Of all the texts a high school student can read, what makes each text memorable? Is the author reaching its audience or is it just another half written essay that has no meaningful points and seems to exist for the sake of filling out a library.?
The book looking for alaska by John Green tells the story about Miles, who is tired of his friendless, dull life in Florida, and convinces his parents to send him away to boarding school in Alabama so that he can seek "the Great Perhaps." Once there he goes on adventures with his new-found friends in a quest to find himself and to solve a mystery that his friend, Alaska, leaves behind. The book looking for alaska by John Green convince readers to focus into their self-image, relationships, beliefs, fears, triumphs, and love. The book invites readers to try to find the answers to the universal questions of love and friendship which is relevant to high school readers since they are too looking for those answers. This makes it an excellent text for high schoolers thanks to its fresh story and interesting …show more content…
This dynamic is interesting to young adults since most of us would love be or meet someone like Alaska, someone who is not afraid and to live life to the fullest. At the first quarter of the story, Alaska says “Jesus, I’m not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they’re gonna do. I’m just going to do it. Imagining the future is a kind of the nostalgia.” (Pg 54) Young schoolers who read the book feel related to Alaska and her desire to live life to the fullest since the idea of having a free spirit and actually doing whatever they set themselves to do is intriguing for any young person in high school who is about to get to
The book looking for alaska by John Green tells the story about Miles, who is tired of his friendless, dull life in Florida, and convinces his parents to send him away to boarding school in Alabama so that he can seek "the Great Perhaps." Once there he goes on adventures with his new-found friends in a quest to find himself and to solve a mystery that his friend, Alaska, leaves behind. The book looking for alaska by John Green convince readers to focus into their self-image, relationships, beliefs, fears, triumphs, and love. The book invites readers to try to find the answers to the universal questions of love and friendship which is relevant to high school readers since they are too looking for those answers. This makes it an excellent text for high schoolers thanks to its fresh story and interesting …show more content…
This dynamic is interesting to young adults since most of us would love be or meet someone like Alaska, someone who is not afraid and to live life to the fullest. At the first quarter of the story, Alaska says “Jesus, I’m not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they’re gonna do. I’m just going to do it. Imagining the future is a kind of the nostalgia.” (Pg 54) Young schoolers who read the book feel related to Alaska and her desire to live life to the fullest since the idea of having a free spirit and actually doing whatever they set themselves to do is intriguing for any young person in high school who is about to get to