Summer reading (post two)

There are many goals and desires for the main characters in the book Looking for Alaska.  Pudge, for example, wants to date his neighbor, Alaska, but she has a boyfriend whose name is Jake. Alaska always tells the Colonel and Pudge how much she loves Jake and that she always wants to be with him (she never wants to cheat on him). Alaska’s desire is to pull the biggest prank that she can on the president of Culver Creek, the Eagle. The Colonel, Takumi, Pudge, and Alaska all love to break the rules and they always want to get to the bottom of different situations. The only major desire that Lara has is that she just wants to fit in. The theme that is appearing in the book is that you shouldn’t take anything you do for granted.  No matter what happens, keep moving forward. Who knows when something bad will happen, and you can’t prepare for it.  All you can do in that moment is not blame yourself or try to think of what could have been done differently to stop a tragic event from happening. Pudge is the narrator for the entire book and the structure of the book has lots of dialogue between all of the characters. The book also contains lots of descriptions so that you can visualize the book in your head.