From an early age, Alaska was able to be her own person, and she was, and I admire that.
She was able to romanticize her life so easily and enjoyed looking to the future, even though she didn’t see the point of her life. She shared her stories with her friends and that made me feel close to her. Alaska was somehow both optimistic and pessimistic at the same time. From the beginning of the book, Pudge expresses that he is looking for his “great perhaps.” This is later explained as finding his meaning of life.Īlthough Alaska’s part in the book is short, her character left a lasting impact on me and how I now view the world. This unusual interest is what drew in Pudge’s new friends at his new school.
Pudge has a fascination for knowing famous people’s last words. The novel has many dark themes like death, and the meaning of life. The group of friends: Pudge, Colonel, Alaska, and Takumi, are faced with many deep topics that a lot of highschoolers must deal with. Along with his group of new friends throughout their difficult junior year of high school. John Green’s novel follows Pudge, a high school student who just moved from Florida to attend a boarding school in Alabama.
I thought that reading from Miles, the protagonists, point of view was very enjoyable, and the audience was able to start to understand who Alaska was at the climax of the book. The short 221-page book was amazingly fast paced, and the ending is left up to the audience’s interpretations. I enjoy reading books that have a good easy message to read, but upon looking deeper, a more meaningful message is revealed. The novel had me scratching my brain trying to figure out Alaska’s ambiguous personality and use of pretentious metaphors. Y.’’ A question that the author John Green has his audience asking themselves through the entirety of his young adult novel, “Looking for Alaska.” “How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering? -A.
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