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Comparative Essay

 

             The books "Go Ask Alice" by Anonymous and "The Catcher In The Rye" by J.
             Salinger are both very similar books about confused, lonely and awkward teenagers .
             whose lives are out of control. "Go Ask Alice" is about a drug addicted teen who is under .
             extreme pressure from her "perfect parents", friends and school. She runs away from her .
             home in means to find her place in life. Her journey is somewhat very similar to Holden .
             Caulfeild's journey in "The Catcher In The Rye". Holden is a confused and disillusioned .
             16-year-old boy who searches for truth and rails against the "phoniness" of the adult .
             world. He sets off on a journey, as well, to search for a place where he belongs. Both .
             characters have addictions, these addictions started because they both wanted to escape .
             from reality and they both find innocence and have a good communication bond with .
             their younger siblings.
             "Anonymous" in "Go Ask Alice" is a 15-year-old girl who is tricked into taking the .
             drug LSD. This has begun her journey into darkness. The drugs take her off her .
             loneliness and self-hate, but they also turn her life into a nightmare of exalting highs and .
             excruciating lows. She experiments not only with LSD, but with marijuana, speed, .
             mushrooms and cocaine. She is addicted to all these drugs and finds it impossible to stop .
             any of them. For her, these drugs turn into her life. .
             "Anyone who says pot and acid are not addicting is a damn, stupid, raving idiot, .
             unenlightened fool! I've been here since July 10, and when I've been off I've been scared .
             to death to even think of anything that even looks or seems like dope. All the time .
             pretending to myself that I could take it or leave it! All the dumb, idiot kids who think .
             they are only chipping are in reality just existing from one experience to the other. After .
             you've had it, there isn't even life without drugs." (Anonymous, 83).
             The way this part of the story is like "The Catcher In The Rye" is because .


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