Looking For Alaska By John Green

There are an infinite amount of unique responses to the question “What is the meaning of life?”. However, the majority of people will agree that the true meaning of life is to find happiness and what is really important to one’s self. In Jon Krakauer’s, Into The Wild, Chris McCandless conveys this idealism through his life’s journey as he bravely defies all limitations. Chris McCandless isolates himself from society in his Alaskan Odyssey as a way to defy accepted expectations and to begin discovering the meanings of life without any corrupted influences.

In April of 1992, a young man of the age of twenty-four, later determined to be Chris McCandless ' body, was discovered in an old Fairbanks bus in the Alaskan bush. Four years after his death, Jon Krakauer wrote a novel titled Into The Wild, the book traced McCandless 's journey around much of the United States, across the West side of Canada, and even down to the boarder of Mexico. Over the many years since his death, speculations have arisen about how death was brought upon him. Most believe starvation was the only reason, but with extensive research Jon Krakauer discovered another theory, that a substance in the seeds that Chris McCandless was ingesting was a contributing factor to his death. Even with this conclusion many around the world despise Chris for his being naive and unprepared when walking into the wild. While others believe he was brave for following his dreams and never letting anyone talk him out of his plans. Chris McCandless was an adventurer who was brave enough to never back down, but in the end his luck turned for the worst and was misfortunate enough to have ate the wrong type of food. McCandless was an inspiration and a lesson to people of all ages, that dreams aren 't meant to be taken lightly and even with possible risks they should be followed. Jon Krakauer 's book tells a marvelous story of a young man who left behind the outside world to do what he loved the most.

The book New Found Land was written by Allan Wolf in 2004, Allan used striking poetic features and fictional characters to recreate Lewis and Clark 's expedition across the continent. There mission, find the fabled Northwest passage to the pacific ocean, this group of courageous Americans may never come back. Through his use of Historical and fictional characters, Wolf was able to showcase the different viewpoints of Lewis and Clark 's crew. One of the key characters that led the expedition to success was Meriwether Lewis. I chose to look up his last name due to the fact that his last name is the more well known than his first name. Lewis is the english form of the french name Louis, this form was also derived from the german name Ludwig

Have you ever ran a stop sign on purpose? Have you ever ran a red light when no one was around? People break society's rules all the time on purpose, but why do they break them?

In the book Looking For Alaska by John Green, we learn about a quiet and very shy going to his graduation party with only two friends from high school. The young man's name is Miles halter and he is leaving for prep school at Culver Creek Preparatory School. This young man seems to have a personality that's very shy and antisocial. It even says in the book “Said cavalry consisted of exactly two people: Marie Lawson, a tiny blonde with rectangular glasses, and her chunky (to put it charitably) boyfriend, Will. (Green 1)” What this shows is that Miles doesn't like to do many extracurricular activities and is very shy in school. The point when he decides to not become shy and step out of his shell is when he decides to smoke a cigarette. In

“The Cure is Within Us” Whoever is his life, do not had a depression? I think most of us ever have felt that anxiety, that state in which we feel that we are nothing and that by that time no matter what happens, you only care about the problems. And the problems are the same for almost all, money, work or love, often the lack of them. The majority of us suffer these depressions are momentary, many are cured when the payday; but others sink into a state of deep sadness, which is then diagnosed as depression by doctors.

He was never really the popular guy and is not usually the one for small talk but is mostly into famous peoples last sayings instead. Miles is very scrawny and lanky but very intellectually smart. Chip Martin, The Colonel, is Miles’ best friends but opposite by comparison. He got the name, the Colonel, because he made sure all of Alaska’s pranks were going to work, the mastermind of them. The Colonel is a genius and excels at school but is a very straightforward type of guy. He is very short but muscular and a regular smoker and drinker. Alaska Young is a very beautiful girl but is confusing in many ways. She relies on her impulse and is very spontaneous but can change moods on a dime. Alaska’s mother died when she was younger and Alaska thinks it’s her fault because she didn’t dial 911 and is living with the guilt and regret that consumes her sometimes. She always went to her mothers grave on the anniversary. From this she doesn’t feel any sympathy toward people. Alaska is a very mysterious moody person that is a fascinating character. All of the characters are very vivid and give a lot of background to each of their stories. They are very realistic because there are actually people just like them in the story that I know in real life. It shows that the author did a very good job with the characteristics that they have and are valuable in the

