Go Ask Alice Characters

Go Ask Alice? Not PossibleIt is almost impossible to do an in-depth character analysis of Alice without first deciding whether to read Go Ask Alice as a real diary, or as a clever ruse to educate u...

A lot of Alice's angst stems from her relationship with her mother. She is, according to Alice, quite the nag. She's always getting on her to do her hair, and stand up straight, and stop dieting to...

Alice's dad is the Dean of Political Science at the University That Shall Remain Nameless. We picture him as a kindly professor-type, complete with glasses and a sweater vest. Fittingly, Alice is s...

We're grouping Alice's little brother and sister into one character because really, that seems to be how Alice sees them, too. There isn't much to differentiate between Alex and Tim, other than the...

Doing character analysis on anyone other than Alice is kind of like the movie Being John Malkovich—anyone we meet is always seen through the filter of Alice's perception. Thus, Gran and Gramps ar...

Alice meets Chris in a little hippie boutique in her new town and it's practically love at first sight—especially because Chris gives her uppers to cheer her up. Nothing says friendship like drug...

Beth is Alice's first friend in her new school (well, if you don't count the grungy one she befriends out of desperation), and her defining characteristic is her Jewishness. Alice is entranced by h...

Roger is Alice's idealized perfect love. Because of his role as Mr. Right, he almost serves as Alice's moral compass—for instance, after her first trip she is horrified about what he might think...

A freshman at the university, Joel is pretty much Good Will Hunting. His father died when he was young, so his mother works her butt off to provide for Joel, and he in turn works his butt off to pa...

Ted and Richie are Chris and Alice's "boyfriends," respectively, who are trying to put themselves through college by selling drugs and getting high. They manipulate the girls into selling drugs for...

Alice meets Doris in the doc's office in Coos Bay. She's a drug addict who is only fourteen, and yet she's seen even worse things than Alice has.

"Square" Friends from Alice's Old SchoolLucy Martin has a Christmas party.Debbie, Marie, and Sharon are referred to as Alice's "very best friends" from school, but that's the last we hear about the...