Meet the Characters
She is the 14-year-old protagonist who becomes the first person in the world to survive a successful brain transplant.
Who is Alice?
Alice receives a new one because her original one was destroyed in an accident.
What is a body?
The type of struggle Alice faces throughout the story.
What is man vs. self?
This emotional peak of the story happens when Alice unexpectedly meets this person on the street.
Who is Mr. Jerred (Gail's father)?
A tingling sensation.
What is prickly?
The character is Alice's twin sister, who struggles to accept her "new" sister.
Who is Jenny?
Before the accident, Alice's father shared this philosophical phrase about how a person's inner self is viewed.
What is "The eyes are the mirror of the soul"?
Because the story deals with futuristic medical procedures and brain transplants, it falls into this literary category.
What is science fiction?
Mr. Jerred stops looking at Alice as his daughter when he stares closely into these freatures.
What are her eyes?
Something that can change or adjust to meet new conditions.
What is adaptable?
She is the deceased 16-year-old girl whose physical body was given to Alice after a fatal accident.
Who is Gail Jerred
The physical item, engraved with the initials "ACS" used by Alice as she forces herself to look at her unfamiliar face.
What is a silver-plated mirror?
Jenny feels distant from Alice because she believes her real twin is essentially this.
What is dead?
This is the city street where the fateful meeting between Alice and Mr. Jerred occurs?
What is Bedford Avenue?
A sharp twisting of the face, indicating disgust or distaste.
What is grimace?
This grieving individual meets Alice on Bedford Avenue to see if any part of his late daughter remains.
Who is Mr. Jerred?
During her recovery, Alice had to relearn these two basic human mechanics.
What are walking and speaking?
This tells that Alice is the main character and when and where the story takes place.
What is the setting/exposition?
To permanently claim owership over her new physical identity, Alice uses an umbrella to care these into the west asphalt.
What are her initials (A.C.S)?
To spellbind someone.
What is mesmerize?
Through her overprotective actions and a grand birthday cake, this character inadvertently reveals her deep-seated guilt.
Who is Alice's mother?
Alice grimaces while eating this food, realizing her new body has entirely different taste buds.
What is cake?
The narrative structure frequently relies on this literary device to show Alice's life before and during her hospital stay.
What is a flashback?
By the final scene, Alice moves from a state of identity cris into this comforting mindset regarding her situation.
What is self-acceptance (or embracing who she is)?
Something that deprives someone of peace or rest.
What is disquiet?