Jarrett Stalllman

4/19/2012

ms. Neilsen

English 9

     I am reading a book called "Finding Alaska". This book was written by John Green, I am about half way through this book right now.

    So far in my book Miles Halter who lives in Florida and he hates it there. He has no one to hang out with and is a good student. So he moves into his dads old high school, called Culver Creek. This is a private in Alabama and he will be staying there and only come back on holidays. So he get there and meets his room mate and his name is Chip Martin but every one there call him "the colonel" because he is the king of pranks there at Culver Creek. There principal is the called the Eagle and is a very mean principal. The second person he meets is Alaska a beautiful girl that he just falls in love as soon as he walks in her room. Some things they do so far is go and they always smoke cigaretts at the smoke hole and one day they get caught by the Eagle and have to go to "court". Now the Colonel is determined to find out who ratted them out because the kids at Culver Creek hate rat. He never finds out but the next day at 12:00 A.M while the Colonel is out of the room Miles gets taken by the kids called the "Weekday Warriors" and taken down to the lake and is taped up from head to toe and thrown in the lake and the only words the kids said to Mile was we don't like who ever hangs with the Colonel. Then thanksgiving comes and everyone leaves the dorms besides 10 kids and 2 of them where Alaska and Miles. And Miles is in love with Alaska and all he talks about but Alaska has a guy in her life who she really loves. So once everyone leaves Alaska takes Miles and they break into the "Weekday Warriors" dorm stealing all of the acohol and inappropriate magizenes in there dorm rooms.

 

 Now I don't read very much but I love this book and because of this can not put it down and just want to keep reading and reading it to find out what happens with Alaska and Miles and not to mention what kind of trouble the Colonel gets into. 

 The theme of this book is what we kids like to say is yolo (you only live once) and to live life to its fullest. Life is short and sweet make the very best of it and live every day like it is the last one and never look back on the bad and live up the good ones.

  I think the Colonel is the best character because you never know what he is going to do next. He has grown in this book because he felt he needed his "girl" just to yell at and she would fight with him. But they broke up now and now he knows he never needed that in his life.

 Alaska says to Miles  "This is so hard sitting here alone in my dorm with an amazing cute boy, while my boyfriend is sitting back at home" the reason this is important is because it give Mile a hint Alaska has feelings for him.

  I have one question and that is WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?