the agony of alice by phyllis reynolds naylor

Eventually, she does decide that for now, she and Patrick are better as friends. And though Alice finds his kisses romantic, she begins to long for the time when they were just friends. She over-analyzes her every move, whether it be the number of rings she should wait before answering his phone calls or what to buy him for his birthday. Though Alice’s heart “bounces” whenever Patrick calls, she finds having a boyfriend more complicated than expected. Naylor, I believe, handles Alice’s first relationship wonderfully. In the end, Alice and Patrick decide to go back to being just friends (well, special friends) as they are able to enjoy each other more that way. “And by the end of August,” she says, “I’d begun to wonder if this was the way I was supposed to feel when Patrick wasn’t there: relieved” (Naylor, 1989, p.91). In fact, Alice finds that being Patrick’s girlfriend is a lot more stressful than just being his friend, and begins to experience relief in the moments he’s not around. Together they navigate the ups and downs of the dating world which, they come to find, is not so simple. It’s not only the Summer of the First Boyfriend for Alice, but for her best friends Elizabeth and Pamela, too. I didn’t want to get off, but I was terrified of what was over the next hill” (Naylor, 1989, p.2).Īlice’s father calls the summer before Alice starts junior high the Summer of the First Boyfriend. “So the Summer of the First Boyfriend–the first real boyfriend–stretched out before me like a roller coaster. OL13392W Page_number_confidence 75.56 Pages 182 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.10 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210408175753 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 192 Scandate 20210329061422 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781442423633 Tts_version 4.Alice in Rapture, Sort Of. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:00:36 Boxid IA40086316 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

The agony of alice by phyllis reynolds naylor