Essays on Looking For Alaska

Looking For Alaska, written by the young John Green, brings forward some of the most concerning ideas in a high-schoolers mind. Love and Lust, Consequences, Friendship and Home. Green introduces a set of unique characters that most high school kids can see themselves hugging in between classes. Miles “Pudge” Halter, Chip “The Colonel” Martin, Takumi...

“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, just like how Alaska smokes to die instead of smoking...

My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy (John Green). John Green is known for his realistic teen fiction. John Green was born on August 24, 1977 in Indianapolis, IN. Growing up, Green had a hard time with bullies and not...