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Intro to Characters
Setting: Boarding School named Culver Creek.
Situation/ Climate: bunch of kids at school in hot Birmingham, Alabama.
Characters: Miles (Pudge), Alaska, Chip Martin (Coloneal),Takumi, Lara, Dr. Hyde, The Eagle(Mr. Starnes), Mr. and Mrs. Halter. -
Conflict
Alaska vs. Self
Alaska is trying to find herself through the book. -
Before the Changer_6
Alaska pulls a prank on the Weekday Warriors by sending progress reports home to their parents about them failing. -
Before the changer_5
Alaska claims "she smokes to die". -
Before the changer_4
Alaska shares about how she watches her mom die and it was all burdended on herself for the death. -
Before the chamger_3
Pudge and Alaska make out while Alaksa is drunk off of a "truth or dare". -
Before the changer_2
Alaska misses her moms death anaversary. -
Before the changer_1
Alaska drives drunk and depressed. -
The Change
Alaska Young dies in a car crash. -
After the Change_1 (Falling Action)
Pudge and the Colonel go through depression. they also feeel guilty for Alaskas death. It takes alot of time to figure out why and how. They drink out of self pity. -
After the changer_2 (Resolution)
Pudge and Colonel pull one last prank thats worth of Alaska. They hire a male stripper for speaker day. -
Theme
There are two themes that i beleive are deffinetly present. I chose Good and Bad choices along with Grief.
Grief: Pg. 139 "The Eagle looked at me. He was crying noislessly."
Pg. 139 "I thought; It's all my fault, I thought: I don't feel well, I thought: Im going to be sick.
Bad and good choices: Pg. 7 "No drugd, no drinking, no ciggeretts."
Pg. 15 "So Alaska, sell us some cigarretts."
