rabbit Proof Fence and the picture book The Rabbits‚ by Phillip Noyce and John Marsden respectively‚ position a responder to feel sympathetic for the Aboriginal people in the film and book? The Aboriginal people of Australia have endured great suffering since white settle began in 1788. Despite this‚ they have shown both resilience and determination to maintain their cultural identity. Phillip Noyce’s Rabbit Proof Fence examines such suffering through its portrayal of three
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Rabbit‚ Run by John Updike is an easy read that takes place in Pennsylvania where the main character Harry Angstrom‚ more commonly known as Rabbit‚ was born and raised by his parents along with his little sister Miriam. Rabbit was a high school basketball star that cannot leave those days behind‚ even though he is now the manager at MagiPeel vegetable company. Rabbit is described as a six foot three male at the age of twenty-six who is married to Janice Springer. Janice is “a small women whose skin
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story "The Rabbits" by John Marsten and Shaun Tan‚ the aboriginals had bountiful lands with blooming trees‚ grass‚ and foods. Their children were safe and cared for‚ they had their cultures and customs set into place‚ until the "rabbits" came. "The rabbits came by boat" (Shaun Tan‚ pg.90)‚ were the aboriginals lived‚ they came‚ took over their land and made it their new home. The aboriginals are being out-casted from their homes and their land. The aboriginal elders warned them‚ rabbits will come
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“Rabbit‚ Run” is a book by John Updike‚ is about a young man in his twenties and a former high school basketball player named Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom who feels trapped in his marriage to Janice. As a person in the book‚ Harry is seen as a selfish and immature person that uses basketball to avoid the past. Especially when it came to his wife who came from a different world as him but also had problems of her own. She was dealing with alcohol and drug problems. She was also dealing with a depression
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