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Describe an incident which changes the course of events in the text. Explain how this helped you to understand an important idea in the text.

The incident of the bridge blowing up helped me to understand the idea of rebellion against old values and what you know because of how it demonstrates the rebellion of the teenagers against the invaders. We see this in the text when Fi tells Ellie 'I've always wanted to break a window.' This helps prove to me how all of them are learning that rebellion is the way to fight against them, instead of the more main characters, such as Ellie and Homer. We finally get characters like Fi to fully demonstrate how they have changed throughout the experience.

Another way it assisted me in my understanding of this idea is how it showed Lee rebelling through his disabilities. In most cases, he would be told to stay back and rest, however in this situation we see him go against those ideas. When Ellie asks him about his bleeding through his bandages, during Lee's rescue, he tells Ellie 'Only a little. I'd say a couple stitches came apart.' In this scene, Lee does not prioritize himself, instead, he makes sure they pay less attention to him and more towards what they are going to do. This shows us how, even though all the pain, he wants to make sure that they rebel against everything they have learnt, as well as everything the invaders are attempting to enforce.