Miles's Search For Identity In Looking For Alaska

During the first encounter Miles has with Alaska he becomes mesmerized by her physical appearance and becomes convinced of his love for her almost in an instant (Green, 22). The initial reaction towards Alaska’ physical appearance portrays that physical appearance is, in many cases, how two people become initially attracted to one another (Kalish, 2009). Miles’ initial reaction to her appearance indicates he is stunned and this later builds up into a strong affection towards Alaska. Mile’s affection for Alaska due to her beauty led him to sacrifice himself for her as did his friends. Alaska was able to gain power over her male friends due to her ability to distract someone of her true destructive nature using her beauty. There are many instances

Hazel continues to use sexually related humor in order to cover her insecurities about her own body and the pre-existing sexual tensions between the two. While there were a few tense moments between the couple, the novel rarely mentioned sex-related language in any context. A majority of the novel, Augustus used words such as “beautiful” or “gorgeous” (Green, 160) rather than the usual “sexy”. Despite the novel’s lack of sexual activity, the characters engage in intercourse after a romantic visit to the Anne Frank museum accompanied by Peter Van Houten’s secretary, Lidewij Vliegenthart. The encounter is not described in detail but explained briefly as something beautiful and serene (Green, 208). Their relationship is consistently exerted in an innocent nature, lacking any overtly sexual connections. Using innocence in the character’s personalities, Green depicts the emotional connection the characters had to have had in order to fall in love rather than plainly expressing that sexual attraction was the sole factor in creating the character’s attraction towards each