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Alice Sebold Lucky Essay

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The book "Lucky" was written by Alice Sebold lucky was based on a true story about a young girl by the name Alice who was a freshman at the University of Syracuse. Then there Alice experienced one of the worst things in her life. It all started with the rape Alice was rape by Gregory Madison walking back to her dorm room at a late night time from Thorden Park. When Gregory grabbed her and force her into a dark tunnel when he began to take her clothes off and take advantage of Alice. During the time she was getting rape she was trying to find a way to distract herself from the pain and the feelings of the rape. After Gregory was done doing the rape he started to feel sorry for Alice but at that point, it was already too late. He tried helping her put her clothes back on and asking her questions like "are you okay" and she responded "yes I'm okay I'm fine" just to get away from him. Alice was brought to the hospital to check to see if there were any damages and to make sure she was fine. She had help from a friend named Tree to help her shower and …show more content…

Secondary victimization was huge during the time she was at trial. I say this because they triggering her flashbacks during the time she was getting rape. For example explaining what was going on, what did she have on and etc? As she was in trial the officers were bringing the evidence from the scene the white pants she had on was all red and bloody giving her flashbacks of the incident. During a lineup, Alice picked out the wrong in the lineup. The police stated that she was "lucky" because a young girl was raped and killed in the same tunnel she was raped in. The word "lucky" is very often used when it comes to a victim being raped. It's hard to understand that a young girl who was a virgin was taken granted for and got her virginity taken by a stranger also being forced to let it

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