On page 65 we see Alice having a certain distrust towards men. "We were praying for my soul. I stared at Father Breuniger's crotch. Though about what he was under all that black. He was a man. He had a dick like every man did. What right had he, I wondered, to pray for my soul?" She doesn't even think a Priest has the right to pray for her soul. She has been raped by a man who was stronger than her, he had more power; preist's have the power as well. Making that connection maybe she is scared; scared to trust anyone with any power over her at all. She see's right through people doing nice gestures for her as if it's going in one ear and out the other; she just ignores it and worries about men.

On page 38 Alice reveals something to us; her mother was an alcoholic. "My mother's pillows when I was little smelled like cherries. It was a sickeningly sweet smell. It was the same way my rapist smelled on the night of the rape. I would not admit to myself until years later that this was the smell of alcohol." Alice's mother and her rapist now have something in common. Drinking. Maybe this foreshadows trust issues with Alice and her mother, or maybe this foreshadows a big tragedy where Alice doesn't want her mother to drink anymore.