Ellen Toliver Character Analysis

Ellen Toliver changed during the novel because in the beginning, Ellen was shy and timid, she didn’t want to interact with anybody. When grandfather slips and sprains his ankle, Ellen has to disguise herself as a boy to take grandfather’s place. On Ellen’s mission, she was told to find an oysterman’s boat. There were no boats. The boat Ellen saw was a British boat. On pages 73-74, Ellen gets on a British boat and learns how to deal with the British soldiers. She also learned how to stand up for herself. On page 131, when Ellen remembers she left the bread, Mistress Murdock throws her bundle out to their pig. When this happens, Ellen overcomes her fear of pigs. She gets her bread back, and the bread only had a bite taken out of it, so the