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Brief Summary Of Ellie's Character From 'Ellie'

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Ellie:
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In the beginning of the novel Ellie is very innocent and adventurous, rural teenager, she is loyal to her friends and her family. She is a natural leader, she knows what she is doing and how to do things. From a farmer girl Ellie became less innocent and someone who was ready to go to war. “At that moment I stopped being an innocent rural teenager and started becoming someone else, a more complicated capable person, a force to be reckoned with even, not just a polite obedient kid.” (Ellie,Chapter 7). Bit later in the book Ellie became more worried about killing people, she was worried about going to war because she was worried about being punished for her actions. When the war was beginning she was worried and questioning all of there actions and trying to work out what …show more content…

-Ellie became braver when she blew up the lawnmower.

-Overall throughout the story Ellie develops into a confident, brave and courageous girl although it was at times difficult for her to get used to how things were happening and how things would have to be whilst the war was happening but she learnt that she had to accept that. Ellie became a natural leader although at the start she thought she wouldn't have it in her to be so brave and to become a leader.

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In the beginning of the novel Ellie is very innocent and adventurous, rural teenager, she is loyal to her friends and her family. Throughout the story Ellie developed into a very courageous and brave leader. Ellie was not used to the whole war situation so she was scared about what would happen , she didn't know if she had done something bad that she could be punished she was always scared to do things. Until she stepped up and took the old of being the leader and having to start making the right decisions with the group, first she started to become courageous “That was the first moment at which I started to realise what true courage

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