Through such little time frame as 24 hours Ellis changes significantly, discuss these changes: "24 hours" by Margaret Mahy

The sweet 24 hours by Margargont Mahy, sees the main character. Ellis as a rather predictable, withdrawn person. Through such little eon frame as 24 hours Ellis metamorphoses significantly. At the very source of the novel Ellis promised himself wild adventures and no apologies.(p.18) By the end of the novel Ellis defiantly changed, he had got drunk and couldnt remember half of the iniquity. He overly physically changed, learnt and understands why some people are tempted to commit suicide, all we can truly understand is veridical life, and in real life Simon was a fool . . .a drained fool.(P.173)

Ellis at the beginning of the novel appears kinda conservative, he looks sound groomed, new and tidy, scarcely Ellis wasnt happy with this appearance he cute to look more scruffy and rebellious. He wants to change but is unsure how to and is unsure as to which direction he wants to scoop his life. Ellis didnt want his life to be quite so boring, he wanted to go wild and have adventures he also wanted to physically change as well, for he did not want to look quite so wholesome - quite so new.(p.11) Ellis comes across as a geek and as unworldly, we get the strong impression that he doesnt break all rules, does what hes told and he wanted to change that.

After Ellis promised himself that he was going to change with no apologies he got drunk which we get the feeling he doesnt do very often at all. Ellis woke up in the morning with a very vague idea of what had happened the night before, he remembered meeting Pandora and Phipps, dancing with Leona, this was an adventure, he was dancing with a beautiful woman and not all that much afterwards that. Ellis woke up...

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