Bottled Up By Audrey Ellis Analysis

The struggles a person goes through in their lifetime can dictate the way the rest of that individual’s life is viewed. Naturally, the person will have to choose how they perceive these challenges; to make them stronger or break them down. Audrey Ellis, the main character of Over Coffee, endured mental and physical abuse from father as a child through adolescence. After she moves away, she decides to not let these experiences haunt her. She knows what abuse feels like, and concludes that she will never let anyone take advantage of her. Aside from that, she chooses to be positive despite her past. Eliza, innocent and a bit of a pushover, allows her brother to use her as a verbal punching bag in the book Bottled Up. She believes that