martes, 17 de noviembre de 2015

This book is supposed to be a diary of a girl who begins to use drugs. You can read all of her "process", since she tastes acid for the first time.
This book was published in 1971 and was
very important in the field of psychology. It talks a lot about drugs and how do they supposedly affect adolescents who consume them.
In my opinion, Go Ask Alice may exaggerate about that topic and it is very tabloid.

But even though that's the main topic of the book,  that wasn't what fit my attention. The way in which the supposed Alice expresses everything that she's carrying inside, was what fascinated me.

I've never read a book such full of hate and confusion. Or as crude and explicit. Alice is not just a teenager who uses drugs , but a girl who is lonely and damaged inside also.

" I wish the doctors and nurses would let my soul die, but they are still experimenting with trying to reunite the body and the spirit."

 You can get the feeling internal and external stuff are being totally mixed and this is surprisingly common for Alice. She is able to see the nakedness of everything and although sometimes this may be gross, it is something , I always find it very beautiful.


 This book has a lot of confusion. Confusion I think is necessary, but sometimes, people may forget.

"I don't know what the hell hour or day or even year it is, or even what town. I guess I've had a blackout or they've been passing some bad pills. The girl on the grass beside me is white-faced and Mona Lisa like and she's preggers. I asked her what she was going to do with the baby and she just said. "It will belong to everybody. We'll all share her."


VOCABULARY-

TOMBSTONE- A gravestone.

"Your name and day of death will be written in yout tombstone."


DECAY- To fall into ruin

"There's a civilization that had begun to decay."
 
 
BUMMER- One that depresses, frustrates, or disappoints
 
"Getting stranded at the airport was a real bummer."
 
 
CLUSTER- A group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely together; a bunch
 
"She held out her hand, a small tight cluster of fingers"
 
 
SHAG-A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair.
 
"My hairstyle is a shag"
 
 

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