Looking for Alaska Pt. 2

In this book, Alaska desires a good time and to forget about her hardships at home. I also think that Alaska does desire Pudge a little too because she did admit to liking him a little and wanting to "hookup" with him. I also think Alaska desires closure between her past and her present I think the past of her mom`s death. Pudge, desires Alaska plain and simple. Everything about her fascinates him and he can`t stand the fact that she has a boyfriend and sometimes doesn`t seem interested in him. Alaska is such a free spirit and can`t stand the fact of being held down. Theme`s beginning to appear in this story are breaking out of your shell and experiencing the world. Also, to never give up on something you want. The book is structured in a way that tells the story in way of everything that happened before Alaska got in her wreck an died. Then, it has a ending section of the book that tells about the aftermath of Alaska`s death and how they coped with it. Some blamed it on her mom`s anniversary of her death and others blamed it on Alaska`s on guilt for not calling 911 when her  mother was about to die.

Looking for Alaska

The main characters in Looking for Alaska are Miles "Pudge" Halter and Alaska Young. Alaska is a charismatic, young, eccentric individual who doesn`t seem to have a worry in the world. Miles however is a shy teenage boy who is stuck in an awkward phase where he doesn`t have many friends and can`t seem to make any. He makes the rash decision to follow in his father`s footsteps and attend Culver Creek boarding school right outside Birmingham, Alabama. The setting for this novel is in Alabama at a boarding school where Miles meets the intimidating Alaska, who intrigues him. There`s conflict in this story that involves Pudge and Alaska. Pudge is madly in love with Alaska and doesn`t know what to do about his feelings for her since she has a boyfriend. Throughout the book they struggle with their sexual tension. When I was reading this story it reminded me of one of my friends and a boy she liked but didn`t know what to do about it. They would always hang out and liked each other but neither of them wanted to admit it. Nothing ended up happening just like Alaska and Pudge but they both had regrets in the end of the "relationship". Some questions I have are why didn`t Pudge just tell Alaska what his true feelings were?