Last Words In John Green's 'Looking For Alaska'

Looking for Alaska by John Green is a mystery filled with twists and turns. This novel tells the story of Miles Halter, a boy obsessed with last words. Miles is new at culver creek, he has no idea what to anticipate the only thing he knows are the story’s of his father when he went to this school. On his first day there he already makes two friends and buys cigarettes, and met the presumable love of his life.

Everything Alaska did within the book was impulsive. I don't think she wanted to die, but in that exact moment she let her emotions take over. She was full of guilt and heartbroken not to mention completely hammered Not only did she feel responsible for her mothers death in the first place, but now she felt as if she had failed her again. if she had stopped to think, to consider her options, even if she had someone …show more content…
Which makes him not knowing Alaska’s last words even more devastating. Miles uses the last words to give closure to peoples biographies and their lives. But in the case of Alaska he needs to find closure another way.

I think that John Green divided looking for Alaska into before and after to capture the audiences attention. Also to show that in some peoples lives there’s one big event that changes the rest of their lives in unchangeable ways.

I believe that the adults in the novel represent neither a comical version nor a realistic version of adults but instead represent the version of adult from miles point of view. I honestly think this question is kind of one sided, this questions makes u pick the option of comical version of adults. Every person has their own point of view. But anyway the adults in this novel are very fictious and oblivious to all