Miles moves schools and he meets Alaska who he falls in love with and later dies. Based on the book Looking for Alaska by John Green, Alaska could have just played truth or dare with her friends and not get drunk which caused her to not think clearly. If Alaska remembered her mother's death anniversary, she wouldn't have been in a rush to go see her. Lastly, if Alaska wasn't sad and thinking about cheating on her boyfriend Jake, she could have had a clear mind. Alaska could have avoided getting into her car accident if she wasn't playing truth or dare with her friends and getting drunk, if she had remembered about her mother's death anniversary, or if she had not cheated on her boyfriend. Alaska was playing truth or dare with Miles and Chip while they were extremely drunk. She got so drunk that her alcohol level was 0.24. Chip askes the officer that was at the scene the night Alaska crashed “do you think it was an accident?” …show more content…
Miles, Chip and her were playing truth or dare while they were all drunk. Alaska got dared to kiss Miles and they went a little too far with it. Chip talked to Alaska’s boyfriend, Jake, on the phone a few weeks after Alaska died trying to figure out what she was doing that night. Miles didn't want to hear about what Jake had to say and Chip got mad. Chip said to Miles, “And if she were still here, we both know that she would still be Jake’s girlfriend and that there’d be nothing but drama between the two of you - not love, not sex, just you pining after her and her like, ‘you're cute Pudge, but I love Jake.’ If she loved you so much, why did she leave you that night? And if you loved her so much, why’d you help her go? I was drunk. What’s your excuse?” (Green 171) Miles thinks that Alaska liked him more than Jake and Miles wanted Alaska to break up with him. But Chip thinks that if Alaska were still with them, she would be flirting with other guys, not just
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After some time driving around, they eventually decided to drive past Timothy Smith’s house but were stopped by a roadblock that had been set up by police. When someone from the car asked an officer if a traffic accident was causing the delay the officer responded by saying there had been a “people accident,” Frida Smith said.
Although Alaska has a boyfriend, Pudge remains wanting her as a friend. Pudge even stayed home from Thanksgiving to be with Alaska. During that time, they watch porn, and sneak into other people’s rooms. They eventually went and ate dinner at the Colonel's house. One day they were playing truth or dare and Pudge had to kiss Lara, although that is not who he wanted to kiss, it was his first kiss. Later in the year he soon gets to kiss Alaska. These times with Alaska and the romance involved was part of “the Great Perhaps” It symbolizes that these times with Alaska were important and meant so much to Pudge. He never thought that one day his happiness with Alaska would be taken
Alaska did not really have a name until she was seven years old, when she chose the name “Alaska.” She chose it because when she saw it on the globe, she decided she wanted to be like it when she grew up; big and far away from her home. She had a tragic childhood in which she felt overlooked. Taking “Alaska” as her name seemed like a way for her to redeem herself and turn her life around, shaping it around the meaning behind her name.
As a way of celebrating Alaska's life, Miles and the Colonel, with Takumi and Lara, plan the most epic prank ever seen by Culver Creek Boarding School that involves a class speaker and at the same time a stripper, who happens to be Miles' father. Everyone finds it hilarious that Mr. Starnes even acknowledges how clever it was. Pudge finds Alaska's copy of ”The General in His Labyrinth” with the labyrinth quote underlined and notices the words "straight and fast" written in the margins. He then remembers Alaska died on the morning after her mother's death anniversary and thought that Alaska felt guilty for not visiting her mother's grave. In her hysteresis, she might have been trying to reach the cemetery or might have committed suicide out
Allan and Kandi are sitting on the couch inside Charlie’s living room having an adult conversation after Allan’s son, Jake, goes to sleep. Even though it would appear that Kandi is intently listening to what Allan has to say it soon becomes clear that all that’s on her mind is having sex. For instance, after Allan gives up attempting to get through her uneducated brain he says, “I’ll ...
Then 15 minutes into the road trip. We stopped hearing the pounding sound of Colbert banging at the trunk. Therefore Red woke up and looked around. Then questioned us "where are we at?" Therefore quickly without hesitation, I started to beat him down. After red finally got quiet. We went back on track as we were entering Odessa. Eli Glowered "Are you even old enough to drive?!?!" I stated, "I'm old enough to be everyone's father.... so yes junior." Isaiah proclaimed "I'm still soaking from what happened with the toilet." Eli whined, "It stinks in here it's probably David I think he is dead." I specified "He is perfectly fine he just spilled Kool-aid all over him." Cameron asked, "Can we stop at the gas station?" I exclaimed, "We
One of these characters is Alaska. She is filled with plentiful amounts of guilt for letting her mother die when she was young. Alaska is searching for forgiveness from her father. She feels so guilty for not calling 911, and has a hard time with her father. Alaska’s father blames her for what happened, and she needs his forgiveness. In addition, both Miles and the Colonel go hand in hand with each other. Both are searching for forgiveness from everyone, because they believe they helped kill Alaska. They are so filled with guilt for letting her drive intoxicated: “ I realized that the Colonel was saying words. He was screaming, ‘I’m so sorry.’” (Green 141). Chip and Miles were so upset with her finite life, that they just yelled and felt the need to
Looking for Alaska is a book ,written by John Green. The main theme of the book is “Looking for the Great Perhaps.” In the first three chapters of the book, the main characters, Miles “Pudge” Halter, Chip “Colonel” Martin, and Alaska Young are introduced. Looking for Alaska is a story about a guy named Miles Halter who recently switched to a boarding in school in Alabama in order to find out who he really is as a person. At the boarding school, Miles becomes very close friends with his roommate, The Colonel, and a girl named Alaska Young. The Colonel is a very confident guy who’s pretty poor in money, but he’s rich in love and appreciation for people. Alaska is a very beautiful, yet strange girl who is fascinated with death and isn't afraid
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In the novel Looking for Alaska written by John Green, Miles “Pudge” Halter is looking for his “Great Perhaps” to happen, and later finds himself living it after moving to a boarding school in Alabama called Culvert Creek. The fictional book focuses on Pudge and the adventures he has with Alaska, the crazy, wild, clever girl that he meets at the school, along with a few other friends he meets on the way. Miles talks to Alaska and realizes that there is some mystery to her that he cannot quite understand. They become good friends when one night Miles and The Colonel, a nickname for Miles’ roommate, wake up to a drunk Alaska sobbing and telling them to distract the dean so she can get off campus. Alaska dies soon after in a mysterious car accident that has Pudge looking for the reason of why she had to get off campus so suddenly--his conclusion ends up changing his life forever. The three topics addressed in this
... through her hug, squeezing the life out of him because of her own fears of the supposed ghosts. Miles response is so ambiguous it leaves the reader with only theories with no way of knowing for a fact what really happened.
In the book “Looking For Alaska,” I guess you can say, everyone is a little messed up in their own way. There are two major characters, one named Miles “Pudge” Halter. Now, Miles is a very intriguing character, he starts of as an antisocial person who remembers the last words of people. He's not very out going and he goes to “seek a great perhaps,” (8) which were the last words of a Francois Rabelais, who was a poet. He is not your average guy, not the guy a girl would fall in love with right away. Another main character is a girl named Alaska Young. She is very intriguing and not the average person you would meet, but she is beautiful. She has a certain kind of gloom or death kind of feel that she always carries around. She helped Miles break
By this time Jake has already developed an extreme distaste for Chons endeavors with women, but these feelings their peak when Chon and Lady Brett have a brief affair. Jake, having unconditional love for Brett, blames the entire incident on Chon. In turn, Chon makes as point to rub it in Jakes face. Jake says ...it was giving him pleasure to be able to talk with the understanding that I knew there was something between them