A Gap of Sky

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A gap of sky – essay Identity is properly the biggest part of human youth. Youth is the background for the identity and personality of a person. This is where you have the freedom to choose which way you think is the best to go; a way where you are using freedom, drugs and party to flee from reality, which certainly leads to consequences in a future life , or a responsible way that will be expected of you to take. This dilemma is Ellie in, in the short story "a Gap of Sky" by Anna Hope from 2008. Ellie is nineteen years old and lives in the heart of London and like any other teenager does she think a lot, and about a lot. Ellie is going on a course, and blames her parents for it, she would rather be free and take drugs, but which way does she decide to go? Ellie has to write an essay otherwise is she going to be kicked off the course, but she think it is her parents fault and she rather be free. “It was their fault she was doing this bloody course in the first place” (P. 3 L. 66) Ellie does not want to do this essay, she want to party, buy some mere drugs and to live free. Many young people feel like Ellis does. Parents are helping their children to be responsible and get a good education, this is also the case for Ellie, but in the end it is only Ellie herself who can take the decision on which way she will go. But when you are nineteen years old, as Ellie, are you always searching freedom and you ask questions like “why do I have to do this?” “Why should I write this essay?” It is about taking responsibility for the future and in the end Ellie takes responsibility for her own future, and she knows that the right thing to do is to write the essay. Ellie is nineteen years old, and her age is expressed through her thoughts and the language of the text. “She was totally and absolutely free, and last night she smoked a crack pipe and danced on a rooftop in East
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