A Gap of Skye

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------------------------------------------------- A Gap of Skye The short story A Gap of Skye is written by Anna Hope in 2008. A Gap of Skye is dealing with the issues of being young. The youth is not always as easy as it seems to be. Many young people are struggling with the reality of their lives. They try to escape, someone by doing drugs, others by gambling or the virtual world and ect. The youth does not only contain freedom and having fun, it is also a time for taking responsibility and reflection. A Gap of Skye is based on this issue. It is a portrait of a young girl on drugs, who struggles between her desires and expectations. It is also a description of the city, and how it can affect a person, who is completely alone without the needed support and care from other people. The main character in the short story is Ellie. She is nineteen and lives in London, possibly at a college, because the text begins with pointing out, that she has to walk the long way through the corridor, to get to the toilet: She thinks of the hall toilet, at the other end of a chilly, uncarpeted corridor…(page 1, line 5). She is a student at a university, and she does not seem to take her education seriously. Actually she received a letter from the university, which tells her that, if she does not change her attitude, they will take her off the course: If this lack of application continues we will have no choice but to reconsider your place on the course (page 2, line 4). Ellie is
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