In the novels Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy and Looking for Alaska by John Green, these novels show realistic portrayals of the human struggle for acceptance, security and love. Many teenagers who dislike the lives they live always tend to do whatever it takes for them to be noticed, and those who are scared to lose the person they love will do whatever it takes to keep them or please them. This is honestly a problem because many of them end up doing things they later on regret just to please people around them who probably don’t even care. In this society many teenage girls are used as sex toys and the worst part is that most of them allow it to happen because the person that takes advantage of them always seem to be their intimate partner.
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Miles was one of those kids who knew what was wrong and what was right. Throughout the story he began to make different decisions than he would back at his hometown, he never drank or smoke until he became friends with the Colonel, Takumi and Alaska. “But look, you’re going to get in trouble. Ninety-nine percent of the time, your parents never have to know, though. The school doesn’t want your parents to think you became a fuckup here anymore than you want your parents to think that you’re a fuckup.” He blew a thin stream of smoke … he looked cool doing it” (John Green 17). In that quote it demonstrates how Pudge/Miles thought it was probably okay to start smoking because he thought he looked cool so he probably thought that he would look cool doing it, even though his dad did warn him about all of that before he dropped him off. His dad said “Don’t do anything stupid.” My dad said …“No drugs. No drinking. No cigarettes” (John Green 7). His dad’s advice didn’t seem to cross his mind when he inhaled from the cigarette Colonel gave
Miles was one of those kids who knew what was wrong and what was right. Throughout the story he began to make different decisions than he would back at his hometown, he never drank or smoke until he became friends with the Colonel, Takumi and Alaska. “But look, you’re going to get in trouble. Ninety-nine percent of the time, your parents never have to know, though. The school doesn’t want your parents to think you became a fuckup here anymore than you want your parents to think that you’re a fuckup.” He blew a thin stream of smoke … he looked cool doing it” (John Green 17). In that quote it demonstrates how Pudge/Miles thought it was probably okay to start smoking because he thought he looked cool so he probably thought that he would look cool doing it, even though his dad did warn him about all of that before he dropped him off. His dad said “Don’t do anything stupid.” My dad said …“No drugs. No drinking. No cigarettes” (John Green 7). His dad’s advice didn’t seem to cross his mind when he inhaled from the cigarette Colonel gave