2nd Body: Suffering
Intro: Suffering is an important theme because it ties all of the other themes and ideas together and answers the main question presented to Miles in the novel. Throughout the story, Miles, Alaska and their friends were all struggling with their own challenges and their question was how to stop the suffering, how to get out of this life of pain, and what is the meaning of life if it produces pain.
Point: The death of a loved one often leaves us with unanswered questions, and part of the suffering that comes with death is the fact that these questions will never be answered. Miles suffers because of these uncertainties in addition to his guilt and the unfortunate fact that Alaska wasn't who he wanted her to be.
Proof: I lay on my back with my knees hanging over the precipice and …show more content…
As far as we know, what particularly distinguishes our species from others is that we alone suffer and endure the need and search for meaning”. Miles is endlessly searching for his Great Perhaps and his meaning in life. As suffering manifest Miles, he begins to think more about his purpose, and how the people around him can have an affect on his emotions. The more he continues down the path of suffering the closer he becomes to enlarging his sense of self and find a meaning for existing.
Conclusion: Overall, suffering is an important theme in Looking For Alaska as it leads Miles one step closer to finding his Great Perhaps. Throught experiences with love and death, over one girl, his life changes and his perception of life is not what he planned it out to be. The more events that Miles suffers through, the more he beings to realize the important things in his
Intro: Suffering is an important theme because it ties all of the other themes and ideas together and answers the main question presented to Miles in the novel. Throughout the story, Miles, Alaska and their friends were all struggling with their own challenges and their question was how to stop the suffering, how to get out of this life of pain, and what is the meaning of life if it produces pain.
Point: The death of a loved one often leaves us with unanswered questions, and part of the suffering that comes with death is the fact that these questions will never be answered. Miles suffers because of these uncertainties in addition to his guilt and the unfortunate fact that Alaska wasn't who he wanted her to be.
Proof: I lay on my back with my knees hanging over the precipice and …show more content…
As far as we know, what particularly distinguishes our species from others is that we alone suffer and endure the need and search for meaning”. Miles is endlessly searching for his Great Perhaps and his meaning in life. As suffering manifest Miles, he begins to think more about his purpose, and how the people around him can have an affect on his emotions. The more he continues down the path of suffering the closer he becomes to enlarging his sense of self and find a meaning for existing.
Conclusion: Overall, suffering is an important theme in Looking For Alaska as it leads Miles one step closer to finding his Great Perhaps. Throught experiences with love and death, over one girl, his life changes and his perception of life is not what he planned it out to be. The more events that Miles suffers through, the more he beings to realize the important things in his