In the novel Looking for Alaska written by John Green, Miles “Pudge” Halter is looking for his “Great Perhaps” to happen, and later finds himself living it after moving to a boarding school in Alabama called Culvert Creek. The fictional book focuses on Pudge the adventures he has with Alaska, the crazy, wild, clever girl that he meets at the school, along with a few other friends he meets on the way. Miles talks to Alaska often realizes that there is some mystery to Alaska that he can not quite understand. They become good friends when one night Miles and The Colonel, a nickname for Mile’s roommate, wake up to a drunk Alaska sobbing and telling them to distract the dean so she can get off campus. Alaska dies soon after in a mysterious car accident
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After Alaska dies, Pudge takes what he learns in his world religion class then applies it to Alaska and what will happen to her in his thoughts, “We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles, and turtle necks, Alaska the girl, and Alaska the place, because nothing can last not even earth itself...when you’d stop wishing things wouldn’t fall apart, you’d stop suffering when they did” (196). Here, Pudge is realising that the amount of time and effort he put in into finding out what happened to Alaska was not worth it. The author is using the phrase “we are all going” as a symbol for what will happen to the memories Pudge had with Alaska. Another way symbolism is used in this novel is when Pudge and his friends realised what Alaska might have been thinking at the time she left, “‘Oh God my mom liked white flowers and put them into my hair when I was little’” (211). Earier, Pudge and his friends figured out that while Alaska was on the phone with her friend she was doodling white flowers then remembered that it was the anniversary of her mom’s death and forgot to go visit her. The white flowers symbolizes the love Alaska had for he mom and the anger Alaska has towards her herself on her own mistakes. In the end, John Green uses symbols to help the reader understand Alaska and her …show more content…
“Our watches synchronized, our clothes black, our backpacks one, our breath visible in the cold, our minds filled with the minute details of the plan, our hearts racing…The Great Perhaps was upon us, and we were invincible. The plan had faults, but we did not” (103). This scene takes place when Pudge, Alaska, and a couple other friends are about to pull the biggest prank in Culver Creek history. The tone the author uses here shows how serious this event is, and how prepared Pudge and his friends have become. When they are in the middle of doing the prank the author also uses tone when he says, “Two minutes later, we were crouched behind the trees fifty feet from the Eagle’s back door. My heart thumped like a techno drumbeat” (104). While Pudge is doing his part of the plan he tells the reader how he feels. The tone John Green uses here is seriousness and fearfulness, helping the reader understand the situation and Pudge’s reaction to it. In conclusion, the author’s tone adds more emotion to the reader and the novel
After Alaska dies, Pudge takes what he learns in his world religion class then applies it to Alaska and what will happen to her in his thoughts, “We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles, and turtle necks, Alaska the girl, and Alaska the place, because nothing can last not even earth itself...when you’d stop wishing things wouldn’t fall apart, you’d stop suffering when they did” (196). Here, Pudge is realising that the amount of time and effort he put in into finding out what happened to Alaska was not worth it. The author is using the phrase “we are all going” as a symbol for what will happen to the memories Pudge had with Alaska. Another way symbolism is used in this novel is when Pudge and his friends realised what Alaska might have been thinking at the time she left, “‘Oh God my mom liked white flowers and put them into my hair when I was little’” (211). Earier, Pudge and his friends figured out that while Alaska was on the phone with her friend she was doodling white flowers then remembered that it was the anniversary of her mom’s death and forgot to go visit her. The white flowers symbolizes the love Alaska had for he mom and the anger Alaska has towards her herself on her own mistakes. In the end, John Green uses symbols to help the reader understand Alaska and her …show more content…
“Our watches synchronized, our clothes black, our backpacks one, our breath visible in the cold, our minds filled with the minute details of the plan, our hearts racing…The Great Perhaps was upon us, and we were invincible. The plan had faults, but we did not” (103). This scene takes place when Pudge, Alaska, and a couple other friends are about to pull the biggest prank in Culver Creek history. The tone the author uses here shows how serious this event is, and how prepared Pudge and his friends have become. When they are in the middle of doing the prank the author also uses tone when he says, “Two minutes later, we were crouched behind the trees fifty feet from the Eagle’s back door. My heart thumped like a techno drumbeat” (104). While Pudge is doing his part of the plan he tells the reader how he feels. The tone John Green uses here is seriousness and fearfulness, helping the reader understand the situation and Pudge’s reaction to it. In conclusion, the author’s tone adds more emotion to the reader and the novel