Friend of Miles that he meets at the beginning of the book
commits suicide
Chip Martin
friend of Miles
nickname: the Colonol
on scholarship
comes from a very poor family
shares room with Miles at boarding school
Takumi Hikohito
friends of alaska and chip
shares room with Miles at boarding school
Mr Starnes
teacher at culver creek
dislikes Miles and his friends
nickname: the Eagle
PERSONAL RESPONCE
I found the book enjoyable yet it took a while for the
story to take off.
I recommend this book for children over the
age of 13
contains drugs, alcohol and
sexual content
The author John Green made you connect
with Alaska and when she died he made you feel sad.
TECHNIQUES USED BY THE AUTHOR
John Green uses a lot of describing techniques in his book. He will use
many adjectives, similes and metaphors to give the reader a better picture
of the book.
A technique he uses that makes the book unique is he counts the day and makes
the number of the day the title of the chapter. e.g. One hundred and thirty-six days
before. Before is before Alaska dies. John then uses number of days + after to
show after Alaskas death
MAIN IDEAS
Alaska, Chip, Miles and Takumi love to plan pranks of the school
Plan the prank of the year
Prank is sucessful but the group of friends get in trouble
Miles leaves his home in florida and goes to Culver Creek where he meets
Alaska,Chip and Takumi
as a school tradition Miles is duct-taped and thrown in the lake
where he meets Alaska who pulls him out of the lake
Alaska commits suicide
Alaska, Chip, Miles and Takumi get drunk on the night
of the prank
Alaska gets a call
(callers identity is never told in the book)
Alaska gets very upset and tells her friends she need to go
visit her mother
Alaskas mother died when Alaska was 3
Alaska drives to her mothers grave drunk
drives off road on purpose and kills herself
After Alaskas death
The Eagle holds a assembly and tells the whole school about the
accident
Miles and Chip feel they are at fault by letting Alaska
drive while drunk
friends all drift apart
Chip and Miles go to investigate who was on the phone
suspects:
Alaskas boyfriend: Jake
The Eagle
Another person from the school
friends all come back together
celebrate the anniversary of her death by playing a prank Alaska had planned before
she died