“If you have a worldview that can be undone with a novel, let me submit that the problem is not with the novel.”- John Green. Many parents believe they are helping their children by, restricting content. In reality they are destroying their ability to mature. The world is a scary and indecorous place. If people decide to ban books our generation will continue to learn that many things essential for maturing is amiss. Looking For Alaska was banned for having offensive language and sexually explicit descriptions. The book includes many real life examples of being a teenager. When taken out of context anything can seem horrible, although in reality it is exactly the opposite. It is completely understandable the reasoning of banning the book. …show more content…
The main character Miles meets many friends and creates several bonds with people, especially The Colonial and Alaska. “Text is meaningless without context. What usually happens with is that a parent chooses one page of the novel to send to an administrator and then the book gets banned without anyone who objects to it having read more than that one particular page” (Coles). Miles has a lot of memories with his friends and they can sometimes be taken as inappropriate, especially when taken out of context. Miles wants to leave his old school in search of a great perhaps and find new friends. Although his friends introduce him to drinking and new adventures, they also are the only people who really accept him for himself. When alaska has a sudden death the friendship created prior get even stronger when trying to figure out what really happened to her. Intimacy, sex, and love are very difficult in , Miles is in love with Alaska, but he is in a relationship with Lara. “In context, the novel is arguing really in a rather pointed way that emotionally intimate kissing can be a whole lot more fulfilling than emotionally empty oral” (Coles). The intimacy in this part is far from trashy but it is the truth about how people feel in these scenarios. Not only does the novel teach the audience about friendships and intimacies, but it explains the real feelings and emotions during these life