Then he sent me to my classes like garbage thrown in a disposal. Then write an essay comparing and contrasting the book to go ask alice. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years. See all 25 questions about go ask alice lists with this book. Jul 17, 2016 go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after publication top 100 bannedchallenged books. 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. The sobering message of go ask alice had a huge effect on my lifeand then i. As powerfuland as timelytoday as ever, go ask alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction. They are both written by a female protagonist about the same age, and they both give in to peer pressure and both are very intelligent and wise beyond their years. First paperback edition march 1998 go ask alice taken from white rabbit, written by grace slick. Mar 23, 2017 then, in 1978, a book called voices, a compilation of stories about troubled teens, was released, with jacket copy attributing it to beatrice sparks, the author who brought you go ask alice. Im lonely, im heartbroken, i hate this whole number and everything it stands for, i feel im wasting my life away. Click to read more about go ask alice by beatrice sparks.
Go ask alice, written by an anonymous author, is a diary kept by a fifteenyearold drug user. Revelations about the book s origin cast doubt on its authenticity and factual accounts, and the publishers have listed it as a work of fiction since at least the mid. In a 1995 village voice column for banned books week, nat hentoff. Alice met fawn at the store and she invited alice to come over and go swimming in. The actual number of readers probably surpassed the sales figures, as library copies and even. Theyre making staff changes at the university and her dad has got to get back. Almost home annies baby basketball diaries, jim carroll beauty queen checkers cut a recent one about treatment of a self mutilator dear miffy which is full of really foul language beware dont you dare read this, mrs. Oct 03, 2016 go ask alice has been around for decades, and is even being used as reading material in high schools. 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 is written as the diary of a fifteenyearold girls daytoday struggle with drug addiction. Go ask alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteenyearold drug user. The diary begins right before alices fifteenth birthday. Go ask alice was the first book she edited, though at the time the book was published she chose not to include her name on the novel.
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. This is my second read of go ask alice, and i loved it just as much the second time around. 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. 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. 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. 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. Although written a number of decades ago it is still relevant and i would highly. 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. Ill spend the rest of my life helping people who are just like me. But when she goes out with one of the people she met and tries more drugs. 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.
I dont want to just sit listening to other kids who can go home for christmas and who can write and phone when i cant and why cant i. The book that defined my teen anxiety turned out to be a lie. Go ask alice the controversial 1971 novel about the diary of a 14. Then she helped by a priest that helps her reunite with her family. There is an alice in the book go ask alice, but shes a minor character mentioned in only one paragraph. Go ask alice by beatrice sparks, 198208, avon flare edition, mass market paperback in english 1st avon flare printing 77. Here are few examples of what researchers had to say about our work. 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.
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. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. They both have similar personalities and both end up. 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. I want so much to be someone important, or even just asked. If youre writing a go ask alice essay and need some advice, post your anonymous essay question on our facebook page where fellow bookworms are always glad to help. Go ask alice has been around for decades, and is even being used as reading material in high schools. Only publishers weekly threw shade, remarking that it seems awfully well. As powerfuland as timelytoday as ever, go ask alice remains the.
Around mid1980s, a supposed editor of the book was uncovered. This is my second read of go ask alice, and i loved it just as much the second time around im an advocate for banned stories that teach difficult lessons the. Years before james frey and the million little pieces scandal, there was go ask alice and the theories about who wrote the book. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after publication.
Go ask alice by anonymous beatrice sparks banned library. I finally have something to do for the rest of my life. 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. It is not a definitive statement on the middleclass, teenage drug world. I moved through the pages rapt, feeling sophisticated in my new acquaintance. Go ask alice, a real diary in print for four decades. Go ask alice summary an unnamed fifteenyearold diarist, whom the novels title refers to as alice, starts a diary. Go ask alice by anonymous banned book but was it real. I just count my blessings because i think thats so amazing for me.
For example, our doomed teen goes on for more than four pages. Go ask alice book report by lacey pettigrew on prezi. 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. With a sensitive, observant style, she records her adolescent agony.
Book banners like to take go ask alice out of libraries because they. Go ask alice and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. It may be reproduced in its entirety or excerpted for these. Go ask alice is a 1971 novel about the life of a troubled teenage girl. 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. This passage from the book go ask alice was when alice first decided to quit using drugs and to stay clean. The book was purported to be the real journal of a 15yearold girl who was the alice of the title. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage p. A year later came jays journal, the diary of an adolescent boy who succumbs to satan worship, which similarly credited dr. You can check on, the various reprints, to see if any of them give you what you want.
