LOOKING FOR ALASKA

MAIN CHARACTERS

• Miles "Pudge" Halter : The novel is focused around Miles as goes away to a boarding school in Alabama to escape his boring and friendless life in Florida, he falls in love with a girl named Alaska Young, his talent is remembering famous people's last words, throughout the novel he experiences emotions and thrills introduced by his new found friends Alaska, The Colonel, Takumi Hikohito, Lara Buterskaya
• Chip "The Colonel" Martin: he is a smart mouth who is overly confident, troubled past, always has to have the last word, take charge kind of guy
• Alaska Young: the girl that everyone knows but no one really knows her,she's the girl with a tragic past who drowns her sorrows away by drinking and getting high , the impulsive kind and always seeking adventure, she craves intimacy
• Lara Buterskaya: from Romania. She likes Miles, and they end up dating for awhile but both realize they don't have much chemistry
• Takumi Hikohito: part of Alaska's inner circle of friends , he has mad rapping skills, and keeps a lot of secrets, also has feelings for Alaska

MiNOR CHARACTERS

• "The Eagle" : dean of culver creek boarding school
• The weekday warriors: students who stay on campus during the week but go to their air conditioned homes on the weekends
• Jake: Alaska's loyal boyfriend

SETTING:

THEMES:
FRIENDSHIP: Miles goes away from his home in Florida in order to find friends and seek his "great perhaps"
He finds friends that accept him for himself
PAIN: Each main character has faced suffering, I can't go into detail because I would be giving a spoiler!
PURPOSE: throughout the book the characters talk about "seeking a Great Perhaps" that is finding what each persons purpose or fulfillment is in their life

Why I enjoyed this book:
This novel discusses the major issues teens encounter with being in high school and it's very relatable
I also enjoy how into the book I got, and how I wanted to befriend the characters
I'm a huge fan of John Green's books and I recommend them to anyone struggling with how to deal with issues that teens face everyday because most of his books cover those topics.