In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. She thinks someday shed like to get married and raise a family. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Fortunately, alice is a gifted writer, lacing her unhappy vision of the world with poetic, sensitive language. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after. Like she said, the theme would be, tragic death as a result of heavy drugs. Doris is a druguser who with alice lives in coos bay, oregon.
Mar 06, 20 go ask alice title was inspired from thelyrics jefferson airplane white rabbit 3. 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. The main character struggled with drug use and her family always was there to try to help even through her running away and coming back. Would you say alice regains her innocent status at the end of the book. The main characters of this fiction, young adult story are.
Go ask alice is written as the diary of a fifteenyearold girls daytoday struggle with drug addiction. The book title go ask alice was launched from this. Sep 27, 2016 i think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho. January 24th after youve had it, there isnt even life without drugs. Go ask alice quiz that tests what you know about important details and events in the book. Both chris and alice decide to go to san francisco thinking that moving to a different place is going to help them with quitting their addiction and habits towards drugs, alcohol, and sex. Implementing special education services in rural remote areas. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 2 pages and is available in paperback format. The proceedings from the western states topical conference salt lake city, utah, february 36, 1975. Go ask alice when the book was first published in 1971, the novel had no known author or editor as the cover stated anonymous.
This is my second read of go ask alice, and i loved it just as much the second time around. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage p. Alice is a 15 year old girl who starts a diary on september the 16th. The main theme in the book is that alice is trying to stop taking the drugs but she. Pdf go ask alice book by beatrice sparks free download. Only parents can decide if they want their children to read go ask alice. Read another book that deals with teenagers and drugs, such as crank by ellen hopkins and smack by melvin burgess. From sex and relationships to alcohol and drugs to fitness and nutrition, this comprehensive handbook is the first of its kind to provide muchneeded information for young adults who cannot get reliable or anonymous. Originally sold as the real diary of an actual teenager, go ask alice is the fauxmemoir of a 15yearold girl whose life is dominated by her drug problems. I really need help with this essay im writing and its about the book go ask alice. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. The answer above mine gives you more description of the contents of the book.
Ive read the book but im horrible at picking out themes and i just have no idea what it is. Loved it and sorry laughed a little at the idea of alice a pushers wife. A teenager whose life is dominated by her drug problems recounts in her diary her experiences from her indoctrination into the. As powerfuland as timelytoday as ever, go ask alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction. Then write an essay comparing and contrasting the book to go ask alice. The author, through this book, doesnt wants his readers to look for advise in it, but to learn about the real world in which some teenagers have to live through. The go ask alice community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. 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.
The internal conflict of alice from the book go ask alice is that she feels under pressure because of her parents and from her friends external conflict foreshadow. At this point its important to note what the author editor says in a brief introduction, that the book is not a definitive statement on the middle class, teenage drug world. Minor character babbie and tom are young drugusers who alice meets in the mental hospital. Full text of the times news idaho newspaper 19520124. 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.
Go ask alice literary elements theme the main theme of the novel go ask alice is about how drugs affect teens. Go ask alice ebook by anonymous 9780689832499 rakuten kobo. Does anyone know what the main theme is that would be really helpful. This passage from the book go ask alice was when alice first decided to quit using drugs and to stay clean. Some commentators have noted that these books use writing styles similar to go ask alice and contain similar themes, such as tragic. 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.
Jun 01, 2006 the book title go ask alice was launched from this. Realistic fiction, drug abuse fiction, diary fiction 4. It may be reproduced in its entirety or excerpted for these. Go ask alice banned book project go ask alice when the book. Theres no getting around the fact that alice has almost nonexistent selfesteem, so her sense of identity is determined by the people she surrounds herself with. This story follows the typical template for the say no to drugs genre of liturature. Columbia, mo, and the national digital newspaper program. Novel versus the movie adaption of go ask alice essay cram. Go ask alice quizzes about important details and events in every section of the book.
