Summary
As I approach the resolution of the memoir, Alice gives an ‘Oh my God’ moment that makes people wish there was continuation to this book. The trail continues and the defense attorney continues to ask questions that does not prove Gregory Madison’s innocence. The defense lawyer tries convey her to the jury as a racist by asking how many black people does she see a day. The next few pages go on and on with the simple yes or no questions asked and the simple yes or no answers. Eventually Madison is found guilty for his actions and sentenced to 8 1/3 – 25 years to jail on July 13, 1982. Yes! Jusitice is served. The man is behind bars and everyone moves on with their happy little lives, right? Wrong. Just when everything is starting to pick up, Alice’s boarding room at Syracuse is broken into and her roommate is raped. Just hen you think everything will go back to normal, her roommate gets raped. Then instead of taking legal actions like Alice did, she decides to ‘let this one go’.
Quote
“But it is later now, and I live in a world where the two truths coexist; where both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand” (Sebold 251)
Reaction
This quote is the last sentence of the book and it has some meaning to it. This quote brought up a couple of questions. She lives in a world where the two truths coexist. What world and what truth is Alice talking about? This is what makes the ending of the book so interesting. Alice gives a quote that makes us want more, that makes me want to search for her and find the answers to my question.
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