With over a million copies in print, this book has become a classic. First paperback edition march 1998 go ask alice taken from white rabbit, written by grace slick. Reyna marie to clear the matter, this novel was not based on a true story, nor is the events following alices life, or characters factual. She is a pretty typical teenage girl in the late 1960sshes mostly concerned with school, boys, her hair, and fitting in okay, thats pretty typical for any decade when her fathers new job causes her family to move across the country, alice is thrust into a new school at a time when she is at best sensitive. The book go ask alice was the reallife diary of a teenage girl.
Havent written in you for a while, but theres something i. The ending made me surprised at first but i soon forgot about it and instead just became disappointed. It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this stripped book. An intelligent, sensitive girl with a literary flair, she experiments with drugs and the counterculture to escape from her low selfesteem and consuming loneliness. A direct intercept of the youthful drug experience this dear diary record is the second heads you lose, p. Go ask alice by anonymous ebook vqj free ebook pdf download. Alice is the diary of a girl who recorded her daily activities about what she. Alice, once a shy, innocent girl, is sucked into the heartless world of drugs because of her need to be accepted. It refers generally to the explosion of psychedelic sounds, images and lifestyles in that decade. My try research quotes in my book the anonymous author is outstanding when it comes to figurative language. By ending the diary with an editors note about how poor little alice finally succumbed to the siren song of hallucinogens, her story is now one to learn from. Diary is not a character, but it played a big role in alices life in how she coped with life around her.
A philosopher will ask how the identity of the self can be. Go ask alice ending bisesh shrestha period 6 go ask. Remembering the summer of love forty years on anthony ashbolt abstract. The climax of go ask alice is when she gets out of the insane asylum and finds herself wanting to devote herself to help promote how bad drugs are.
This study guide consists of approximately 52 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of go ask alice. I found a short plot summary of go ask alice at wikipedia. As powerfuland as timelytoday as ever, go ask alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction. The novel is in epistolary format, being comprised entirely of diary entries and as such, was first thought to be an autobiography. Jan 01, 2006 go ask alice is a timeless book which talks about drug abuse in teenagers although it was written in the 70s it still fits in with the time. After an introduction to lsd, she ends up on a ride of highs and lows, from the loss of friends she once had to the gaining of a new selfawareness. Symbolism is the use of everyday words put into a book to mean something more than the word itself. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Created during the height of the drug era, the girl could be anyone from this time who found him or herself seduced by the mindaltering affects of. This is the journal that alice writes in and confides every detail about her life in.
Go ask alice is a reference to a jefferson airplane song called white rabbit, which alludes to rampant hallucinogenic drug use in lewis carrolls alice in wonderland. The book and especially the ending shows the harsh reality of drugs and addiction in teenagers. The ending make you extremely happy until you flip the page and then find out what happens 3 weeks later. Nonfiction materials gives people who read them an opportunity to show others that many events and happenings are shared on many levels. Every book on your english syllabus summed up in a quote from the office. The diary begins right before alice s fifteenth birthday. Oct 25, 2008 i found a short plot summary of go ask alice at wikipedia. For thirtyfive years, the acclaimed, bestselling firstperson account of a teenage girls harrowing decent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teen readers. Then someone else introduced her to torpedoes and speed and she filled in with tranquilizers and sleeping pills and dexies until she. Go ask alice guys, they made an afterschoolspecial movie that is totally faithful to the book and it has a young william shatner.
Rape and redemption her first novel was a brutal tale of murder, and sold a record twoandahalf million copies in hardback. In the same vein, go ask alice is young adult literature because thats the audience it was specifically geared toward. Alice once wrote anyway i feel closer to you than i do to even debbie ad marie and sharon who are my very best friends. So as i was thumbing pages, chapter 3 just jumped out of the book at me. Instead of the happy ending i anticipated, the diary just stopped. Sep 27, 2016 i think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho.
Actually its painfully obvious that it is, but i guess some teenagers might think its real. Go ask alice is written as the diary of a fifteenyearold girls daytoday struggle with drug addiction. I see so many practical ideas, am loving all the photos, and am excited about the scope of information. With over a million copies in print, go ask alice has become a classic of our time. This story follows the typical template for the say no to drugs genre of liturature. Poignant and unflinchingly honest, her story is a tragedy that is repeated in towns and cities across the country.
