Looking for Alaska Green narrates from Miles "Pudge" Halter's perspective and this is both awesome because we get to read what he’s thinking and what he feels. But it also becomes not so awesome because his mind changes when Alaska dies. As a new student to Culver Creek, Miles sees everything as if he is an outsider. He has to describe everything, give the backstory for everything, and navigate the social and academic ins and outs of the school. So as readers we feel the same as him because we don’t know much about the school and what happens during school time. We feel more on Miles's side during conversations and conflicts—when Miles gets pranked by the Weekday Warriors, we get mad and when he feels he has made friends, we cheer. We feel sympathetic for him. We like him, and we want to see him overcome whatever it is he has to overcome. …show more content…
When his emotions become powerful and it takes over the story, he gets a little lost in his emotions and loses his grip on reality. The colonel says, "Do you even remember the person she actually was? Do you remember how she could be a selfish bitch? That was part of her, and you used to know it. It's like now you only care about the Alaska you made up." Miles also recognizes the mistakes and responsibilities in Alaska, because he comments at the beginning of the book, “Her "sweetie" felt condescending, not romantic, like a boy enduring his first biblical rainstorm couldn't possibly understand her problems—whatever they were. It took a sincere effort not to roll my eyes at