Do you think the book go ask alice should be banned. 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. Well, im about 12 page into this book and i already hate alice. If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. Go ask alice quotes showing of 55 im not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things ive gotten from books. How to go by making a magazine alice in wonderland. Go ask alice banned book project go ask alice when the.
Go ask alice is an amazing story that is passed on a real persons diary. Find go ask alice lesson plans and teaching resources. Go ask alice when the book was first published in 1971, the novel had no known author or editor as the cover stated anonymous. Claimed to be taken from an actual diary, the story caused a sensation when published, and remained in print as of 2012. 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. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. 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. Pretty good, i dont usually read books that were written like a journal but i heard good thinks about it. In the 1970s, this fake diary scaredand temptedteenage.
Random quote writing well mean never having to say, i guess you had to be there. I picked up this book at our recent friends of the library sale. A book report on go ask alice english literature essay. Go ask alice a real diary timeline timetoast timelines. Go ask alice is a fiction work written anonymously and first published in 1971. 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. See a complete list of the characters in go ask alice and indepth analyses of alice, diary, parents, and joel.
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. The novel is in epistolary format, being comprised entirely of diary entries and as such, was first thought to be an autobiography. Alice, once a shy, innocent girl, is sucked into the heartless world of drugs because of her need to be accepted. As such, we hope it will provide insights into the. Though go ask alice is a classic, its not a good book. 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. It was a real page turner and kept you interested the whole. So go ask alice is the story of a young woman falling into a spiral of drugs, depression, and debauchery after an accidental exposure to drugs. As as child in high school i was 15, im 49 now, i read the book go ask alice, i was a loner i wanted cool friends. First published in 1971, go ask alice is a controversial book involving teenage addiction. A study from the university of pittsburgh presented at the 2011 iconference. Sep 01, 2008 as as child in high school i was 15, im 49 now, i read the book go ask alice, i was a loner i wanted cool friends. As such, we hope it will provide insights into the increasingly complicated world in which we live. By thi time i was finished with the book i knew what i wanted i saw the exciting life i wanted.
I wanted her life it seemed cool it was a way to lose weight. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage protagonist. Well be looking at why the book was challenged, howif things have changed since the book was originally published and what we actually think of the book. 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. Radio default, go ask alice, live aradio, live set, 2015. Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole.
Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after publication top 100 bannedchallenged books. Alice decided to ask jill to get her some marijuana to try for the first time. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. It is, however, a highly personal and specific chronicle. Go ask alice is the firstperson tale of an accidental downward spiral into drugs, alcohol, unwanted sex, and impoverished living. Insight into the wisdom treasures hidden in the adventures of alice in wonderland itll. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
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. When go ask alice was published, it was what was within the contents of the pages that. 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. Go ask alice banned book project go ask alice when the book. I think ill go into child guidance when i get out of school. Beatrice sparks, a teen psychologist and mormon youth counselor was uncovered to have actually written the majority if not the whole entire novel. My try research quotes in my book the anonymous author is outstanding when it comes to figurative language. When visiting her grandparents she meets a few people and hangs out with them and gets drugged. Essay about go ask alice by anonymous 837 words bartleby. Even though she thought it wasnt that bad, she wouldnt try it again. The go ask alice book of answers is a groundbreaking guide that mines the best material from the eponymous awardwinning web site.
Read another book that deals with teenagers and drugs, such as crank by ellen hopkins and smack by melvin burgess. Im an advocate for banned stories that teach difficult lessons the easier way, and go ask alice definitely falls into this category. Go ask alice is small, 224 under size pages and written in diary format so is a quick read. A number of independent studies have been conducted over the years that included go ask alice. 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. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited. 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.
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. It is written by beatrice sparks in the form of the diary of an anonymous teenage girl who becomes addicted to drugs. But at the same time, weve all been so bogged down in d. The book go ask alice was the reallife diary of a teenage girl. Go ask alice is about a girl who gets drugged unknowingly. Oh dear wonderful, trusting, friendly diary, thats exactly what ill do.
This photograph was controversial for a different reason when it first started circulating in 2018. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after. And the kicker is that its supposedly ripped from the diary of an actual teenaged girl. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Go ask alice is presented as an antidrug testimonial. Symbolism is the use of everyday words put into a book to mean something more than the word itself.
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. It is written by beatrice sparks in the form of the diary of an anonymous teenage girl who. Slicks mindexpanding white rabbit lyrics and credited to anonymous, the book seemed specially. Radio default, go ask alice, live aradio, live set, 2015 addeddate 20150612 10. The novels title was taken from a line in the 1967 grace slickpenned jefferson airplane song white rabbit.
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