Post B

Alice is just realizing how things seem to work in the real world. She realizes that she will always be suffering; weather that be unhappy at home, or doing things she might not be inclined to do. Hope and Faith are trying to make Alice a member of "the sisterhood". They are taking advantage of her looks in order for her to join their club. The sisters are trying to make Alice buy them alcohol from the liquor store, and its going to work because Alice looks so much older than she really is.

"Alice looked at the camera. A light flashed. The Polaroid ejected a black square of emultion-coated paper. The three of them buddled together, watching it become a photograph of a tall, curbaceous, glamorous lady. She has a painted face" (169).

This paragraph is in the chapter called A Good Shot. The chapter is but a meer half a page long. I think the author is trying to portray an awkwardness by making the chapter so short, only really describing the fake idea the sisters have made. It is trying to show significance, maybe that Alice gets taken advantage of.

I am also noticing alot of very good imagery in this book.

"Hope paraded in and plunged herseld into the chair by the sliding doors, throwing her two long legs over its arm. The skin on her calveswas the color of taffy. It contrasted dramatically with the hem of her bleached jeans. She wore white sneakers without socks. Instead of shoelaces, she'd threaded a satin ribbon through the grommets" (162).

I am very appreciative when authors write with words like this. It paints a picture. It makes the book interesting.