In this chapter, Alice was asked to do another dare to be a part of the sisterhood. The dare was this - steal a marionette doll from the "voodoo house". The voodoo house was thought to be haunted in some way; hence the name. Alice decided to do it because she wants to be accepted by Hope and Faith. When in the house, she meets an old man. The old man comes out of no where in a wheelchair, and Alice thinks it may be God.
" ' You can't walk or talk anymore,' Alice said, the words slipping out before she could stop them. He blinked. 'God, you're broken,' she said. 'God, you're sick' His gaze fell to his plaid blanket. 'You tore your puppet apart, didn't you?' said Alice. 'And then you tried to fix it.' His eyes searched hers. 'You don't take good care of your toys, God,' Alice said. 'So I'm going to have to take the puppet away from you.' Standing at his side, Alice touched the old man's shoulder. His shoulder blades were sharp. (180).
The man seems to have caring in his eyes when Alice is talking to him. She mentions how she has never seen a person look at her like the way he looked at her. I know the man will have some significance in the book. Maybe he's connected to her in some way. I found it interesting how she basically told her life story to this man, seconds after meeting him. She told him how she was twelve and how everyone thinks she's older. Maybe she was just looking for someone who cared.
A theme I see emerging in this book is hope. Hope for some miracle to come; regarding how Alice is basically alone in life.
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