Devouring the Monster? Or Devoured by the Monster?

       In the book, Crank, by Ellen Hopkins, Kristina/Bree (they're both the same person), the main character, goes to meet her dad in Albuquerque, after eight years. When she goes there she is first introduced to crystal meth, in other words Crank, and in her words, the Monster. Kristina is the perfect daughter, quiet and that no cool people want to talk to, and Bree is the cool, flirty, addict. Addicted to the monster. Kristina's first line was with her father, her boyfriend, and his kind-of ex-girlfriend. 

       Kristina is on crystal meth because she wants to get away from her life and be alone. In the beginning of the story, Kristina says that being alone, is exactly the place she needs to be. No mom, no stepfather, no big sister, no little brother. Kristina doesn't seem to want to be the perfect daughter, a gifted high-school junior or Kristina Georgia Snow. She wants to be Bree. I think that the way Kristina is lead to the monster is when she wanted to be alone. And when she wanted to be alone, she wanted to be Bree. And when she wanted to be Bree, Bree took control of her and that's what led to her addiction to the monster.

       In my opinion, I think that Bree is the monster herself because she seems like this wild inner personality that Kristina has hidden for so long and now that it's unleashed, there is no turning back. That relates to crank because after the hunger and addiction to crank is unleashed, there is no turning back - in a very long time. Kristina/Bree is devouring the monster, but I think that Kristina was devoured by the monster first, the monster luring Kristina in with hopes of pleasure, but in reality, Kristina is actually hurting herself. 

       I am not quite sure who to blame for Kristina's addiction to meth. Maybe, a little bit of the blame should be put on everyone. First of all, we could all blame Bree for convincing Kristina to try meth. But then, Kristina should have taken over right? Should have said no, right? Someone can't just say jump over a cliff and you say yeah sure. But all the blame can't be put on Kristina or even Bree. What was the father of Kristina doing while Kristina was taking a line? He was sitting right next to her, enjoying a line of his own. Not your typical fatherly figure. Kristina's family back home didn't seem to notice her much after she came home. Being ignored might have been one of the factors motivating Kristina to take meth.