Go ask alice is the diary of a fifteenyearold girls experiences within the 1960s counterculture of drugs and free sex. Then someone else introduced her to torpedoes and speed and she filled in with tranquilizers and sleeping pills and dexies until she split. This powerful reallife diary of a teenagers struggle with the seductive often fatal world of drugs and addiction tells the truth about drugs in strong and authentic voice. The main character and author of this first hand description of a teenagers plunge into the american 1960s. Go ask alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age 15 and runs away from home on a journey of selfdestructive escapism. Go ask alice was published anonymously in 1971, but in the last two decades, it still lives in the top 25 most frequently banned books, according to. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of go ask alice and what it means. Written by the pen of an anonymous girl, go ask alice details the life of a 15 yearold drug addict for two years till just after her 17th birthday. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to return home and stay. Nowadays ya lit is pretty universal harry potter really opened the doors for people to read childrens books no matter what their agebut in 1971 when our book was written that wasnt really the case. Go ask alice was published anonymously in 1971, but in the last two decades, it still lives in the top 25 most frequently banned books, according to the american library association. As some of you know im enjoying a threeweek visit from my son, his wife, and three kids who live in ecuador.
The book that defined my teen anxiety turned out to be a lie. Situational irony alice has us believing that she is done using drugs but then ends up doing them again. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after publication. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage protagonist. In 1960s historiography today, the expression summer of love is used in three senses.
But the story of alice sebolds own teenage years makes. I sat there pissed off after i closed the book so the next. Go ask alice by anonymous ebook vqj free ebook pdf. The novel was promoted as the real life diary of an unknown teenage girl who, readers assume with the abrupt ending, died of a drug overdose. Go ask alice is a 1971 book generally viewed to have been written by the author beatrice sparks, however the novel was published originally under the pseudonym anonymous. A summary of july 27epilogue in anonymouss go ask alice. Alice hoffman no one knows how to write a novel until.
Beatrice sparks, whom is known to the general public as the editor of go ask alice, populated the false impression that this book was based off of the diary of a young girl, whom fell into the elaborate and dangerous life of a drug addict. She goes to visit her grandparents one summer and comes back familiar with drugs. Alice meets a freshman at the university library, joel. Trinity county historic sites hardcover january 1, 1981 by trinity county historic society author see all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
This book is advertised as being nonfiction written by an anonymous fifteenyearold author. We even got online simultaneously to find the webpage for the book at so she knows for sure which book it is. In fact, i just got off the phone from sharing this book with a fellow educator and i havent even read it yet. Go ask alice book report by lacey pettigrew on prezi. Tough and uncompromising, honest and disturbing and even more poignant today go ask alice is pageturning and provocative reading. If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when i describe the wise precautions i took for the concealment of the body. As anonymous herself says, the diary is her one consistent. Havent written in you for a while, but theres something i really have. The novel, or diary, deals with the downfall of a young teenage girl in america, and her journals over the course of two years and a few days. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to. Authentic, tragic tale of teen drug addiction a classic. Alice is the anonymous protagonist her name is an allusion to a jefferson airplane song whose intermittent diary entries narrate go ask alice.
Pressure to use drugs at school intensifies, as the kids harass alice and her family. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage p. Edward essay 1,367 words november 12, 2009 902 views. Only parents can decide if they want their children to read go ask alice. She is just like any other teenager, insecure and thought to be misunderstood. As anonymous herself says, the diary is her one consistent best friend. But if you cant handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell dont deserve me at my best. I make mistakes, im out of control, and at times hard to handle. The diary chronicles her struggle to free herself from the pull of the drugs and her efforts to establish her own identity. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after.
View notes go ask alice endingbisesh shrestha period 6 go ask alice ending november 14, 2011 hey diary, its joseph again. An unnamed fifteen yearold diarist, whom the novels title refers to as alice, starts a diary. Go ask alicejays journal by anonymous, paperback barnes. Jul 03, 2014 go ask alice was published anonymously in 1971, but in the last two decades, it still lives in the top 25 most frequently banned books, according to the american library association. The sobering message of go ask alice had a huge effect on my lifeand. Go ask alice ending bisesh shrestha period 6 go ask alice. Alice, once a shy, innocent girl, is sucked into the heartless world. Go ask alice is a supposed diary of a young girl caught up in the wild life of drug abuse in the late 1960s.
One response to go ask alice gurra on 03 dec 2009 at 11. The dates and locations mentioned in the book place its events. Trinity county historic sites hardcover january 1, 1981 by trinity county historic society author. I removed the last part of the summary because you didnt want the ending to be revealed. Created during the height of the drug era, the girl could be anyone from this time who found him or herself seduced by the mindaltering affects of marijuana, lsd, bennies, dexies, and heroin. Then he sent me to my classes like garbage thrown in a disposal. Some people maintain that alice in wonderland can only have been written by an author with considerable hallucinogenic mushroom experience under their belt. In the book, go ask alice, teenagers have an example of problems that they share with the main character of the book, such as drugs and alcohol abuse. Go ask alice books often are written about real events and happenings so that other people can understand the experiences that they can relate and learn from of the author. If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. The night waned, and i worked hastily, but in silence. He and alice get to know each other better, as does her family. I think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho.
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