Silent Agony: A Portrait of Polly in Girl, Interrupted by Miguelangel Contreras – English 1A

In reading Girl, Interrupted, the character Polly shocked us all.  She planned her own suicide with the same care and detail most of us plan a dinner party.  People come and go to our parties, but Polly would live with her decision forever.  Miguelangel writes of what it must be like to live, trapped deep inside one's own body.

Miguelangel - Polly


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