Pudge’s infatuation with famous last words also serves as foreshadowing, and him not knowing her last words just adds to the fact that she is a mystery.Ĭigarettes- Cigarette smoke is on the cover because of its significance to the characters and the book itself. Pudge mentions that Alaska goes “from a hundred miles an hour to asleep in a nanosecond”, which foreshadows her instant death while also hinting at her unpredictability.
It also shows the kind of person Alaska is her intelligence mixed with her bluntness was a powerful weapon. I smoke to die” foreshadows her death while adding to the question, was it suicide or was it an accident? (but we’ll get to that later).Ĩ pages later, Alaska says, “I may die young, but at least I’ll die smart,” another indication of her unfortunate fate. Alaska’s most famous quote, “Y’all smoke to enjoy it. Our protagonist, Miles “Pudge” Halter’s life changes the moment he meets Alaska Young, and then changes once again when he finds out about her death.įoreshadowing- The foreshadowing in this book is unbelievably amazing. My third thought about this book was, God, I absolutely love it, and I kept loving it the more I kept reading.īut since this is an analysis more than it is a review, let’s get started with a little bit of background. My second thought about this book was that it’s a more contemporary The Catcher in the Rye, especially regarding the protagonist’s attitude and narrative and the boarding school setting. The first few chapters were unpredictable and ambiguous in where the story was going to go (just like our unpredictable and ambiguous Alaska Young).
I’ll begin by saying that my first thought about this book was ironically immediate dread.
Warning- there are a TON of spoilers, so I don’t recommend reading until after you’ve finished the book.Īlso, before I begin, I’m planning to post a lot more book analyses on my blog so if you have any recommended books for me to analyze (or even better, a book you’ve written yourself), feel free to send me a message! An In-Depth Analysis of Looking for Alaska by John Green:ĭisclaimer- this is just my interpretation of the novel, please feel free to comment down below and I’d love to start a discussion!
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