Go Ask Alice Have you ever had a problem? I’m sure you have because everybody sometime in there life does. The book I read Go Ask Alice by an anonymous author is all about problems‚ conflicts‚ and how to deal with them. I would give a lot of information on the author if that was possible‚ but the author is anonymous so I can not do so. From the very first page I had a hunch that this book was about a drug addiction problem. "SUGAR & SPICE & EVERYTHING NICE; ACID & SMACK & NO WAY BACK" (page
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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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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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Go Ask Alice By Anonymous For my summer reading‚ I chose to read Go Ask Alice. It is a diary about a high school girl who gets hooked on to drugs. She was trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her great home and a loving and caring family to the streets of an unforgiving city. It is a first person account of her harrowing descent into the nightmarish world of drugs. This diary explains the hardships and troubles she went through. Alice was used‚ made fun of‚ raped and much
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teenagers’ use. Over the past decade‚ drug use among teenagers has been increasing dramatically. In the book‚ Go Ask Alice by Anonymous‚ readers are introduced into the life of Alice as she goes through her rollercoaster life‚ faced with abuse‚ drugs‚ and alcohol and how much those substances affected her life. The story opens with Alice dealing with somewhat relevant issues as some of us do today. Alice is considered herself as a "typical" teenager. For example‚ she worries about boys‚ acceptance from
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them or banning them. The reasons are usually because it has sexual content or witchcraft and the encouragement of violence. Book banning has become so common that the last week of September is known as Banned Books Week. There have also been lists of frequently banned authors‚ as well as banned books. What is interesting about these is that many of the books are classics. The First Amendment of the Constitution guarantees our right to free speech‚ which includes the right to read and write books
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Title: Go Ask Alice Anonymous Krizzia Del Rosario Author: Alice Anonymous Text type: Novel Date: 20/02/13 Go Ask Alice Anonymous is based on a true story about a 15-year-old girl who gets given LSD at a party and loves the feeling of the drugs. Alice was once a shy innocent girl who got sucked into the world of drugs because of her need to be accepted. Although she did not even know what was happening to herself and did not plan drug use. But her ‘friends’
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It is understandable that people would think boxing should be banned because they do not approve of the whole concept--fighting. However‚ some people have a true love and passion for the sport‚ which has been around since the Ancient Greek times. This sport also provides jobs for boxers‚ so you would be putting many out of work. If you do not approve of boxing‚ why ban it... Just avoid the sport yourself. Don’t ruin what some people do for a living. It is like saying that because you personally despise
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I have read pages 1-159 of Go Ask Alice by an anonymous author. Throughout Go Ask Alice‚ the diarist explores a darker and more ominous side of human nature‚ one that is often disturbing and shocking. I believe the theme statement‚ “All the good in the world becomes transparent‚ as evil invades with an impossible potency” properly reflects the themes shown to us in the novel. Written as the diary of a fifteen year old girl‚ it has an aspect of immaturity that causes events in her personal life
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and it alters a path than they would have expected to be on. Both Go Ask Alice by Anonymous and You Before Me by Jojo Moyes are two perfect pieces of literature that illustrate how one event can change a being’s chores in life and kill them. Once any hopes and dreams prove to be unattainable‚ life becomes an unfortunate slippery slope of self-loaf and pain; it is up to this person to get themselves out of this new
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