In the book Go Ask Alice (1971) By an Anonymous author‚ a teenager struggling with drugs tragically succumbs to her problems. There has been a lot of Controversy revolving around whether the author is real or if this book was just written to draw attention to drugs. Regardless of whether the supposed author actually existed‚ the fact that remains is that identity issues and drug addiction are very real problems for millions of teenagers. In the beginning of the book a teenage girl talks about
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On the very first page of The Color Purple‚ the reader encounters strong words and difficult concepts. The book unfolds into a series of letters from Celie to her sister Nettie‚ as well as some diary entries. The book talks mostly about Celie’s life. We learn that in the beginning of the novel Celie is raped by her father. Another thing we learn is that Celie’s mother is ill and therefor is unable to care for her family. Celie‚ the narrator‚ is a poor and uneducated‚ 14 year-old African American
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The Color Purple The story The Color Purple is about a fourteen-year-old girl name Celie who was raped repeatedly by a man whom she was lead to believe as her father majority of her life later only to find out later after her mother’s death he was not. At the time she believed that her father was her father so finding out that her father‚ Alphonso was not her father made her relieved being that she had gave birth to two children whom she believed was her brother and sister. Celie experienced rape
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Banned Books According to DoSomething.org‚ more than 60% of teens are doing or have done drugs at one time. Go Ask Alice should be banned from middle school and elementary libraries and only permitted at the high school level because of the use of vulgar language‚ the use of illegal substances‚ and the explicit descriptions of the activities being done throughout the book. One reason this book should be banned is the use of vulgar language. The foul language used in this book is not appropriate
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Dung Vu Nursing 53 October 6‚ 2016 Extra Credit: “Still Alice” Movie Review This movie is about a psychologist named Alice Howland diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive‚ incurable disease that destroys memory and important mental functions.Alice displayed many signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease‚ such as‚ mental decline‚ difficulty thinking and understanding‚ disorientation‚ forgetfulness‚ difficulty concentrating‚ agitation‚ self-care deficits
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LaFlair 1 Professor Rhonda Rodriguez English 209 17 March 2014 Alice Walker As a writer‚ Alice Walker deals with many issues‚ most of which concern historical and modern race problems in America. Through this she brings to national attention the cruelty and inhumane abuse that African Americans have endured. This general topic can be broken down into many areas that she feels are important for people to know and to learn from. Alice walker was born on the ninth of February in 1944‚ In Eatonton
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“Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self” written by Alice Walker‚ is a gentle and easy to understand story. It is not that the story is a boring and no highlight. When reading the book‚ it’s like I am hearing my friend’s story. Alice’s emotion changed totally different before and after the “accident”. Before the accident‚ she described herself as if she was the most beautiful and intelligent girl in the world. When Alice was only two and a half years old‚ when her father was chosen which kids
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authority‚ usually on the grounds of religion‚ politics or public morality. My book Go Ask Alice‚ is one of the books that still remains on the banned book list. When looking into censorship and banned books‚ my book Go Ask Alice is one that is still fought about today. I am going to go into detail about why my book is about‚ why my book is banned‚ and what I think should happen with my book. To begin‚ Go Ask Alice is about a young girl who gets very much involved with sex and drugs. It’s an actual diary
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The book Go Ask Alice‚ originally written by an anonymous person‚ but then later discovered to be Beatrice Sparks‚ is a commonly challenged book that educates young adults about the effects of drug abuse. Go Ask Alice follows the life of a common teenage girl and her struggle with addiction and mental diseases. Therefore‚ it is a very educational book for teens for teens to learn the reality of drugs. Because Go Ask Alice does involve drugs‚ alcohol‚ and sexual content‚ it should be banned for specific
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beautiful in their own way. Meanwhile‚ the people in articles are influencing young teens and adults to look a certain way. The audience needs to acknowledge the problem with not only with race but also gender influenced in beauty standards. The Author Alice Walker passage‚ Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self‚ expresses her feelings of growing up as an accident disfigures her eye which led her to believe she wasn’t beautiful. The accident changed her from a cute‚ outgoing young girl into a vulnerable
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