Tolog Review: Looking For Alaska

Looking for Alaska
by John Green 
reviewed by Sofia Gutierrez

We all experience change in our lives. Life throws us different obstacles or good experiences in our life that can change who we are. This change can be for the better. We all seek the Great Perhaps in our own way to see if there is something better for us. 

Author John Green introduces the theme of change and life in his novel Looking For Alaska. Miles Halter’s life turns around when he is sent to Culver Creek Boarding School to seek "The Great Perhaps.” 

The Great perhaps is a theme in Looking For Alaska that, in my opinion, shows the times in our lives where we wonder who we would be if things were different. In Miles’s case, he wonders what life would be like with new friends, away from his parents. He seeks something different. This theme relates to teens because we always wonder what life would be like if things were different for us. 

This story is great for teens because of the characters in the story. One example is Alaska Young in their life. She is someone who changes Mile’s life completely just because she is so unique and introduces him to different things. We all have that someone in our lives that introduces us to new things and changes us for the better. 

John Green exemplifies the theme of great change through Miles or as often referred to as Pudge. We all have experienced change in our lives and that is why, in my opinion, Pudge is the character everyone can relate to. Green shows a wide spectrum of change that someone can endure. 

I recommend this heartbreaking but amazing story to everyone especially teens. I enjoyed this story because it shows the highlights adolescence and living life to the fullest because life is full of change. I also enjoyed this story because it’s not your average teen fiction novel; it has a much deeper meaning behind it. Green ultimately reaches out to those facing change or looking for something better and let’s them know they are not alone.