Looking for AlaskaLiterary Research ProjectIntroduction:Looking for Alaska is told from Miles' point of view and his experiences. This leads the reader to speculate that John Green wrote this book based on personal experiences, to capture experiences from his youth and conveyed through the eyes of Miles Pudge Halter. Looking for Alaska was written by John Green, in 2005, and was his first novel. This novel is aimed at a young adult audience. It is the story of a high school teenager, named Miles "Pudge" Halter, who leaves Florida to attend boarding school in Alabama. This novel is about Miles' journey to find a greater understanding of life and the world around him. He refers to this as the “Great Maybe” (Green, 2005). Miles led a quiet life, with few friends and few events of “interest or excitement” in his life in Florida. For his senior year, Miles decides that he will attend Culver Creek High School, an elite boarding school in Alabama, in search of higher understanding and to experience life on his own terms, despite his parents' belief that it is because he has few friends. Miles also enjoys memorizing the "famous last words" of famous people (Publishers Weekly, February 7, 2005). Miles meets and quickly becomes friends with a teenager named Chip. Chip gave himself the nickname "The Colonel" and ironically gives Miles the nickname "Pudge". This is ironically ironic, given that Miles is a taller, thinner, and not at all plump young man. As Miles begins to adjust to this new school, he experiences a significant level of hazing from wealthy students called the Weekend Warriors. As Pudge continues to Culver Creek, her favorite lesson becomes World re... center of the card... themes of love, loss, grief, and finding purpose in life are easy to relate to. The novel says a lot about humanity. It covers global topics that many, if not most teenagers and even adults deal with every day. This novel represents to most of humanity, even in the face of feeling lost or suffering grief, that there is always "hope" and personal resilience, and a way to move forward. Even though we are searching for a greater meaning in life and determining our personal beliefs about religion, you can still celebrate someone's life, no matter how short or long their life is. Even if it is a "joke" to commemorate someone's life. We can always derive something good from the interactions of those who impact our lives. You define who you are, but you can find love, enlightenment, joy, pain, and resilience from friends who become family.