Go Ask Alice :: essays research papers

Go Ask AliceThis book is actually a real diary, written by a 15 socio-economic class over-the-hill American girl who is tossed into the world of drugs. The girl has the "perfect" purport but is forced to change from a child to an adult nigh overnight. She develops a crass attitude, and becomes paranoid, all because of her newly found lust for drugs.It didnt vertical happen overnight. She started to take sleeping pills and tranquilizers to fall asleep but friends slipped her lysergic acid diethylamide and from then on she was hooked. She felt insecure and alone, so when the "popular crowd" invited her to join them she leapt at the chance. She fits right in by being introduced to drugs such(prenominal) as Speed and torpedos. She starts to experiment with more use of drugs and pre-marital sex.She starts pushing drugs at school for her new boyfriend Ritchie which will give her a rep she wont be able to shake off father on experience the road. It turns out though , that Ritchie is gay as she soon finds out, she was used and feels terrible so..Feeling her life is depressing, with her p arnts harping at her about her looks and grades, and her peers ignoring her at her new school, she runs international with a girl a year older than herself, Chris. They go to the urban center of San Francisco to escape it all. They live in a one bedroom swampy apartment, saving their money until they can open up their own diminutive boutique. They find jobs with wonderful bosses who invite them out. One is a wonderful old man with a large family who accepts them as their own. The other boss is a very wealthy woman who loves to throw parties and lets the girls crash at her place. They imply everything is wonderful until one even out they are sitting with her and her boyfriend and they smack heroin and then speed and then are brutally raped. They are disgusted with this lifestyle so they head out to start a boutique for themselves.After a while with the b outique the two are over with it and decide to head home, she calls her mother and is picked up the next evening at the airport by her families warm embrace.Christmas time has come and she is blissful as can be. No more drugs, happy to be with her family and sprightly to get rid of her old life and on with the new.