Post B

Alice finally gives into J.D. in this chapter. A twelve year old girl gets introduced to feelings she never knew were possible. I realize you're not an idiot reading this, Ms. Tholen, and yes, they did have sex. At first, Alice i still very oblivious and scared about everything that is going on. She really has no idea what to do.

"Alice looked up at J.D. The expression on his face was ugly. His eyes were slits. She half expected that he was going to push her head underneath the water until she drowned. He spoke of love, but he hated her. He'd gotten love and hate confused. Alice could see that plainly now, in his eyes, his face, his lips. She began to churn in the water, kicking her legs and paddling with her arms, swimming away from him, deeper into the water" (245).

She felt like he was doing terrible, unnatural things to her. At first she would do anything to simply get away. As time goes on, however, Alice becomes a tad bit different...

"She'd turned into something feral, a wild girl, hungry for this food, this drink, this feast that belonged on the grown-ups' banquet table. He led her out past the rocks, into the woods. Lying between the brambles and the scrub grass, they traded places. It was Alice who became predatory, a hunter wanting to feed. She threw herself upon him, wriggling against him- the demon Alice- nibbling on his grown man's mouth, desperate to get more of the terrible miracle feeling" (251).
As I said before, she just gives in, simples as that. She sees how much J.D. can pleasure her, and she goes with it.