Deanna-Marie, I completely agree with your point of view, and as I explained in post, many individuals choose to live in the state Alaska, not only for the beauty of its nature, but mainly for its economic advantages. For example, a close friend of mine told me how with her two daughters, she had sometimes received more than 10,000 dollars in the annual dividend check. I think it is time for the citizens of Alaska help their state by contributing with some personal taxes. The situation would normalize in the future when oil prices rise

Summary: Looking for Alaska is the story of a young boy named Miles Halter who leaves his hometown in Florida in order to attend Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama for his junior year. This boy loves reading biographies and especially memorizing last words of famous people. At Culver Creek, he meets new friends such as Chip his roommate also called Colonel, Takumi and Alaska a beautiful young girl with whom he will fall in love but cannot have since she already has a boyfriend named Jake. Unfortunately, under their influence, Miles starts smoking and drinking alcohol. One night after having drank a lot of alcohol, Alaska and Miles start to kiss but do not go further because Alaska

Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska by John Green has something for everybody. There is a large variety of characters which allow for everyone to find at least one they can relate to. All of the characters have something in common, but they are all so drastically different that it’s hard to notice their similarities. On page eighty eight Pudge talks about how different he and Alaska are, “ So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.”. One major difference between all of the characters that shaped them into who they are, is their upbringings.

However, she eventually gives him the answer, "'It's not life or death, the labyrinth.' 'Um, okay. So what is it?' 'Suffering,' she said. 'Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolívar was talking about pain, not about the living or dying. How do you get out of the labyrinth of suffering?'" (82). By exploring the Alaska's labyrinth, Pudge is able to figure out how to escape the labyrinth himself, which leads him to answer the central question asked by Dr. Hyde. Alaska watches her mother die and is frozen into paralysis from calling 911 to save her. Alaska blames herself (as does her father) for her mother’s death. This is the main incident that causes Alaska’s subsequent suffering and pain. Her pain further snowballs when she forgets the anniversary of her mother’s death and she feels she has failed her mother yet another time. You can feel the pain Alaska experiences. Alaska has been always mysterious, and vague as pudge says. The labyrinth is like a complex maze with a prize to whoever escapes it, but a labyrinth is different from a maze because, a maze can have multiple paths and the labyrinth can only have one. Alaska most likely got lost in the labyrinth, she held two personas going two

A broken girl, a lovestruck boy, some last, dying words, and a physiological labyrinth neither can seem to escape from. “Looking for Alaska” is a compelling teenage novel emphasizing the need to be something greater than just yourself, and also the realization that people are just people; no matter how much you try to see them as more than that. Miles Halter is a sixteen year old boy who doesn’t have many friends and is very intrigued by people’s last words. He feels trapped in his life and decides he wants to “go to seek a great perhaps”. That “perhaps” causes him to end up in his father’s teenage boarding school in Alabama, called Culver Creek. There, he meets his roommate, Chip Martin, who goes by the name “The Colonel”, and a new group

To some, teenagers appear to be the same in their attitudes and choices. However, this common stereotype is false. Individuals have various personalities and deal with different struggles mentally and physically. In the book Looking for Alaska, Miles Halter and Chip Martin, the main protagonists, both seem like average teenagers on the surface; but they each have their own unique qualities. Over time they learn more about each other and grow. During the development of their friendship, they see how they differ from each other. Although they may seem like average teenagers on the surface, Miles Halter and Chip Martin are different because of their origin, physical traits, and attitudes.

The eventful journey of Miles, otherwise known as Pudge, began with loneliness. Miles was a high school student from Florida with no friends, so he decided to go to Culver Creek, a boarding school in Alabama. The first person he met a was Chip, also known as Colonel. He and Miles became closer as they went through many obstacles together. Miles then met Alaska. Alaska changed the way Miles viewed life, and taught him many good things. Their adventures allowed me to learn three important lessons. One key thing I took away from this book is that not all questions are meant to be answered. Some are better left unknown. Another thing I learned is that sometimes you have to go explore places you've never even dreamt about in order to find your “great perhaps.” Lastly, I was taught about the impacts drunk driving has on people. Not only the driver, but all of their friends and family.

Looking for Alaska is a book about a boy named Miles that goes away to a private school called Culver Creek were he meets a group of friends that he starts to hang out with throughout the year. He becomes very good friends with everyone and they begin to let him in on their secret spot called "the smoking hole", where they all smoke their cigarettes without getting in trouble. Soon he starts to get a crush on a girl named Alaska, which seems to already have a boyfriend. As soon as Miles starts to fall in love with her a horrible thing happens. Alaska dies in a terrible car accident, which turns into a very mysterious and confusing death. When Miles and the other boys get the news, they start fighting to find out the truth on what really happened. After reading this novel, one is left with the question, "How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?"