Omar

Journal Entry #1
What this book is saying about life is that, when people you really care for die, there is nothing you can do but love them unconditionally and make sure that they are not forgotten because it’s simply the most you can do. Alaska dying was eating Miles up on the inside and him and the colonel were to depressed to live their daily lives. Its okay to grieve and it’s okay to feel sad and angry about a loved one or a friend passing away, but there will come a time where you need to get back on track with your own life, to make you’re loved one who passed away, proud. That does not mean forget them though, some things that Miles and his friends did were pull a prank on “speaker day” in memory of Alaska. Another thing they did was throw cigarettes into a lake that was close to where they all used to smoke when she was alive, saying that they were for Alaska. My personal beliefs are that when people pass on, you become closer to them and in the book I also think that's what they're saying about life because, Miles did admit that he will always love Alaska and I think she will watch over him and heal his relationships and make him a better man because he loves her so much and was always there for her when she needed him.


Journal Entry #2

A person vs. person conflict in this story is between The Colonel and The Weekday Warriors. The Weekday Warriors are kids who are more wealthy then The Colonel and he thinks that they are just a bunch of snotty rich kids who think that they are better then everyone else simply, because they're rich. The Weekday Warriors and The Colonel, Alaska and their friends consider themselves to be at war with each other. On Miles'(Pudge's)first night, the Weekday Warriors duct taped him and threw him into a lake. Miles barley survives and then finds out that the reason he was tortured on his first night at Culver Creek Boarding School was because The Weekday Warriors believe that Miles' friends (The Colonel, Alaska, Takumi) "ratted out" their friend Paul for doing things that were against school rules. But Miles' friends think that's ridiculous because one of their friends was expelled with him. What they did pushed Alaska, The Colonel, Takumi, Miles, and Lara to plan a prank on The Weekday Warriors which would consist of the friends changing their marks on the progress reports so they would be failing and putting blue dye in their hair products. I think that these two cliques will still hate each other for the rest of their time at Culver Creek and that they will probably not keep in touch after they graduate.

Journal Entry #3

One of the biggest mysteries in this book is "How Did Alaska Young Die". I believe that Alaska committed suicide. I think there was build up of anxiety because, she cheated on her boyfriend Jake with Miles and she was probably worried that the person that cares for her the most (as she thinks) will be upset with her and leave her. Alaska died the morning after her mothers funeral anniversary, her friends think that that's where she was driving to the night she died, she might have been sick and tired of grieving for the loss of her mother and maybe she just wanted to be with her again.She was also very drunk when this all happened and a high percentage of suicides among adolescences are a case where the individual was drunk before the suicide. Alaska also said something very interesting before her death, she said "Ya'll smoke to enjoy it, I smoke to die"(44). Im glad John Green didn't tell the readers how she died because I think if us as the readers knew she committed suicide it would make our read depressing, so I'm glad he left it a mystery!

Journal Entry #4
This book reminds me of a show that I myself don't watch but my cousin does and she talks about it a lot (oh joy). In the show Pretty Little Liars a couple of girls find out one day that one of their best friends die and the make it their mission to figure out how.Those girls remind me of The Colonel because after Alaska's death he tries to figure out what caused her to drive into a truck and where she was going the night of the accident.