Starting out with Miles’ obsession of memorising people's last words. He explains why he likes last words in this quote,”A lot of times, people die how they live. And so last words tell me a lot about who people were, and why they became the sort of people biographies get written about. Does that make sense?(Green 128)." Alaska also mentions death often through the book, by talking about the death of her mother that she blames herself for. However, this theme is most strongly expressed when Alaska suddenly dies. Her death also strongly enforces the themes of both friendship and coming of age by forcing Miles to deal with grieving her death with his friends all coming around to support each other in a time of hardship. John Green wrote these themes in because they are perfect for young adults to learn during their coming of age period in their
Starting out with Miles’ obsession of memorising people's last words. He explains why he likes last words in this quote,”A lot of times, people die how they live. And so last words tell me a lot about who people were, and why they became the sort of people biographies get written about. Does that make sense?(Green 128)." Alaska also mentions death often through the book, by talking about the death of her mother that she blames herself for. However, this theme is most strongly expressed when Alaska suddenly dies. Her death also strongly enforces the themes of both friendship and coming of age by forcing Miles to deal with grieving her death with his friends all coming around to support each other in a time of hardship. John Green wrote these themes in because they are perfect for young adults to learn during their coming of age period in their