Looking For Alaska : 1st Entry

Looking For Alaska, was written by the famous author and youtuber, John Green. John Green has also written some amazing other novels such as The Fault In Our Stars and Paper Towns. This book has won a printz award and is the New York Bestseller.

Some major characters in this book are:

Miles- After moving to Culver Creek and meeting his roommate "The Colonel" aka Chip, he gets nicknamed Pudge, which is ironic because he is tall, slender, and scrawny. Throughout the whole book the only talent Pudge seems to have is remembering peoples last words before they die, which is pretty cool if you ask me. Pudge went to the boarding school in Culver Creek in search of his own "Great Perhaps". He has feelings for this girl named Alaska Young, who for most of the novel does not return his feelings. He is frequently compared to Holden Caulfield of J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Alaska- This crazy, moody, unpredictable, and rebellious girl captures Pudges' heart and attention. The Colonel most likely have crushes on her as well, although they are not stated in the novel. When Alaska was a child, her mother had a seizure due to a head aneurism. Alaska did not save her mother so she died. Alaska’s father blamed her for it and she regrets it to the present day in the story. Because of all of her issues at home, she turns to cigarettes and alcohol.

Chip- Also known as "The Colonel", A stocky, somewhat nerdy young man, he has gone to Culver Creek for a very long time. When he is not at school, he lives with his mom in a very small trailer. He is Pudge’s roommate, and he gives Miles the nickname “Pudge”. 

***********SPOILER ALERT***********

Alaska Young dies in a car crash near the end of this book and Pudge and Miles think it's their fault because they let her go into her car drunk, pissed, and crying. Later, they figure out that if she was as drunk as she was and didn't want to die she would've swerved her car but instead she hit a cops car head-on as if it was suicidal. They also figure out their friend Takumi was actually the last person to see her and he also had let her go but it didn't really matter to Pudge and The Colonel. My predictions are that Alaska actually committed suicide because, Alaska remembered the anniversary of her mother's death and came to the room sobbing that she had to go, referring to her mother's grave. But it was already after midnight, the next day. She was drunk and angry at herself. When she saw the truck and the police cruiser she was either drunk enough that she thought she could pass through or she was so angry with herself that she committed suicide, taking the 'straight and fast' way out.