Reyna marie to clear the matter, this novel was not based on a true story, nor is the events following alice s life, or characters factual. This is my second read of go ask alice, and i loved it just as much the second time around. It was a brave decision on her part, but the text always stayed with me. I thought it was interesting to read keeping in mind that this was a way adults thought they could discourage drug use. The poor girl in this story gets hooked on acid, which is possible to do, i know people who have been there before, and trys so hard to get past it.
An award winning novel by the name of go ask alice did that. Go ask alice ebook by anonymous 9780689832499 rakuten kobo. Go ask alice has been around for decades, and is even being used as reading material in high schools. Oct 06, 2011 i first heard of go ask alice when still in school in the 1980s. Every question is read, and each week a handful of health professionals give five new thoughtful and thorough answers. Through out the history of film, many productions have been made based on best selling novels. 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.
It refers generally to the explosion of psychedelic sounds, images and lifestyles in that decade. Go ask alice by anonymous ebook vqj free ebook pdf. Some people maintain that alice in wonderland can only have been written by an author with considerable hallucinogenic mushroom experience under their belt. 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. 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. We all laughed a lot, and alex got it in her hair and gramps got his false teeth stuck. Go ask alice by anonymous overdrive rakuten overdrive. Anonymous there isnt a resolution because she ends up dying from an overdose. Eleven gor forst en sammanfattning av handlingen och ger sedan sina egna reflektioner kring boken och dess tema. 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. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years. I did not expect to end the book, with a smile on my face thinking alice was on her way to recovery, only to.
My favourite part of the book, is the part where alice met joel and she felt in love with him. The blood heir controversy blood heir by amelie wen zhao book talkrant duration. Go ask alice is an amazing story that is passed on a real persons diary. She records about a boy named roger who rejected her, which leaves totally heartbroken and wretched. Only parents can decide if they want their children to read go ask alice. D espite the popularity of go ask alice, the mystery of the diarists identity has never been truly solved, and none of her relatives have ever come forward to claim a share of the royalties. Go ask alice was a fake, but dear nobody is an actual, legitimate unless someone finds otherwise reproduced diary of a teenage girl. Stream go ask alice unabridged audiobook at by user1868941 from desktop or your mobile device. Bookbanners like to take go ask alice out of libraries because they think. Go ask alice was originally promoted as nonfiction and was published under the byline anonymous. Mary rose does have problems with addiction, but she also. 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. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communications november 22, 2017.
Or maybe you saw the 1973 madefortv movie based on it costarring star treks william shatner. Check out selected results from nypl title quest 2019, held august 2, 2019, as well as title quest 2018. Because this book is presented as a diary, it is written exclusively from the first person past point of. Go ask alice is written as the diary of a fifteenyearold girls daytoday struggle with drug addiction. Go ask alice by anonymous ebook vqj free ebook pdf download. The narrataor is or the main character is introduced, and her name is alice. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Go ask alice, written by an anonymous author, is a diary kept by a fifteenyearold drug user. Because this book is presented as a diary, it is written exclusively from the first person past point of view. Unfortunately it is a fake it purports to be a genuine diary but is actually an artifice contrived to keep people away from drugs. With over a million copies in print, this book has become a classic. 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 is still awash in controversy, 43 years after publication. My cousin is reading that book go ask alice and she thinks it is realtrue story.
The diary begins right before alices fifteenth birthday. Its a book i recommend to parents, and teens alike. Go ask alice save to list other books you might like. Published in 1971, at the height of the psychedelic era, go ask alice is a visceral and harrowing depiction of a teenage girls fatal decline into drugs. In the 1970s, this fake diary scaredand temptedteenage. But she just cant resist the way the drugs make her feel beautiful and popular and connected to the world around her. 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. My very go ahead principal read it to the whole school in assembly over the course of a couple of weeks. May 31, 2010 read go ask alice summary free essay and over 89,000 other research documents.
Novel versus the movie adaption of go ask alice essay. 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. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage protagonist. Essay about go ask alice by anonymous 837 words bartleby. Go ask alice by anonymous ebook product description alice could be anyone. 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. As powerfuland as timelytoday as ever, go ask alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction. Every time after she uses, she feels guilty and low and vows to stay away. In 1960s historiography today, the expression summer of love is used in three senses.
Go ask alice by anonymous, 9780099557494, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ten reasons were wrong about the worldand why things are better than you think on free shipping on qualified orders. Anyway, given the agenda of its presumable author, it is not surprising that go ask alice comes off as heavy handed. 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 was a fake, but dear nobody is an actual, legitimate. A direct intercept of the youthful drug experience this dear diary record is the second heads you lose, p.
Im an advocate for banned stories that teach difficult lessons the easier way, and go ask alice definitely falls into this category. A book report on go ask alice english literature essay. Oct 03, 2016 go ask alice has been around for decades, and is even being used as reading material in high schools. Im now a mum and i decided a couple of years ago to read the book myself. 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. Still a thousand too many, but theres a bait and switch campaign to safepoint tobacco. The book go ask alice was the reallife diary of a teenage girl. This is what i found on wikipedia about white rabbit and its composer grace slick. Are bad message, being banned for references to sex, rape and drugs, and almost certainly being a fake. White rabbit is one of grace slicks earliest songs, written during either late 1965 or early 1966.
With over a million copies in print, go ask alice has become a classic of our time. Intr duction conclusion when she starts drugs again with her friend. To ask other readers questions about go ask alice, please sign up. The author, through this book, doesnt wants his readers to look for advise in it, but to learn about the real. Named for grace slicks mindexpanding white rabbit lyrics and credited to anonymous, the book seemed specially designed to scare young readers away from experimenting with substances. Go ask alicejays journal by anonymous, paperback barnes. Readers often look forward to seeing their favourite novel be brought to life. But i remember from when i read it years ago that the whole diary was actually made up to scare kids away from drug use.
However, not long after its publication, beatrice sparks, a psychologist and mormon youth counselor, began making media appearances presenting herself as the books editor. 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. 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. Based on a 15yearolds diary, go ask alice is the intimate account of one girls fatal journey into the world of drug addiction. This is almost the only happy thing in alices life. This is an update of a previous post by sharon rickson. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after. Though go ask alice is a classic, its not a good book. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to. It utilizes imagery found in the fantasy works of lewis carro. Go ask alice in my opinion is one of the best books ive read. Go ask alice is one of the least believable fake diaries i have ever read.
Go ask alice by anonymous and a great selection of. 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. Go ask alice is a novel by youth counsellor beatrice sparks, first published in 1971. Nov 20, 2003 based on a 15yearolds diary, go ask alice is the intimate account of one girls fatal journey into the world of drug addiction.
I read this when i was 12, what an impact it made on the rest of my life. I also read the ones about sex where the journaler in one contracts aids and in the other gets pregnant. The queries are representative of those emailed by anonymous visitors to the go ask alice web site. Go ask alice about this book she doesnt want to get hooked on drugs.
Considering this book is a multigenerational classic, you seldom see early copies in hardcover, and rarely in collectible condition in. 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 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. To answer questions about go ask alice, please sign up. Poignant and unflinchingly honest, her story is a tragedy that is repeated in towns and cities across the country. Go ask alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteenyearold drug user. The protagonist is so robotic and idiotic and rings false at every turn. Novel versus the movie adaption of go ask alice essay cram. Returning to it as an adult feels a bit like youre taking part in a piece of pop culture in the vein of scared straight or reefer madness. Jul 03, 2014 go ask alice was a fake, but dear nobody is an actual, legitimate unless someone finds otherwise reproduced diary of a teenage girl.
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