![]() ![]() Mattering is a relative term, and I think it’s important to ask why we want to matter, and what drives the human need to be remembered after we die. Photo Credit: GoodreadsĬolin reminds me of myself in a lot of ways, and I think his character (although whiny and a bit pretentious) is something that everyone can relate to at some point in their life. If I was rating Looking for Alaska on a scale of one to ten, I would have to give it an eleven. It’s a raw, angst-filled, life-changing story, and because these characters are so blemished and quintessentially symbolic of their time that they can truly reach their readers. ![]() But even though I was expecting a completely different story than the one I got, I was pleasantly surprised by the one I ventured upon.Īs the first John Green novel that I read, I’ve kept Alaska with me for many years, and I treasure her story because I know how many lives it has saved and how it has changed my own views on mental illness. ![]() He lived there until he died of starvation and was found by a hunter. In the 90s, McCandless was a man who traveled to Alaska and lived in an abandoned bus after he graduated from Emory University. The real reason why I first picked up Looking for Alaska was because I was searching for the book about Christopher McCandless. ![]()
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