Go Ask Alice
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Go ask Alice, a tragic and deeply disturbing book that takes us on an emotional rollercoaster that is the life of an anonymous 15 year old girl, referred to as ‘Alice’. From doing drugs to running away, all being document of a horrifying reality.
I feel horrible and angry when Alice writes “I wish I were popular and beautiful and wealthy and talented.” seeing that the expectations of society were very similar in the late 1960s shows us that although our generation may have progressed with time there are still people out there who are insecure a feeling that will never leave this world no matter how many years pass. She states that “Sometimes I think we’re all trying to be shadows of each other, trying to buy the same records and everything even if we don’t like them.” I feel as though I can really relate to her when she writes this because I am constantly trying to fit in and like what other people like just because I don’t want to be seen differently but I don’t want to lose myself just to impress someone. Alice also feels this way when she continues on to say “...Kids are like robots, off an assembly line, and I don’t want to be a robot.”
I really like the way the author symbolizes the maggots and worms. “Gramps’ body all filled with maggots and worms.” I feel as those the corpse symbolizes the loneliness of her mind as it is being hid from others and the maggots being the society that is corrupting her mind. No one knows whats going on in her brain but somehow she was still pushed into doing illegal and traumatizing things.
