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What do you think are some of the themes in the book?

 * Drugs and Alcohol
 * Family
 * Depression
 * Pick your friends carefully.

Why do you think Alice has nightmares about maggots and worms? Do you think that they are a symbol for something?

 * Because she has still to get over her grandfather's death.

How did Joel impact her life?

 * Yes, he helped her keep get through the tough times.

How did Alice end up at an insane asylum?

 * She started chewing her fingers to the bone and thinking she being eaten alive by maggots, because someone put acid on her peanut snacks.

What did you think of the ending? Do you think she died of an accidental overdose or do you think she overdosed on purpose?

 * She probably did it on purpose, because something else we didn't know happened that put her over the edge and after everything she went through prior she just couldn't take it anymore and decided to kill herself.

Summary: Today we talked about themes/symbols and also the questions. We also talked about our opinion on the book. We both enjoyed the book and thought it was really interesting. Alice was doing really well for a while and at the end of the book she was found dead and no one knows if it was an accidental overdose or if she did it on purpose. Some of the themes we saw during the book were drugs and alcohol, family, depression, and pick your friends carefully.