Character

Tracey

Secretive -"You wouldn't understand and you wouldn't want to know, believe me. Let's forget the whole thing, OK?" -She's being secretive by avoiding answering the question Mandy asked her.

Lonely- "I wanted to know what a real life was like. I wanted to know what normal people do." -She feels lonely in her world so getting to know someone in the outside world would be comforting for her.

Hopeless- "... I don't care about being the top dig anymore, and when Anita came in, all hot to take over, I wasn't going to stand in her way." -Being the 'top dog' seemed to give Tracey hope or more like something to live for but she seems to have given that position up along with her hope.

Rough- "... I dropped her with a backhander through the nose." -She is a rough or violent person when provoked which would have led to her being in Garrett.

Sensitive- "All I want is for people to be nice to me." -Shows she doesn't like it when people are unkind to her (just like any other person would be) even if she doesn't show it.

Tracey (the main prtagonist) seems to have a strong and positive relationship with Mandy, who she began writing to after sending out an ad in a magazine. The relationship between the girls began as secretive, hiding things from one another by avoiding the other person's question,  but grew to be more positive after they shared some pretty heavey secrets with one another and knew that they could trust each other.

* "Trace, don't do this to me... But I've got to know the truth at leats." -Mandy

* "And I don't show your letters to anyone, although I don't blame you for wondering." -Tracey

* "Thanks a lot for your letter. You are good to tell things to." -Tracey