Essays on Looking For Alaska

“She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, ‘Y’all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die’ pg.44. Miles “Pudge” memorizes the last words of famous people’s deaths, he values the moments of death more than the individuals themselves,…

Looking for Alaska is a book written by John Green about Miles (Pudge) who meets the sexy and breathtaking Alaska away at a new school. Just as Pudge believes his life is taking a turn for the better, it all ends too soon with a…

In John Green’s Looking For Alaska, Miles Halter proves to be an unreliable narrator. His emotions tend to cloud he how sees his crush, Alaska, especially after her death. As a result of grief, Miles romanticizes his relationship with her, thus altering the truthiness of…

Logic & Logos Appeals Green begins his argument with the illuminating aphorism “Text is meaningless without context,” and continues to deconstruct the rationale behind the challenging and banning of novels in general. “[W]hat usually happens with Looking for Alaska is that a parent chose one…

John Green gave this novel, Looking for Alaska, a very great name. It tells the story of Miles Halter moving to a boarding school in search of his “Great Perhaps”. He then makes friends with the outcasts with Alaska Young being one the outcasts. She…

The meanings of life and existence are explored in numerous ways by many different people in this world. The basic definition of life is the existence of any living being, while the basic definition of existence is the manner of living. The interpretations of these…