Thirdly, Alice, as a teenager went through some tough times as a child. In all of high school, she and her friend would avoid her friend would avoid this girl so they do not have to walk with her after school. She was perky but in Alice’s words “she was nice, but she was way too clingy. And I strongly dislike people who cling to me like lint” (Munro 154). The two friends had a special hiding spot where they would hide under the bleachers and giggle and wait till she was done waiting for them to come. She would even avoid her coming to her home. It was not like she was a bad influence, she was not like that at all. Since she had no friends she would cling to the ones that casually communicated with her. Over all of that, There was some trouble here …show more content…
So do she. Alice was a bright student. Although she lacked some confidence. This article says “A lot of teens look at each other and place a label on that person without even taking the time to listen to their story” (tilteens, 1). The reviewer goes on explaining that a lot of teenagers are trying to be someone else they are not so they can fit in and not be made fun of. That is what Alice had to go through as a teenager. There was one moment in her life where she thought she was going to lose her father. That was claimed to be the toughest times of her life. This is located in the chapter of the novel Home. Alice had just came home from her studies bor the break and heard some really bad news about her father. He had a rare illness. Alice dashed to the hospital and waited patiently hoping nothing was going to happen. Alice was trying to distract herself by thinking of the fun memories they had together growing up. She states “then I remember everything - the trip my father and I had made to Muskoka in 1941, when my mother was already there, selling furs at the Pine Tree Hotel north of Gravenhurst” (Munro 314). In that scene she remembers what a good time that