Alaska Young Character Traits

 Her attitude changes threw out the play, she’s very confident in the beginning, she doesn’t really talk back to anyone, but as it goes on her attitude changes and she’s very upset all the time and depressed.

She always escapes the asylum, not taking her meds and therapy, mocking people around her and acts violently especially when she didn't got what she wanted. She mocks people for her own good. She was also a type of girl who doesn't feel any guilt or remorse like verbally attacking a girl which led the girl to suicide.

When she gets into arguments with her parents that’s something anyone can connect to i know i can but i don't argue with my parents as frequent as she but when you're a teenager they just don't want to see grow up so fast on them and lastly the most main thing i connected to was that she wanted to make decisions for herself and she feels that her parents are holding her back from that and i completely can relate to wanting to make your own decisions instead of having my parents make all the choices for me i would rather take charge and decide for myself what to do, and she struggled with that throughout the story because unlike me she couldn't handle

This is seen when she started swimming and “a feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul. She grew daring and reckless, overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before” (pg. 31) It can be seen how she’s not content with following everyone else, and instead has to break free from the pack and do her own thing. But, this comes back to bite her as she’s not strong enough to maintain this rebellion forever. She eventually becomes depressed and bipolar. She talks about how some days “she was very happy without knowing why. She was happy to be alive and breathing . . . she liked then to wander alone into strange and unfamiliar places” but “there were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why—when it did not seem worth while . . . to be alive or dead; when life appeared to her like a grotesque pandemonium and humanity like worms struggling blindly toward inevitable annihilation” (pg. 64). It is seen how some days she is super happy because she is free from everything, but then it shown how she is sad and depressed because of the terrible situations she put herself into. All of these things add up and she runs out of ways to avoid the problems in her life so she just ends up killing

This, however, seems to be inconsistent throughout the story. At times, she appears to be the group's most mature and level-headed member. At others, she acts immature and childlike. Every character's personality develops through the story.

Character Analysis She’s cold... she’s hungry... and she’s alone until she knocks on the door. The book “The Midwife’s Apprentice” starts off by introducing us to an unnamed orphan who scours from village to village just to get a meal. Later on in the book, she finds a role as The Midwife’s Apprentice she continues with this role for the majority of the book.

By making us aware of her changes in mood, it makes her come across as nervous, emotional, and not necessarily reliable. Her instability creates a feeling of uncertainty

Patty no longer letts physical pain get in her way of her goals lets, and focuses of the

For instance, the relationship she has with her parents. Her mother seems like she’s trying to be her friend and be part of the plastics instead of being a mother figure.

Page 119: The quote which refers to Alaska’s mom’s death shows how young Alaska had been faced to this situation when she was eight years old. For all this time she has felt the guilt about it because she didn’t get the reflex of calling the emergency number 911 in order to save her mother. Moreover, this event in her life may have a link with her death since she dies on the night that her mother died which is a January 10th and on that night, Alaska was on her way to visit her mom’s grave. This shows that the guilt she felt may have had a consequence on an eventual suicide in order to join her mom on the other side.

To some, teenagers appear to be the same in their attitudes and choices. However, this common stereotype is false. Individuals have various personalities and deal with different struggles mentally and physically. In the book Looking for Alaska, Miles Halter and Chip Martin, the main protagonists, both seem like average teenagers on the surface; but they each have their own unique qualities. Over time they learn more about each other and grow. During the development of their friendship, they see how they differ from each other. Although they may seem like average teenagers on the surface, Miles Halter and Chip Martin are different because of their origin, physical traits, and attitudes.

Alaska Young is a complicated girl from Vine Station, Alabama. Much of Alaska’s life seems to be shaped by her fear of inaction. She is constantly up to something which often gets her into trouble, but usually nothing she can’t think herself out of. She has a fascination with what she calls the labyrinth, the maze of life that we are all in. Alaska wanted to find a way out of the labyrinth, she was not content with finding a corner of the maze to call home and pretending that she was not lost.

The novel Looking for Alaska is John Green's first novel and it is a coming of age story that is great for teenagers and even adults and that gives readers an empowering message of moving on. The story is told through teenager Miles Halter as he enrolls at a boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life, and was inspired by Green's experiences as a high school student. Miles meets many friends at Culver Creek including Chip, who is his roommate. Chip introduces Miles to Alaska Young and Takumi Hikohito who show them the true meaning of friendship and helps him to finally experience his “Great Perhaps.” This novel is full of adventure, excitement and life lessons.

Many people who suffer from this disorder may have suicidal thoughts, bi-polar disorder and also depression .Upon her arrival at the institution she meets some of the patients who she quickly starts to connect and develop a bond with especially with one of the patients named Lisa who is diagnosed as a sociopath. Psychiatrists and psychologists states that a sociopath is someone with a personality disorder who “displays antisocial tendencies that are ascribed to social or environmental factors.” Other definitions include “A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.” (Dr.Axe, 2017). With this being said anyone could suffer from a personality disorder and majority of the time it goes unnoticed because we end up blaming other people for the way we feel or react to certain situations. As the movie goes on we are introduced to another woman named Daisy she suffered from compulsive eating disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and also self harm.

“There comes a time when we realize that our parents cannot save themselves or save us, that everyone who wades through time eventually gets dragged out to sea by the undertow—that, in short, we are all going.” (120) John Green’s Looking For Alaska is a book for young adults that has been greatly challenged by parents and schools all around the world for it’s mature content. Although it has swearing and some sexually explicit scenes, the book's main purpose is to make the reader really think about and question the many deeper meanings and troubles of life. The book touches on how the characters deal with the grief of losing loved ones, friendship, and how harmful alcohol can be. Alaska is one of the main characters in Looking For Alaska, and her character is very dynamic.