The Tenth Circle, Character Sketch: Trixie

At first, Trixie just seemed like a normal 14 year old girl. There was obviously something off about her though. Something wasn't normal. As the book progressed it became more and more obvious that she was lost in sadness. She was confused and vulnerable. Even though Trixie seems different, she actually reminds me of every other teenage girl. She has such a jumble of feelings that she doesn't know what to do with them. Everybody just deals with feelings in a different way. It's obvious that Trixie is very well-liked. She's gorgeous, but also the girl that everybody pays attention too. So, while Trixie is just trying to deal with everything that's happening to her, she has to also deal with overhearing people talking about how "messed-up" she is. When Trixie gets ready every morning she talks about how "these days, her entire life was about making people believe she was someone she wasn't anymore" (20). Even though this quote is brutally honest, it describes Trixie throughout the book. It all starts after Jason broke up with her. She's not herself anymore but she tries to make everybody think she is actually fine. In fact, she didn't even tell her family about how they broke up. When Trixie's best friend Zephyr takes her to a party, Trixie does everything that Zephyr tells her too, and none of this is what Trixie would normally do. She acts wild and falls into peer pressure. That party takes a turn for the worse when she is drugged and raped. After that single act of violence, Trixie's true self is so lost that it seems impossible that it will ever be able to be found again. But, she still tries to act okay around everybody else. When she finally stops pretending, and lets go of trying to lie to everyone, she eventually begins finding herself again.