2cnd Half of Finding Alaska

The second half of Finding Alaska is much more serious and depressing then the first. In the first there were pranks and love and Miles’ quest to seek his Great Perhaps. In the second there is searching, depression, heartbreak, and breaking of friendships. In the first half I felt like something was going to happen as I mentioned in my last blog. Something did. Alaska Young died in a car crash. Miles and the colonel can barely understand what happened and decide to find out what happened to her. They were with her on the night she died and helped her to get off campus where she ran into a cop car full speed so not only were they extremely sad that their friend was gone but they were wracked with guilt. In their search to find out what happened to Alaska (this search is the reason the book is called Looking for Alaska and is not about some 1800’s expedition to Alaska the state) Miles and the colonel almost lose all their friends as well as themselves. In the end they come to terms with themselves despite not finding out exactly what had happened to her. They realize that some mysteries can’t be solved and manage to forgive themselves for what they did. Overall Finding Alaska is a great book that I think most people should read.