Chapter 17 The Thunder child Flashcards

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What happens

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Continuation of the frantic exodus from London
British government fled
Narrators brother and Elphinstone go to the coast leave
Two martians destroyed by the thunderchild
Next cylinders land

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Has the martians linked humanity

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Clear the martians have pitted humans against each other but at the same time brought them closer as they are all suffering the same catastrophe

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What has happened to the social order

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It has collapsed as the government has given up and some are happy but some are trying to make new systems

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Why doesn’t people want to leave

Mrs. Elphinstone

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She can’t approach the idea with reason and instead tried to retrieve her old life as her home has always been a place of safety and thinks it will stay that way under the Martian dominion

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Why is marine technology more advanced

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Been using it a lot longer more advanced than any other human inventions, industrial revolution just taken place.
Most sophisticated and colossal weapon that could stand a chance, now it’s the martians turn to face the unknown as they look confused with the impressive weaponry

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What happens after the two martians are dead

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Mysterious object suggesting war is not concluded

Closing paragraph refers to some cataclysmic martians flying machine which also generates tremendous suspense for Book 2

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What happens to the narrators brother

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Last time we see him, he and the women leave

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Quote to show humanity together

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“Mass of human beings suffered together “

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Quote to show the fear of the French

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“The French and the martians might prove very similar “

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Quote showing each destruction grows

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“Each black splash grew and spread”

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2 quotes showing the thunder child

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“Tearing through the water”

“Steaming headlong, coming to the rescue”

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Quote foreshadowing the next book

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“It rained darkness upon the land”

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