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Character profile for Corrie Mackenzie from the Tomorrow series by John Marsden
Corrie is Ellie's very best friend, her mate, whom she had done everything with since she was a toddler and
who she plans on doing everything with when they leave school. Corrie is a plump faced redhead girl, very
close to Ellie's age, who used to severely lacked in confidence.
Extract 1. She had matured since Kevin had become her boyfriend.
"... but I still thought he was the best thing that had ever happened in Corrie's life because before she
started going round with him she was too quiet and unnoticed. They used to talk a lot at school, and then
she'd tell me what a sensitive caring guy he was. Although I couldn't always see that myself, I could see the
way she was starting to get much more confident from going with him, and I liked that." Ch 1, p14.
"I wished Corrie was there, so I could go and talk to her about". Ch 14, p183.
"Finally Corrie said, 'There might be a chance if we wriggle through here. We might be able to get around
the side somewhere.'
The gap she'd picked was so narrow we had to take our packs off to get through it, but I was game, so I took
Corrie's pack while she wrestled her way into a prickly overgrown hole. Her head disappeared, then her
back, then her legs. I heard Kevin say, 'This is crazy', then Corrie said, 'OK, now my pack', so I pushed that
through after her. Then, leaving Robyn to look after my pack, I followed." Ch 2, p26.
"Mmm. My dad's not bad. I've been educating him". I smiled. A lot of people underestimated Corrie. She just
quietly worked away on people till she got what she wanted." Ch 5, p46.
"Corrie gave a cry that I'll never forget, like a wounded bird. One rocket hit the house ...
Corrie was on the floor, hiccupping, and thrashing around like a fish on a line. Her pupils had rolled back
so far into her head that you couldn't see them anymore. Nothing could calm her. We became frightened.
Homer ran and got a bucket of water. We splashed some on her face. It seemed to calm her a bit. I picked up
the whole bucket and tipped the water over her head. She stopped hiccupping and just sobbed, her head on
her knees, her hands clasped around her ankles, water dripping off her, but it was hours before she calmed
enough to even look at us. We just had to stay there and wait, hoping the planes would not come back,
hoping they would not send soldiers in trucks. Corrie would not move and we could not move until she did."
Ch 9, p119/120.
'It's our own families,' said Corrie. 'That's what everyone's worried about, isn't it ? I guess I'd fight for my
country but I'm going mad wondering what's happened to my family'" Ch 13, p172.
And she pays the price for her decision, within the week she is shot through the back and unconscious.