The book Looking
For Alaska by: John Green features the life of young Miles Halter, who
leaves his small social group of geeks and drama students to seek for a great
perhaps. His parents tell him to stay away from alcohol, cigarettes and drugs
when he leaves to boarding school, but alcohol and cigarettes are his ticket to
enter the social community of Culver Creek. His roommate leaves Miles to the
name of Pudge and presents him to the cigarette seller Alaska Young which
becomes Miles secret love. Through the book, Miles deals with the problems of
Alaska, the addiction to cigarettes and maintaining his social status on culver
creek. Miles deviates himself from the correct path, learning new experiences
that would not have been possible in Florida. Creating a new life, the author
of this book does not hide anything from the readers, leaving the main
character to discover himself, seeking a great perhaps at the same time and
learning about life and death.
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