Connection to modern day societty

The percentage numbers of teenagers doing drugs is moving up especially the males whose percentage is currently 65% and females 39%. On a sad note many people go to jail because of drugs and the percentage according to the findings in 2006 Census Bureau indicates that 2.2 million people are victims to drugs. (Jansen 1)

These numbers are quite scary. They're also rapidly increasing. If these numbers keep increasingly theyll eventually get to 100%. This is really bad because then everybody will end up in jail. This connects to my book because like I've said in every other blog post the girl uses drugs and they eventually kill her. She got in trouble with the police once but it was just because she had prescription pills with her that weren't  actually hers

Reflection of characters

My book is written in a different kind of style so there aren't really 'characters' like there would be in other books. However, I'm going to reflect on the girl that was writing on the diary entries. She is a 15 year old freshman n high school. She feels like she doesn't fit in with anyone. I can relate to this because I'm a 15 year old girl in high school and I feel the same way. She eventually moves away and transfers to a new school. At first she is sad to leave all that she has ever known but after she moves it's a huge relief because she finds people she can relate to. I don't know how this feels but I was going to move at the beginning of this year but I didn't. I still wish I would have though. :( the girl gets involved with the wrong kinds of people though.

This relates to modern day society because there are many people even in. Y grade that do drugs and are involved with the wrong kinds of people.

book review

Summary: Teenage girl that goes down the wrong path and gets involved with the wrong group of people. She explains her story through the form of her diary. She never states her name though. She gets into durgs and stuff as well. She first starts experimenting with marijuana and then she gets laced marijuana with LSD in it. LSD is really bad. It makes you see things that aren't actually there. These effects also happen afterwards as well. In her case, she truly thought there were bugs crawling all over her when clearly there weren't any bugs anywhere near her. This caused her to be admitted into a psych-ward. After this, she started 'popping pills'. This led to her over dosing. At the end of the book, she is talking about how suicidal she is and how sad she really is. Her last diary entry was real short. You could tell something was wrong with her. And then there's a disclaimer that says she died from pills.

I think any teenager would like reading this book because it has a lot of stuff that is relevant to our lives. I would give it 4/5 stars.

Final Blogging Assesment English 1B

I chose the blogging promt of

·         The most important line from a chapter is…  (and explain why it is important and how the plot develops from that line)

I find this promt to be relatively easy for my book because typically the character in the book (remains anonymous) repeats or reprases the same sentece over and over throughout each 'diary entry'.

Paragraph 1:

My writers voice is very distinct in my blog post due to my choice of syntax and diction. I used very low and informal diction because I believe this is the easiest way to connect with your reader. When you understand something, you tend to connect to it a lot better than if it were all fancy words. An example of low/informal diction in my blog post is when I wrote “Ha-ha, just kidding(that would be weird if the author didn’t know the answers to her own book)” This is low diction because these are all very casual words that you would use in a conversation with a friend. My syntax that I used helps the reader feel how I am trying to express my words and self. Such as the beginning of my blog post when I was talking about how I was feeling and how much I liked this book.. I stated, “  Hi, I am a freshman at William Mason High School and I am currently reading (almost done, however) your book Go Ask Alice. I love this book!” Using the parenthesis is describing where I am and how I feel without stating anything else or stopping the sentence. Also, an exclamation point makes it have a lot more energy and flow. By using these methods, it helps the reader and I have a connection without actually meeting or talking because you can hear my voice in the text.

Paragraph 2:

At the beginning of this trimester I wanted to increase my writer's voice within my posts. I have worked to manage this by including parenthesis with my own witty comments within my posts. I believe this brings out my writer's voice tremendously because I make witty comments all the time. My progression is very evident in my postsw throughout my blog. At the beginning of the trimester I would just write summaries and not discuss my personal input at all, but the more posts I did the more comfortable I became with blogger and eventually my writers voice just came to me naturally.

Explain why you chose the book you did. (Be specific).

I chose to read Go Ask Alice for my independent reading novel for this trimester because it looked like it was a really good book. Also, a few of my friends have read this book and I know that they loved it. Also, the picture on the cover drew me in a lot also. It's a picture of a face, hiding behind something. I have realized that this relates to the book because the main character(remains anonymous) iis a girl that is hiding behind her skin. On the inside, s he is very suicidal, depressed, and a druggy. But on the outside, she acts like a strong girl who can't be brought down by anything. This really realtes to our society today becayses a lot of teenages feel this way daily. It's really sad to think about but it's ujst the truth. Below I have attached a picture of the cover.

Letter to the author:

Dear Beatrice Sparks,
         Hi, I am a freshman at William Mason High School and I am currently reading (almost done, however) your book Go Ask Alice. I am loving this book! I have been really busy lately and have't been able to finish it yet. :( I am planning on finishing this week though! I have several questions for you regarding this book. The questions are as followed:

• Why did the main character (the girl writing the diary entries) remain anonymous? I understand that it's her diary that she's writing in but there is no name included anywhere within this book
• What inspirded you to write this? Did you get into drugs and then  you wanted to write about all the dangers about them and what they do to yo? Or, was it more of a writing based upon experiences you have heard about?
• Why is it called Go Ask Alice? I still don't understAnd that.
• I read the last page before I started reading the book so I know that she overdoses and dies, but why does it end so suddenly? Why is she just gone?

I think that is a few too many questions and I'm sure you don't even know the answers to all of them. Haha, just kidding (that would be weird if the author didn't know that answers to her own book). I would like the compliment you on your writing style though. I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower and it was the same style of book. A.K.A. a book that has diary entries within it. I personally like the way you wrote your diary entries better than Stephen Chbosky. Well, I need to go work on other school related stuff now(it's so annoying). It would be nice to hear back from you!

Yours truly,
Emily Davis

Go Ask Alice review

        I am almost done with Go Ask Alice. I am about 30 pages away from finishing it. This book has a lot of ups and downs. I don't want to give away a lot of spoilers because I know that this is a popular book for my age group. However, there wil be a few within this post so if youre planning on reading this book, I suggest not reading this blog post. The main character who reamins unnamed is approximately 15 years old. She doesn't make very good choices. She does drugs and drinks a lot. SHe also ran away from home and moved to California, which was also not a good choice. She is starting to feel a little suicidal as well. She struggles with her weight a lot. I believe she has an eating disorder of some sort but I am not sure because it isn't specified.


       Alice eventually gets drugged and accidentally takes LSD. afterwards, she believes that worms are always eating her. I feel like this would be such an awful way to live. I know when I have an icth on my nose it makes me go insane I couldnt' imagine believing that worms are ALWAYS eating at you and always feeling squirmy. Eventually, she checks herself into a mental hospital to get herself help. She realizes that she has a problem and she actually wants help. I know that this is very hard for people do to. I have seen someone very close to me go through the same exact thing,