Themes In Looking For Alaska

A theme in a book is to give a particular setting or ambience to.In the book "The Outsiders" By:S.E. Hinton characters are put through tough situations.In the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost there are many themes and messages.These themes can connect to many parts of The Outsiders.

I made it. All these years of working and gaining experience of living as a leather tramp have paid off. I’ve made it to Alaska. I found a bus here about two miles into the main road and it's where I plan to reside for the remainder of my time here in the wild. My Alaskan Odyssey is in motion, all of the tramping around and hitchhiking has helped bring me here. I got a place to stay and with everyday hunting, it is easier to find food than the day before. My biggest score yet was a

It seems natural to think about novels in terms of dreams or psychoanalytical realities. Like dreams, novels are fictions, inventions of the mind that, though based on reality, are by definition not exactly and literally true. Conversely, dreams may have some truth to tell but like novels their truth must be interpreted before it can be grasped. Such is the case with John Green's young adult novel, Looking for Alaska. It holds many truths that are relevant to young adults, but to extract those lessons, one must first view the plot and characters through a lens of psychoanalytical theory.

Alaska is my home. I’ve never known anything else, so when deciding on a college, staying instate was emotionally and financially viable. I chose the University of Alaska Fairbanks because it was the strongest science schools out of the UA system and the administration awarded me a slew of scholarships just as enticing as the freedom the interior of Alaska offered. Figuring the interior of Alaska would be a welcome change to the lush rainforest of my hometown Juneau, I was jazzed to continue learning without falling into debt.

The two pieces of writing that I have found the themes for are The Outsiders, which is a book written by S.E.Hinton, and a poem called “Nothing Gold Can Stay” written by Robert Frost. In The Outsiders a boy named Ponyboy has some up and downs in life such as family and friends and also a certain social class in there town called the Soc’s. In the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” Robert Frost writes about fall and its beautiful colors. I think that the theme of The Outsiders is that whoever you are everyone is a human is a human and everyone has problems. The theme of “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is that something wonderful wont last forever.

One of the themes is to be strong. This is present when Miles goes to Alaska for comfort and she tells him,”Mommy ain’t here so buck up big guy,”(Green 27). The message is important because life is filled with problems, but everyone has to keep going. Another theme in the book is to not think of a person as anything but a person.

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.

When Alaska dies in the middle of the novel, the rest of the book is about how the teens deal with it and how they do a prank to honor her memory. “The Barn Night crew was intact-or as close as it ever would be-for the Alaska Young Memorial Prank. ”-Miles Halter, p. 200. The group, consisting of Miles, Chip, Takumi, and Lara got back together to execute a grand prank to honor Alaska. The importance of this quote is to show that even though they were separating a bit, the group got back together to honor their fallen friend, showing how much they cared about her.

AExploring is rough especially through Alaska. The exploring of Alaska’s geography is difficult because snow-ice, traveling by foot and, wild animals.

This quote shows Pudge’s recognition of the present and that he is enjoying it as it happens because the future will be bright. “‘Y’all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die.’” Foreshadowing her unexpected death, Alaska’s statement makes her different from the rest of her friends. Alaska’s statement shows her fascination with death; while everyone else is trying to find a way to live, Alaska is figuring out how to kill her self.

For instance Miles wants to go to Florida to find his Great Purpose and find friends, and to that extent he does. Even though those friends introduced him to liquor and bad doings, they also accept him for who he is, and they don’t judge. But the Looking for Alaska also shows how messy these friendship can be, the friends don't always like each other, or agree with each other, friends tell each other their hard truths, and the friends end up getting into fights. When Alaska dies though, the bonds that have been created between the friends and around her help the grieving process between her friends, and her friends come to terms with her death and their role in it. Who doesn’t have friends? The early teen years are an especially exposed time for teenagers. The teens are subject to moodiness and negative coping skills as they adjust to different pressures. By the early teenage years, kids are capable of more complicated thought patterns and have a greater ability of ways to self-express themselves, which plays a role in who they pick as friends, and maintaining those

At Alaska’s funeral he asks “Is it so hard to die, Mr. Lewis? Is that labyrinth really worse than this one?” (152 Green). By asking this Pudge recognizes the principle that will eventually bring him peace about Alaska’s death-- the labyrinth is both life and death and every moment in

Reading Looking For Alaska felt like I was getting hundreds and hundreds of pep talks. Miles embarks on many journeys throughout the book. Going to a new school, has his heart broken, has tons of fun, makes friendships that will last a lifetime, and also kills his lungs in the process. It all shows how much he would’ve missed out on if he would’ve stayed the same way that he was in the beginning of the book. It’s easy to stay in your comfort zone and not try new things or do things that scare you. It’s an idea we constantly need to hear. Miles experiences pain and joy throughout but also gains a sense of the world he would’ve missed if he wouldn’t have gone out each time and seized the day. Any day your life can be taken away from you as we

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?"