Monday, December 12, 2011

Jay's Journal- Anonymous

  In Jay's Journal so far, the main character has a new girlfriend named Debbie whom has a bit of a drug problem, and the main character finds himself in a position where he is supplying Debbie. As a birthday present the main character's dad gives him a job at the family pharmacy. Eventually though, he finds himself stealing pills and replacing the powder in the capsules with powdered milk to keep Debbie happy. soon enough though the father finds out what the main character has been doing and sends him away to a rehab center.

Monday, December 5, 2011

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous EPILOGUE

  At the end of the book the epilogue explains that "anonymous" was found dead after her parents had returned from a movie only three weeks after deciding now to continue writing in another diary. She was rushed to the hospital, but it was already too late for her. She had overdosed.
accidental?
purpose?
no one will ever be able to answer the question as to why she overdosed, but what we can say is that "she was only one of thousands of drug related deaths that year".

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous DAY SIX

  Now that the main character is off the drugs and attempting to bring her life back together, the old friends she once had, are now threatening her family and now attempting to scare her back into doing drugs. The main character resists though, more than she ever thought possible, she even befriends some kids from school that are straight edge, and are willing to help her continue on a sober path, and for awhile that goes perfectly for her. She also meets a boy named Joel at the library where she studies, and she eventually falls in love wit him, But isn't until one day while babysitting that she is set up and tricked into taking acid, ultimately landing her into an insane asylum. At the asylum our main character meets a girl named Alice, a girl who shares her story with the main character about how she was a baby prostitute and a drug addict, and will forever be locked away in the asylum. Alice is only 14. The main character learns a lot from Alice, and eventually she gets out of the asylum. Once she is home, she starts to actually live a normal life, her family life is great, her new sober friends and Joel are great that our main character is finally happy. Her last post in her diary she says "I used to think that I would get another diary after you are filled, or even that I would keep a diary or journal my whole life. But now I don't really think I will. Diaries are great when you're young. In fact, you saved my sanity a hundred, thousand, million times. But I think when a person gets older she should be able to discuss her problems and thoughts with other people, instead of just with another part of herself as you have been to me. Don't you agree? I hope so, for you are my dearest friend and I shall thank you always for sharing my tears and heartaches and my struggles and strifes, and my joys and happiness. It's all been good in its own special way, I guess. See ya.".

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous DAY FIVE

  The main character sets out again to try and live all on her own and expecting things to be as easy as they were the first time. Unfortunately thought, she finds herself in a bit of a struggle for survival. She meets a girl named Doris when she leaves to go to Coos Bay, Oregon. Doris is a girl she met while in a church doctors office, who offered to let the main character stay with her. Doris also becomes a friend of the main character due to the fact that the who share a common problem, drugs. Thought, the main character enjoys being with Doris, she once again finds herself wanting to return home, and eventually she calls and is reunited with her family again. This time though, she stays away from the drugs as  much as possible. But the her surprise the dopers at school don't like it. They feel betrayed and pissed off at her. The dopers of the school, her old crowd of friends, will do anything to get her back to the drugs, back to their side, back to the poisons that lead the main character down dark road she has been desperately trying to stray away from.

Friday, November 11, 2011

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous DAY FOUR

   After returning home after being away for months, both girls try and reconnect with their family and soak in everything they've missed. Happy to be home and off drugs the girls find joy in being close to their families again. But it isn't long until Chris caves back into the drugs pulling Alice along with her. Both knowing that they shouldn't but but still proceeding to do so. It's fun for awhile but then Chris's house gets searched and it all goes down hill from their. The drugs are exposed, the girls are exposed and the girls begin to rethink if they should have come back.

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous DAY THREE

   Now that the two girls are on their own, the first thing that they need to do is get jobs. They find a one room apartment to last them until they can afford a new one. Finally when they do find jobs they decide to use the profits to start their own boutique and move up from there. They soon find themselves at many parties with their upper-class bosses and coworkers, falling back into the drugs. Until finally, both Chris and Alice decide that a life of drugs is not the life they want to live. After quiting their jobs and finally opening up their dream boutique, it comes to their attention that Christmas is coming up and neither of them will get to see their families. Eventually though, Alice gives in and calls home, booking a flight back to her home she almost managed to forget. Chris and Alice, both realizing the mess they managed to get themselves try and catch up on what they left behind.

Monday, October 24, 2011

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous DAY TWO

   So far in the book, the main character has met a friend from down her street in her new town whom she becomes best friends with. When summer approaches though, Beth, the main character's newly found friend has to go to summer camp for six weeks. Alice takes the time that her friend will be away an an opportunity to visit her grandparents. Unexpectedly though, while visiting her grandparents, she reconnects with old friends and soon finds herself experimenting with drugs like LSD, cocaine, and speed. When she returns home again, she finds that Beth has a boyfriend whom she spends most of her time with, forcing Alice to find other friends. She end us befriending a girl name Chris, who introduces her to a boy names Richie.  The main character falls in love with both Richie and his endless drug supply. It isn't until one day where Alice and Chris walk in on Richie and Chris's boyfriend, Ted, to find that they in fact are gay lovers. Shocked to find this information Chris and Alice decide to flee to San Francisco escape the mess they have made, and start out fresh.  This time with only themselves as the familiar.