The story “A gap of sky” is about a young girl, Ellie. She is 19 years old and lives alone, supposed at a college, in the heart of London. Ellie is a student at a university, but she doesn’t take her education very seriously. She lives a wild life, particularly at night, where she parties, doing drugs and drinks a lot of alcohol, instead of staying at home and doing her homework. One day, Ellie wakes up, very confusing, probably because she has had a party the other day. She tries to figure out, what she has been doing the other day, but then she suddenly realizes that the essay, which she has not started yet, is due for the next day. There are also used swearwords in the quote, like fuck, and this also indicate, that Ellie is a teenager. The narrator also uses a language, which is very detailed and descriptive. The narrator describes almost everything that Ellie is doing, every little movement and act she makes. The narrative technique can seem to be a little bit confusing at the reader, because the narrator describes every thoughts of Ellie, who is very distractive and unfocused as a result of the drugs she is doing.
The main character is Ellie, and she is in fact also the only character in this story. She is a nineteen years old teenager, who lives alone in London. Ellie seems very depressing and her thoughts are very confusing and untidy. Ellie lives a wild live in London with a lot of parties, alcohol and drugs. Furthermore it doesn’t seem like Ellie has a good relationship to her parents. She has to care for herself and takes care of her own life. She feels very lonely in London, because she lives alone in this big city, and she doesn’t get support or guidance from anyone. So maybe Ellie feels that her parents have to high expectations to her, and therefore she decides to join a specific group of bad friends where she knows, that she will find freedom. In