Summer Reading Entry 1

I am reading the book Looking for Alaska by John Green. In this book there are four main characters. The first being Miles but all his friends call him “Pudge”, because of his apparent skinniness. Pudge has a thing about remembering people’s last words and can recite many famous peoples last words. His roommate, Chip, but goes by “The Colonial” because of his well-thought-out mischievous plans. The Colonial’s friend, named Alaska, is a very attractive girl that all the guys rave over, especially Pudge. She is The Colonial’s partner in crime and loves to live on the dangerous side. Next is Kevin, he is despised by these three because of the choice to duck tape Pudge up and throw him in the lake on his first night. The books major setting is ”Culver Creek Boarding School”. At Culver Creek there are dorm rooms that are unair-conditioned and very small. Many events occur at the lake in the middle of the campus. This is where the kids talk, hang out, and occasionally get thrown into. One of the major conflicts so far is the conflict between Kevin and Pudge and the rest of their friends. Mainly this problem has occurred because of Kevin’s decision to throw Pudge into the lake, where he could have died and that he peed in The Colonial’s shoes in the process. I predict that later in the book Pudge and Alaska will fall in love, even though Alaska says she’s in love with her boyfriend. You can see that she does like Pudge by her continual flirting with him. This book reminds me of another book by John Green called The Fault in Our Stars. The writing style is very similar and if you liked that book I suggest this book to you.