Entry 1

Entry One: Looking for Alaska


The major characters in John Green's novel "Looking for Alaska" are: Miles Halter (Pudge), Chip Martin (the Colonel), and Alaska Young. The setting is at a boarding school (Culver Creek) in Alabama. The conflict in the story is mostly within Pudge himself. He wants to be friends with Alaska and the Colonel but he has a hard time initially getting involved with all of the mischief and pranks the two of them get themselves into like smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, and playing pranks on the principle whom they called "The Eagle."
I predict that Pudge will actually become good friends with Alaska and the Colonel by throwing himself into their mischief and finding out how exhilarating it can be.
Does Pudge want to prove himself worthy of being friends with them simply because he has a little crush on Alaska? Or is it also because he has never really had friends before?
The character of Pudge reminds me of the character Annie from the show 90210 because both of these characters changed parts of who they are to fit in with a new crowd of friends. Annie moves to Beverly Hills from Kansas and decides to take on the personality and lifestyle of the Beverly Hills girls so she can fit in. Pudge decides to become a prankster and a "rebel" to fit in with Alaska and the Colonel.