English 11Honors - Christopher Miller - "Looking For Alaska" Storyboard
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- Setting- Miles Halter is Dropped Off At His New Boarding School
- I am going to attend Culver Creek High School in Alabama to finally make friends and seek the great perhaps!
- I love you son, I am going to call you every Sunday.
- "Don't do anything stupid. No drugs, no drinking, no cigarettes. I love you son," (7).
- If I smoke or drink, my parents will kill me.
- Introduction- Miles Meets His Fellow Students
- Alaska is beautiful
- I like to memorize the last word's of famous people.
- We dislike the wealthy kids.
- My name is Chip, but you can call me the Colonel. I'm going to call you Pudge. These are my friends Alaska and Takumi.
- My name is Alaska. I have a boyfriend Jake, but I think you are very cute Pudge. Do you know how to escape the labyrinth?
- Hi, my name is Takumi. I enjoy pranking other students, dancing, raping, and drinking with my friends!
- Rising Action- Truth or Dare
- "Ok we will help you, start the car when you hear the second string," (132).
- "I JUST HAVE TO GO. HELP ME GET OUT OF HERE!" (132)
- After growing up in Florida with very few friends, Miles Halter decided to attend Culver Creek High School, a school that his father attended and got into a lot of trouble at, to seek the great perhaps of life. His mother and father are both very sad to see him go, but know that this experience will be best for him. This final goodbye introduces one of many conflicts in this book. Miles battles a character vs. self internal conflict as he hopes to venture out in the world to discover himself and the great perhaps.
- Climax- Alaska Dies in A Car Accident
- Miles Halter meets his roommate and quickly develops a group of friends in the process, something he has never had before. Miles immediately falls for Alaska, despite the fact of her already having a boyfriend. Alaska mentions that she heard the last words "I must escape this labyrinth" which will end up being a major motif throughout the rest of the book. The group also likes to drink and smoke, which Miles' father warned him against.
- Falling Action- Central Conflict (character v self)
- "Take your clothes off!" (208).
- *The man gives a speech about adolescents understanding of sex and then proceeds to strip* (203).
- After the group pranks the weekday warriors, the rich kids who go back to their mansions on the weekends, Alaska, Miles and Chip go back to Alaska's room to celebrate by drinking A LOT of wine. Miles and Alaska play a game of truth or dare and end up kissing as part of the game. Suddenly, Alaska yells that she has to leave. Drunk and confused, Miles and Chip think nothing of her driving drunk and obviously frantic behind the wheel. Miles and Chip help distract the school official by agreeing to set fireworks for Alaska to escape.
- Resolution- Miles' Essay
- Thomas Edison's last words: "It's very beautiful over there." I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful (221).
- The climax of the story was when Alaska got into a car accident when she was driving drunk. According to a police report, Alaska was driving down the highway and ran into a police cruiser without attempting to swerve past it. The officer who got hit said, "They was flowers in her backseat. Like, from a florist. Tulips," (163). Miles and the Colonel were devastated by this news in the morning. The colonel said, "I am sorry, Alaska. You deserved a better friend," (152). Alaska had escaped the great labyrinth, the fear of death throughout your entire life, by colliding with the police car.
- After Alaska dies, the group struggles to uncover if Alaska's death was accidental or on purpose. Miles refers back to the time Alaska said, "You smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die," (167). This introduces another character vs. self conflict when the friend group realizes that Alaska may have been battling suicidal thoughts all along. The school decides to build a playground in memory of Alaska, but the friend group decides to pull an ultimate prank in memory of Alaska. The group of friends hired a male stripper to give a speech to the entire school on "Speaker Day," (201). The friends then yell for the man to take his clothes off.
- The book ends with Miles writing his final essay for Mr. Hyde's class. Miles answers the question inspired by Alaska. Miles wrote, "So I still believe in the Great Perhaps, and I can believe in it in spite of having lost her," (219). He also wrote about how he knows that Alaska forgives him and that we cannot be afraid of the labyrinth for our entire lives. Miles comes to the conclusion that "we are greater than the sum of our parts," (220) and that the influence that Alaska has had on so many lives does not add up to her. To conclude, Miles leaves us with the thoughts of what's "over there," which were the last words of Thomas Edison.
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