Better." (P.1 ll.6-7), and are used as a way of expressing Ellie's thoughts and opinions about the situations and thereby setting the mood of the story. Furthermore there is an evident change in the narration short after Ellie has taken the rest of the coke. Things start to happen in quick succession; "Coffee plunged, poured, slurped; hot, fuck that's hot. Anything else? Of Course: printer, printer's out of ink" (P.1 ll.35-36). The abrupt thoughts show how the drugs affect Ellie and clarifies how she uses them as a "Little bump just to get things started" (P.1 l.32), her actions are now faster and more efficient. .
At the beginning of the story Ellie is very much focused on getting some printer ink, so that she can hand in her essay. She has received a "() stomach-lurching letter" (P.2 l.2), warning her that there will be consequences if she continues her lack of application. Since Ellie is not interested in repeating the course or getting kicked out, she has decided to get this essay in on time. It does not, though, take more than a glove on a spike "() it's middle finger raised up to the sky in glorious salute" (P.2 ll.61-62) to throw Ellie off track and make her think "Fuck Virginia Woolf" (P.2 ll.74-75) and decide not to write the essay. "Life seems, suddenly, filled with possibilities ()" (P.2 ll.63-64), the idea of being free and capable of anything is now Ellie's main interest.
Ellie is very occupied by the idea of being free but the fact that "It was their (Ellie's parents) fault she was doing this bloody course in the first place" (P.2 l. 66) contradicts this. This could therefore serve as an answer for why Ellie is inconsequent in her thoughts about writing or not writing the essay. The story takes place in the middle of London where "There are people moving together () moving with purpose, with meaning, and Ellie is one of them" (P.
