The Difficult Decisions In Alice's The Adventures Of Alice

Imagine being judged, people thinking they know the whole story, just for them to find out that they really know nothing at all. Alice was taken when she was ten years old, by a man named Ray. She has to face many extremely difficult decisions and throughout these decisions she shows her true colors. Alice proves that she is not broken when she decides to save Lucy from their kidnapper rather than escape herself. Alice is a living dead girl, living each day feeling as if she is being suffocated by Ray. “Once upon a time, a little girl who lived at 623 daisy lane disappeared the police questioned everyone.” (Scott 26) This was the day the her life changed, the day that she will always remember. Alice has been through horrible things and yet you can still see that she is holding on to the little hope she has of finally being set free. “I think of the knife in the kitchen, of the bridges I’ve seen from the bus or on the way to church [...] and I feel my heart cramp.” (Scott 48) She has
“She stands there, staring, and I can see her five years from now, hollowed out, hollow-eyed, shrunken little thing, not a girl but nothing more, not quite right at all but you won't look, will you?” (Scott 161) She decided that even though she will never she will not be able to move forward with her escape plan, she can’t let Ray do this to another girl. Alice also refers to the fact that most people won't do anything when they see something that is wrong, They just let it be. This is also a major issue that Alice struggles within the book. “ “Kyla” whisper, dark swimming up all around me. filling me up. My name is Kyla Davis I live at 623 Daisy lane will you please take me home now? [...] I am Free.” (Scott 169) With Alice's decision to save Lucy, completely changes the course of the book. In an attempt to save her, she was shot and killed. As she was dying she was finally