rough draft
Evan
Hour 3
October 28, 2013
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive” (Green 218). In John Green’s, Looking for Alaska, Alaska and her friends are searching for the way of the “labyrinth” while finding their Great Perhaps at the same time. All of the characters in Looking for Alaska, especially Pudge are trying to find their Great Perhaps during the duration of the novel. For example, when Pudge learns he is going to attend Culver Creek, he thinks that he will be able to find his Great Perhaps at the new school. Pudge lived a life at his public school with a few friends with no excitement. He thinks with a new school and new people he will be able to achieve his Great Perhaps. “That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps” (Green 5). Miles knows that with a fresh start and away from his old public he will have a better chance of finding his Great Perhaps. Once Pudge meets Alaska he thinks that she is his Great Perhaps and she is the girl he is supposed to be with. Alaska is also seeking a Great Perhaps. She tries many things that Alaska thinks that will change her life and help her find her Great Perhaps. For example, she drinks excessively, she has sex, and she takes chances with her life. Alaska thinks that with all of these things she is trying and doing, she will be able to find her Great Perhaps even though she may be clouding it. When Alaska meets Pudge he is only another bump in the road. She likes Pudge, and thinks of him as a friend but Pudge thinks it is so much more. If Alaska did not do the things that she did, she may have never gotten in that car accident which may of let her live to her Great Perhaps. Alaska struggles her whole life about the issue of getting out of the labyrinth, even though she never will. Pudge and other characters in Looking for Alaska worry about their Great Perhaps and getting out of the labyrinth. “How will I ever get out of this Labyrinth! To a
Hour 3
October 28, 2013
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive” (Green 218). In John Green’s, Looking for Alaska, Alaska and her friends are searching for the way of the “labyrinth” while finding their Great Perhaps at the same time. All of the characters in Looking for Alaska, especially Pudge are trying to find their Great Perhaps during the duration of the novel. For example, when Pudge learns he is going to attend Culver Creek, he thinks that he will be able to find his Great Perhaps at the new school. Pudge lived a life at his public school with a few friends with no excitement. He thinks with a new school and new people he will be able to achieve his Great Perhaps. “That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps” (Green 5). Miles knows that with a fresh start and away from his old public he will have a better chance of finding his Great Perhaps. Once Pudge meets Alaska he thinks that she is his Great Perhaps and she is the girl he is supposed to be with. Alaska is also seeking a Great Perhaps. She tries many things that Alaska thinks that will change her life and help her find her Great Perhaps. For example, she drinks excessively, she has sex, and she takes chances with her life. Alaska thinks that with all of these things she is trying and doing, she will be able to find her Great Perhaps even though she may be clouding it. When Alaska meets Pudge he is only another bump in the road. She likes Pudge, and thinks of him as a friend but Pudge thinks it is so much more. If Alaska did not do the things that she did, she may have never gotten in that car accident which may of let her live to her Great Perhaps. Alaska struggles her whole life about the issue of getting out of the labyrinth, even though she never will. Pudge and other characters in Looking for Alaska worry about their Great Perhaps and getting out of the labyrinth. “How will I ever get out of this Labyrinth! To a