What does Miles "Pudge" Halter want? He wants to find himself. He wants to fit in at his new school and a girlfriend. But not just any girlfriend. An Alaska Young girlfriend. There's just one small problem. She already has a boyfriend that she loves.
What does Alaska want? She wants to escape the labyrinth of suffering. There's just one small problem. She doesn't know how to do that. There's always pain and there's always suffering.
What does The Colonel want? He just wants to have a good time, but not get expelled from the school. The Colonel would also like to be happy with his girlfriend by not continuously fighting.
There are many themes that are appearing in Looking for Alaska. To name a couple, there are self discovery and that people are complex and cannot be fully understood. Pudge went out to Culver Creek to discover his "Great Perhaps". He wanted to know who he was and see what life had to offer him. Pudge was in love with Alaska, even though he only knew a little about her life. After the crash, he realized he didn't know some of the most important events in her life. Pudge then realized why she did all the things she did. He found her mysterious and that was what made her intriguing.
Looking for Alaska is structured in a very unique way. Instead of chapters, each event is categorized by "days before" and "days after" Alaska's death. In the beginning of the book, you didn't know what Pudge was counting down to. As the days lessen and lessen, you start to predict what is going to happen. Then, finally, you get to "the day after" and your heart just drops. The entire mood of the story changes.
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