Cyberstargazer i love jefferson airplane go ask alice when she was 10 feet tall you totally rewrote and rocked this song, love the whole cooking without a recipe book theme. The book go ask alice is based on the actual diary of a. Epigraph go ask alice is based on an actual diary of a fifteenyear old drug user. A possible explanation for this novel relationship is that one of these. How would this book be different if she were older and less naive. Moreover, they offer a powerful escape, blurring the line between fantasy and reality as books once did for her. Essay about go ask alice by anonymous 837 words bartleby. 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. Around mid1980s, a supposed editor of the book was uncovered.
Poignant and unflinchingly honest, her story is a tragedy that is repeated in towns and cities across the country. 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. 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. For alice, drugs are a way to connect, however briefly, with others. Go ask alice has been around for decades, and is even being used as reading material in high schools. Alice begins her diary because she has no one else to talk to, and she spends her energy searching not for drugs, but for someone who understands her. Go ask alice is supposed to be a diary, so theres quite a bit of anguished soulsearching and selfindulgent whining.
With over a million copies in print, this book has become a classic. Can see her standing there brewing the drugs from your clear images penned. Oct 03, 2016 go ask alice is the firstperson tale of an accidental downward spiral into drugs, alcohol, unwanted sex, and impoverished living. The diary begins right before alices fifteenth birthday. Jun 05, 2008 i need to find a quote from it that goes a little somthing like this. Opnieuw komen er drugs aan te pas terug naar boven. If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. Alices journey into the substanceabusing hippie culture of the early 1970sshe tries everything from pot to lsd to heroinis a harrowing tale of the cycle of addiction, and the authors pull out all the stops to show us that drugs are bad. A secondary data analysis of the 2017 national survey on drug use and health was performed. The list go ask alice has been one of the most frequently challenged books, according to the american library associations frequently challenged books of the 21st century list, since its publication in 1971, for content relating to drugs, sexual explicitness, offensive language, and inappropriate themes for the target age group frequently challenged 1. Also we need to pick a quote that represents the theme. A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale. The books core theme and essential purpose would be the same if it had in fact been inspired by one single life.
Im not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things ive gotten from books. Creating film adaptations for movies has become very common because directors can be sure that their target audiences are intrigued by the topic of their future film. Its boring to say she over and over again and not boring you is kind of our mission in life. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to. Beatrice sparks, a teen psychologist and mormon youth counselor was uncovered to have actually written the majority if not the whole entire novel. Go ask alice, written by an anonymous author, is a diary kept by a fifteenyearold drug user. The title go ask alice isnt referring to the girl in the diary because she is anonymous, the name alice is a symbol used from a song. Like she said, the theme would be, tragic death as a result of. Based on a 15yearolds diary, go ask alice is the intimate account of one girls fatal journey into the world of drug addiction.
Free download or read online go ask alice pdf epub book. Since go ask alice is thinly veiled antidrug propaganda, it kind of goes without saying that drugs and alcohol play a pretty huge role in our tale. Go ask alice is a supposed diary of a young girl caught up in the wild life of drug abuse in the late 1960s. If you could help me out with that also that would be wonderful. Some commentators have noted that these books use writing styles similar to go ask alice and contain similar themes, such as tragic consequences for spending time with bad companions, a protagonist who initially gets into trouble by accident or through someone elses actions, and portrayal of premarital sex and homosexuality as always wrong. Go ask alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age.
The go ask alice book of answers is a groundbreaking guide that mines the best material from the eponymous awardwinning web site. Go ask alice by beatrice sparks, 198208, avon flare edition, mass market paperback in english 1st avon flare printing 77. Conflict the main conflict of this book was drug use and abuse. Its a diary from a girl, so it isnt really written with a reason. An award winning novel by the name of go ask alice did that. The first edition of the novel was published in 1971, and was written by beatrice sparks. An analysis of the book go ask alice by beatrice sparks. However, the counterculture soon becomes empty and cold to alice, and her repeated returns homeand ensuing happiness in the family foldindicate her true desire for the stability that middleclass life offers, despite its downfalls. The narrator is never named, but were going to go ahead and hop on the bandwagon of people who call her alice based off the title. 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. The book and especially the ending shows the harsh reality of drugs and addiction in teenagers.
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