“And if I had cared about her as I should have, as I thought I did, how could I have let her go?” (Green 159). Looking for Alaska by John Green is a young adult fiction novel about the experiences of a group of friends in boarding school and their journey through friendship. Throughout their time spent in school, the main character Miles, and his three friends Takumi, Colonel, and Alaska deal with the common struggles of being teenagers in school. Although having to deal with hard classes and bullies, they still make life interesting by pulling various pranks. Over time, their friendships with each other grow stronger and Miles begins to fall deeper in love with Alaska. One night, Alaska leaves the campus highly intoxicated. As a result, she
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John Green’s heartfelt novel, Looking for Alaska, applies thematic events that test the strengths of relationships by pushing them to their limit and exposing the depths a person will go for another.
While in boarding school, Miles creates essential friendships unlike ones he has ever had before, therefore, he experiences in-depth love and loyalty with his new friends Lara and Takumi, and best friends Colonel and Alaska, giving him a true sense of companionship. At the boarding school, the junior and senior graduating classes pull an end-of-year prank. In doing so, Miles feels buoyant regarding his feelings about their power as friends and their teamwork, allowing him to expresses this through his confident thoughts. “The five of us walking confidently in a row, I’d never felt cooler. The Great Perhaps was upon us, and we were invincible. The plan may have had faults, but we did not” (103). The power of friendship can be more powerful than family. Creating deep friendships brings people closer together in a trusting relationship. Having friendships and knowing people are there is a one of a kind feeling …show more content…
These relationships prove the strong meaning and significance individuals have with each other. Miles, at such a young age, is lucky enough to have multiple reliable friendships that he will cherish forever. These friends set aside their distractions and other important events in their lives all for each other. Friendships are built between people throughout every passing day making life unbearable without them. Not having these relationships may perhaps cause great amounts of sadness and misery in lives. One never thinks about how grateful they need to be for obtaining these relationships because most people believe they are an obligation. True friendship is a rare companionship to come across in today’s society, and there are no words that can be said to do these relationships justice of their irreplaceable
John Green’s heartfelt novel, Looking for Alaska, applies thematic events that test the strengths of relationships by pushing them to their limit and exposing the depths a person will go for another.
While in boarding school, Miles creates essential friendships unlike ones he has ever had before, therefore, he experiences in-depth love and loyalty with his new friends Lara and Takumi, and best friends Colonel and Alaska, giving him a true sense of companionship. At the boarding school, the junior and senior graduating classes pull an end-of-year prank. In doing so, Miles feels buoyant regarding his feelings about their power as friends and their teamwork, allowing him to expresses this through his confident thoughts. “The five of us walking confidently in a row, I’d never felt cooler. The Great Perhaps was upon us, and we were invincible. The plan may have had faults, but we did not” (103). The power of friendship can be more powerful than family. Creating deep friendships brings people closer together in a trusting relationship. Having friendships and knowing people are there is a one of a kind feeling …show more content…
These relationships prove the strong meaning and significance individuals have with each other. Miles, at such a young age, is lucky enough to have multiple reliable friendships that he will cherish forever. These friends set aside their distractions and other important events in their lives all for each other. Friendships are built between people throughout every passing day making life unbearable without them. Not having these relationships may perhaps cause great amounts of sadness and misery in lives. One never thinks about how grateful they need to be for obtaining these relationships because most people believe they are an obligation. True friendship is a rare companionship to come across in today’s society, and there are no words that can be said to do these relationships justice of their irreplaceable