Summer Reading Post #1: Looking for Alaska

The major characters in Looking for Alaska so far are Miles “Pudge” Halter, Chip “The Colonel” Martin, and Alaska Young. Miles is the protagonist, and the story is from his point of view. Something interesting about the book is that it is set up in “before” and “after” and instead of chapters, they are titled like “74 days before,” leaving a big hole and cliff hanger in the reader’s head. It is set mainly at a boarding school in Alabama, present day. They all attend it and hang in the more “rebellious” crowd. Alaska really just does not care about much, but she is a very complex person, and I think that is why Miles is attracted to her. The Colonel is a complex character but I haven’t read to the point of knowing much about this. I see similarities in this to The Fault in our Stars, another work by the same author, John Green, in how real the characters are.  John Green is a very straight forward writer in this sense. I predict that the before/ after is revolved around Alaska, and that she goes missing. Maybe it’s a little of me being gullible, but “Looking for Alaska” kind of gives me the sense of that. I look forward to reaching the “After” of the book. 

Click this link for an about of John Green, because I believe the more you know about the author, the better you can understand your book.