Strawberry Alison Character Analysis in The Turning

Strawberry Alison is a girl with a large birthmark on her face and is Vic Lang’s second childhood love. A popular girl despite her birthmark, Strawberry Alison is popular at school, successful in sports, and publishes a poem in her school magazine. While she bursts into tears at Vic’s confession of love, the book later reveals that she is lesbian. Strawberry Alison and her girlfriend tragically die in a car accident while they return to Angelus after her first year of university.

Strawberry Alison Character Timeline in The Turning

The timeline below shows where the character Strawberry Alison appears in The Turning. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...new narrator (Vic’s wife) tells the story of her husband Vic Lang’s adolescent love for a girl with a birthmark covering half of her face . This past love still holds great meaning for Vic, many years later. In her... (full context)

In the flashback, Vic sees Strawberry Alison, the girl with the birthmark, for the first time. At first thinking she was burnt... (full context)

Vic continues to watch Alison from a distance, unable to talk to her. While Vic wants to “rescue” her, Alison... (full context)

During Alison’s last year of school, she publishes a poem about two girls in flames in the... (full context)

At the end of Vic’s last year of school, rumors spread that Alison has come out as a lesbian in university. While Vic struggles to believe it, he... (full context)

...place. Vic plays basketball with blackfellas and falls in love with an older girl, Strawberry Alison, but still feels alienated. On weekends off, Vic’s father takes the family—Vic, Vic’s parents, and... (full context)