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Go ask alice, beatrice sparks in 1968, a 15yearold girl begins keeping a diary, in which she records her thoughts and concerns about issues such as crushes, weight loss, sexuality, social acceptance, and relating to her parents. Only parents can decide if they want their children to read go ask alice. The girl who wrote this diary lived in two different worlds, the real world and a fantasy world. This is my second read of go ask alice, and i loved it just as much the second time around. Poignant and unflinchingly honest, her story is a tragedy that is repeated in towns and cities across the country.

In case you arent familiar with it, its supposedly an anonymous diary found by the. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage p. 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. Most leaders dont even know the game they are in simon sinek at live2lead 2016 duration. She was a good girl from a good family, with everything she could want or need. At the 16th of june, alices grandmother died in her sleep. Go ask alice in the book, go ask alice, a young girl, who felt like an outcast, was invited to a party. Go ask alice was the product of beatrice sparks, an author who has come out with a number of teens who saw their lives ruined by their bad choices offerings, each one presented as a true. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after. Im an advocate for banned stories that teach difficult lessons the easier way, and go ask alice definitely falls into this category. Yet it was originally promoted as nonfiction, its still sold as by anonymous and the copy i have has this is alices true story on the cover plus the blurb on the back, the foreword and the psychologists comment at the back everything is still packaged to make out this is nonfiction. The dates and locations mentioned in the book place its events as occurring between 1968 and 1970 in california. All picture source titles are hyperlinked to the pages that they appear on this site. She was so excited to finally be accepted by them, all she ever really wanted was to be one of them.

Books similar to go ask alice meet your next favorite book. A highschool student documents her struggle to overcome her dependency on drugs in the pages of a diary. Go ask alice by anonymous about the book she doesnt want to get hooked on drugs. Go ask alice is written as the diary of a fifteenyearold girls daytoday struggle with drug addiction. Novel versus the movie adaption of go ask alice essay. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. 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. Joel gave her alice a lot of strength and offered her to go to the funeral. Stream go ask alice unabridged audiobook at by user1868941 from desktop or your mobile device. Go ask alice a real diary timeline timetoast timelines.

If youre looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our weekly recommendation thread, suggested reading page, or ask in rsuggestmeabook. 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. Alice acted like she was sick, so she didnt had to go to school. 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. Go ask alice ebook by anonymous 9780689832499 rakuten. Alice meets a freshman at the university library, joel. With over a million copies in print, this book has become a classic. I am always on the look out for classics and banned books often one and the same when i seen a copy of this book. Included are new features, more interaction, better integration with social media, and a widget to have go ask alice. Alice is the anonymous protagonist her name is an allusion to a jefferson airplane song whose intermittent diary entries narrate go ask alice.

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. Go ask alice anonymous diaries paperback january 1, 2006. In the same vein, go ask alice is young adult literature because thats the audience it was specifically geared toward. 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. Some people maintain that alice in wonderland can only have been written by an author with considerable hallucinogenic mushroom experience under their belt. 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. Teenagers of every race, religion, and clique relate deeply to the words of the anonymous teenager within the book go ask alice, by an anonymous girl whose life enters a place where, as most teenagers, she has no idea who to turn to, or where to go. Go ask alice by anonymous if you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. Go ask alice ebook by anonymous 9780689832499 rakuten kobo. While some of the scenes and language may feel dated, the book still carries tremendous emotional power. I picked up this book at our recent friends of the library sale. This story follows the typical template for the say no to drugs genre of liturature. The book that defined my teen anxiety turned out to be a lie. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years.

Novel versus the movie adaption of go ask alice essay cram. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage indepth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Jun 16, 2002 a photograph is a secret about a secret, diane arbus famously said. 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, written by an anonymous author, is a diary kept by a fifteenyearold drug user. My plan was to read this for banned book week, and although i did not finish it during the week i meant to, i did finish it. 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. To ask other readers questions about go ask alice, please sign up. Alice is an anonymous character and the most we know about her is that she is white, middleclass teenager who struggles to fit. 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. 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. 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.

The novel is in epistolary format, being comprised entirely of diary entries and as such, was first thought to be an autobiography. Sparknotes is here for you with everything you need to ace or teach. In short, go ask alice is bad in just about every way its possible for a book to be bad, and much has been written to this effect. Go ask alice is a supposed diary of a young girl caught up in the wild life of drug abuse in the late 1960s. 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 is a diary of a teenage middleclass girl. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. 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. As alice set off to the library to research drugs, she ran into the guy who helped her the night she got drugged, bill, who asked her out on a date. Every time after she uses, she feels guilty and low and vows to stay away. Go ask alice by anonymous banned book but was it real.

Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage protagonist. 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. In the tradition of go ask alice and lucy in the sky, a harrowing account of anorexia and addiction. In 1960s historiography today, the expression summer of love is used in three senses. Discover the latest and greatest in ebooks and audiobooks.

She thinks someday shed like to get married and raise a family. The go ask alice book of answers is a groundbreaking guide that mines the best material from the eponymous awardwinning web site. Essay about go ask alice by anonymous 837 words bartleby. Based on a 15yearolds diary, go ask alice is the intimate account of one girls fatal journey into the world of drug addiction. 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. Go ask alice was a stark counterpoint to the freewheeling ethos of the early 70s that was ahead of its time, eventually fitting in perfectly with the war on drugs and d. 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. Remembering the summer of love forty years on anthony ashbolt abstract. Go ask alice is small, 224 under size pages and written in diary format so is a quick read. An intelligent, sensitive girl with a literary flair, she experiments with drugs and the counterculture to escape from her low selfesteem and consuming loneliness. But those of you old enough to remember the latter portion of the 70s might remember that beatrice sparks, the editor of go ask alice, also edited a bunch of other alarmist books aimed at teens, all supposedly taken from teenagers diaries. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to. He and alice get to know each other better, as does her family. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.

Go ask alice save to list other books you might like. Oct 03, 2016 go ask alice has been around for decades, and is even being used as reading material in high schools. The sobering message of go ask alice had a huge effect on my. Book of answers is published and the site gets an overhaul and updated look go ask alice.

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. Or maybe you saw the 1973 madefortv movie based on it costarring star treks william shatner. Go ask alice, a real diary in print for four decades. This passage from the book go ask alice was when alice first decided to quit using drugs and to stay clean. Alice decided to ask jill to get her some marijuana to try for the first time.

Pressure to use drugs at school intensifies, as the kids harass alice and her family. A book report on go ask alice english literature essay. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited. Then, in 1978, a book called voices, a compilation of stories about troubled teens, was. As alice set off to the library to research drugs, she ran into the guy who helped her the night she got drugged, bill, who asked her out on a. The book and especially the ending shows the harsh reality of drugs and addiction in teenagers.

Through out the history of film, many productions have been made based on best selling novels. The chumminess would proceed from here, with each stage. But she just cant resist the way the drugs make her feelbeautiful and popular and connected to the world around her. The kids who were there were considered popular at her old school. The diary begins right before alices fifteenth birthday. 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. She gets a fever and has to go the hospital with help of someone. As powerfuland as timelytoday as ever, go ask alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction. It refers generally to the explosion of psychedelic sounds, images and lifestyles in that decade. Go ask alice quizzes about important details and events in every section of the book. 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. An award winning novel by the name of go ask alice did that.