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Egocentrism In Because Go Ask Alice

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Because Go Ask Alice is written through the viewpoint of a teenage girl, covering everyday issues and sharing common thoughts that most people will admit that have shared as well it is able to counteract one of the concepts we have learned so much about- adolescent egocentrism. Their inexperience in the world causes adolescents to have a false belief of egocentrism which stems into personal fable and imaginary audience. Personal fable is a belief held by many adolescents telling them that are special and unique, so much so that none of life’s difficulties or problems will affect them regardless of their behavior. Personal fable seen throughout the book. The main character, Alice, is tricked into trying drugs for the first time but after

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