Looking For Alaska By John Green

Some people would never consider leaving behind everything and everyone they care about to live in the wild. In the movie Into the Wild, a man does just that. Into the Wild is a movie where a man named, Chris McCandless (aka Alexander Supertramp) ventures out into the world to go to the Alaskan Wilderness. For two years he has been building relationships with people, goes through different jobs, while also hiding from the authorities and his family. He left behind his home, family, friends, and society to explore the wildlife. Despite Chris McCandless 's adventurous, confidence, and fearlessness, he should not have left because he was unprepared, naïve, selfish, and he could have made better choices.

Considering about the options for books to go on my personal reading list, there are some that I’ve already read in some that I’ve been meaning to get around to reading for some time, some of a more academic style and some much more mainstream and easily absorbed style. My list of books to emulate and be inspired by contains a broad range of books as my life has contained a broad range of experiences. I have called myself a jack of all trades and follow that statement by describing it as the curse of the inquisitive.

Looking For Alaska is a dynamic novel which was published in 2005 by Dutton Books, and is written by world famous John Green. The story which John Green tells is about a group of intelligent but lost teenagers, who are freshmen in Culver Creek Boarding School. The story revolves around Alaska Young, Miles "Pudge" Halter and Chip "Cornel" Martins. These teens are contrary to shallow, more or less opposite; and their thoughts are as deep as the Mariana Trench. Their complicated way of looking at life, seeking simplicity and grasp in a complex world eventually hurts them.

At an early age I remember reading the most fascinating books. I’ve had many people in my life influence my love of reading. Those people were My parents, teachers and my tutors. My earliest memory of reading was when I was about five years old. My mother read to me “Oh The Places You’ll Go” By Dr. Sues. Today, that book still means so much to me even being eighteen years old. On my graduation day, our princle started her speech with a quote “Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to great places! You’re off and away.

On the flip side, Looking for Alaska, was the first novel ever written by American Author John Green. Published on the third of March 3, 2005, Looking for Alaska is a wild, complex, and obscure coming of age, coming of friendship, coming of faith, and coming of great perhapsness and coming of something story.

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all”(by Oscar Wilde). Originally, I disliked reading, but soon did I realize that the only reason I despised reading was because I kept reading the wrong type of books. By reading a wide selection of different types of books this year, it really opened up my eyes. In other words, by reviewing numerous amount of books, it has impacted me by making me realize that a book is just more then thousands of words and hundreds of pages. But instead a story that has dramtically impacted me and how i can look upon situations. That being said, by reading and viewing many different books, it has changed my outlook on how I judge relating to reading and books.

In the beginning I was unsure of what I wanted to do. I thought I wanted to go into publishing, but I then changed my mind. All I knew is that I wanted to be surrounded by books all day long. When I was younger I spent most of my time in the library. Even in elementary school we had a library class. After interviewing Krista Bowers-Sharpe, I felt like I got a good insight of what life might actually be like for me after I graduate college next year. When she talked about what graduate school was like for her, I felt like I got the most insight in that. I feel better about applying to grad school now. I was worried at first and I was unsure if I wanted to go. After talking about the types of classes that she took and her experiences, I feel

When my sister saw John Green’s Looking For Alaska sitting on our kitchen counter, she assumed it was about someone trying to find the state of Alaska, not a heartbreaking journey of a group of friends looking for answers after Alaska’s sudden death. Looking For Alaska has been both praised and banned since it was originally published in 2005. People do not understand what Green is trying to convey in the novel and write it off as inappropriate. Looking For Alaska is much too well written for it to cause these negative reactions.

In the novel Looking For Alaska the character Alaska Young is killed in a car crash. During the section of the book that takes place after she dies, two of her best friends, the Colonel and Pudge, attempt to figure out if the crash was an accident or something purposeful. At the conclusion of the story, Pudge and the Colonel decide that there is no way to tell if her death was voluntary or unintentional and that they had "had enough of chasing after a ghost who did not want to be discovered"(212). However, I believe that that there was a way to discover her true intentions, and that her self-destruction was all too willful.

The novel Looking for Alaska by John Green is told in first person narrative from the point of view of Miles Halter. The story takes place in Alabama on the campus of Culver Creek Preparatory School following the lives of Miles, a 16 year old boy, and his group of friends that consist of the "Colonel", Alaska, and Takumi. As the novel progresses, Miles' innocence slowly unfolds as he faces the pressures of drinking, smoking and Alaska’s death. Miles changes from being an antisocial person to someone who makes an effort to integrate into a new environment. He also transforms from someone who has an ordinary life to a rebellious youth.

Eleanor Roosevelt, the American politician, diplomat, and activist, once wrote “You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. ' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Discovering one’s individuality, finding oneself, is a discovery that is found through the journey of life. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Looking for Alaska by John Green reveals protagonists on journeys of self-discovery. These journeys show each character recognizing this self-discovery with a symbol that portrays themselves and their environments while they experience a loss in life which strengthens their character.

For example, smoking, the kids go to the beach like shoreline and smoke. The time period in which Looking for Alaska takes place is, modern day twenty first century. The setting is very important to the story; the story would not be what it is without these two unique settings. The story is divided into two very important parts, before the accident, and after the accident. 2.

My father left at the age of three leaving me in the capable hands of my mother. This is where my life began. I don’t reminisce my father, the only memory I have of both my parents was relationship of abuse. My mother worked effortlessly making life survivable. Growing up in Greenwich, Connecticut wasn’t easy. I was girdled by opulent people and didn’t have the same opportunities as my peers around me did. As grew up, my only escape from reality has always been reading. Books have shaped my life inexplicable. I’ve traveled and experienced life through a vast variety of characters. From reading The Giving Tree by Shel Sliverstien to How to Kill a Mocking Bird By Harper Lee and developing the knowledge to read classical literacy like Emily Bronte

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?"