Go Ask Alice

A detailed Summary of Go Ask Alice

Go Ask Alice, was a real diary of a young girl. The author of the book was anonymous. It was written and published in March 1998, by Simon & Schuster Inc, in New York.

There were no specific settings in this book because Alice ran away from home a lot and went all over the place. Although the book didn't state the exact places she lived in, it did say that she went from her small town to big cities such as San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Denver.

The main character in this book was Alice. She was a fifteen-year-old girl who wanted to become a social worker when she grew up. Alice didn't have many friends, and she was very insecure about her body. She was seduced into a world of drugs. The drugs were so powerful that she couldn't deal with the problems she had at home, so she ran away. She tried to stop taking drugs a couple of times but it was so hard that she always went back on it. Alice finally stayed sober but was tricked into taking drugs again and she tried to kill herself but ended up in a mental hospital. When Alice was seventeen she overdosed on sleeping pills and died.

Her parents were also important in the book. They were the ones who were always there for Alice. They still loved her even after the t

Go Ask Alice was written in the form of a diary. It was a true story about a teenage girl and her life while she was involved with drugs. This style made it seem like Alice was just one of the millions of people who struggled with drugs. The diary also brought the reader closer to Alice and it left you wondering why she killed herself, or what would of happened if she didn't kill herself and kept another dairy.

After Alice came home from the mental institution, she became completely sober. Alice decided not to keep another diary because she did not wish to look back at her past, and think about the things she had done while being involved with drugs. Her parents found her dead three weeks later, after they came home from a movie. The book did not explain what happened, it just told us that she died of an overdose on pills.

imes she ran away from home. They were the ones who were always worried about her and they were the ones who cared about her the most. They always bailed her out of situations and set her back on the right track. They were also the ones who found her dead after they came home from the movies one night.

The point of view of the story was written in first person. This was a good way to tell the story because it was so honest that the reader could have thought that he/she knew Alice. It helped the reader to truly see what was going on inside Alice's head and what it would

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Approximate Word count = 955
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English