John Green is the author of the book, Looking for Alaska. Green has also written some other, very popular books such as: The Fault in our Stars, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Town. In addition, Green lives in Indianapolis, Illinois and is also a Youtube blogger.
The setting of the book takes place in modern time, and begins in the state of Florida. However, the setting expands to a school in the state of Alabama. This school is Culver Creek boarding School; it is thrilling, exciting, bone-chilling, and perhaps, the most dangerous place for the protagonist Miles Calvary.
The protagonist in the book is Miles Calvary. Miles began the story without much friends, and he wanted to leave home to go to school in Alabama to find his “great …show more content…
He is a very round character, and obtains a big temper, but is also adventurous and exciting. After befriending the Colonial, Miles was introduced to the beautiful, but destructive, Alaska Young. Alaska ends up being Miles’s love interest throughout the novel, and her careless personality only turns out to hurt Miles in the end.
The antagonist in the book would be the school Dean, also known as The Eagle. The Eagle is the one who enforces all the school rules and always catches Miles and his friends whenever they get into trouble. He is very strict, and is considered to be a flat character because of his lack of humanity, and traits. However, when the climax hits, and Alaska was announced dead, his sense of sympathy and compassion for Alaska was displayed, and he was noticed to have more character traits. As a result, when he was able to comfort Miles and the Colonial, the Eagle displaying himself as a dynamic …show more content…
‘You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.” “Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.”
Miles Calvary is one of the few adolescents that are aware that death is possible for anyone at anytime. Therefore, he leaves the safe and sheltered atmosphere provided to him at home in Florida, to go into the real world to find his Great Perhaps. His first stop was at the same boarding school his father attended as a child, Culver Creek Boarding School. Here is where he found himself and where he found his two best friends who would forever hold a place in his heart.
“So we gave up. I'd finally had enough of chasing after a ghost who did not want to be discovered. We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved. I still did not know her as I wanted to, but I never could. She made it impossible for me. And the acaricide, the student, would never be anything else, and I was left to ask, Did I help you toward a fate you didn't want, Alaska, or did I assist your willful self-destruction? If you want to know more, you’ll have to read the
The setting of the book takes place in modern time, and begins in the state of Florida. However, the setting expands to a school in the state of Alabama. This school is Culver Creek boarding School; it is thrilling, exciting, bone-chilling, and perhaps, the most dangerous place for the protagonist Miles Calvary.
The protagonist in the book is Miles Calvary. Miles began the story without much friends, and he wanted to leave home to go to school in Alabama to find his “great …show more content…
He is a very round character, and obtains a big temper, but is also adventurous and exciting. After befriending the Colonial, Miles was introduced to the beautiful, but destructive, Alaska Young. Alaska ends up being Miles’s love interest throughout the novel, and her careless personality only turns out to hurt Miles in the end.
The antagonist in the book would be the school Dean, also known as The Eagle. The Eagle is the one who enforces all the school rules and always catches Miles and his friends whenever they get into trouble. He is very strict, and is considered to be a flat character because of his lack of humanity, and traits. However, when the climax hits, and Alaska was announced dead, his sense of sympathy and compassion for Alaska was displayed, and he was noticed to have more character traits. As a result, when he was able to comfort Miles and the Colonial, the Eagle displaying himself as a dynamic …show more content…
‘You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.” “Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.”
Miles Calvary is one of the few adolescents that are aware that death is possible for anyone at anytime. Therefore, he leaves the safe and sheltered atmosphere provided to him at home in Florida, to go into the real world to find his Great Perhaps. His first stop was at the same boarding school his father attended as a child, Culver Creek Boarding School. Here is where he found himself and where he found his two best friends who would forever hold a place in his heart.
“So we gave up. I'd finally had enough of chasing after a ghost who did not want to be discovered. We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved. I still did not know her as I wanted to, but I never could. She made it impossible for me. And the acaricide, the student, would never be anything else, and I was left to ask, Did I help you toward a fate you didn't want, Alaska, or did I assist your willful self-destruction? If you want to know more, you’ll have to read the