Alaska's Ghosts

Do you  ever just completely engulf yourself into one thing? That is what is happening with me with this incredible eye opening novel.  I can't even write in words how it changes how you feel and makes you think about what is really being said in the words that are spoken. This character Alaska is so mysterious, she speaks very philosophically and doesn't let you in on her life but she is helping others with theirs. She keeps hinting at her life, or she says something that could be more revealing but then it closes up again. She said, "I'm scared of ghosts, Pudge. And home is full of them."(Green 41). I could think of that for hours and just sit contemplating what it means. In fact, I reread it to try and understand what she is talking about. John Green does an excellent job of incorporating Alaska to use many more quotes like this that just jump out at you as you read. I think that her quotes are foreshadowing what is to happen later on.

There haven't been any real problems in the plot yet. The kids in the campus just prank each other and they get caught smoking, but that isn't a real issue to them. I think that they are leading up to a real problem that they will have. In the book Pudge is the main character but it seems like the book was chosen to be written from his point so that we could be more intrigued about Alaska and what is going on with her. It's mysterious. I don't really like mystery but this incorporates it nicely and make it flow. Pudge is on a mission to figure Alaska out and find out what she has hidden. I think he finally does figure it out because Pudge keeps counting down days, he starts at "one hundred thirty-six days before"(Green 1). It is literally the first thing you read. I was really confused at first, because I was just thinking to myself, before what? What is going to happen. I knew he wasn't going to die because it is written in his perspective but as I went on and now that I am down to fifty-one days before, I am starting to get an idea of what is going to happen. Obviously by the title something to do with Alaska, but I think that it isn't going to be a physical search but rather a search internally. To find out what is her story and who she is as a person. It is impeccably written and keeps edging me on to read more. This is my last post of the year for my class(yay!) so if this sounds interesting to you I would definitely recommend reading it! I am sure I will have to blog next year for sophomore class blogs so see you next year!