"The Great Perhaps"

Pudge wanted to leave Florida to find “The Great Perhaps”. I think that most of the story was about finding what really “The Great Perhaps” is. I also believe that it is the most relatable to. In our own way we are all kind of in search for our own “Great Perhaps” and some of us might be closer to knowing what it is than we think.

Looking for Alaska is written with an unusual but cool structure. In Before, the individual passages act as a countdown, starting 136 days before, to a very important event. After the event, the book counts up to the end of the story. The countdown/up gives the book a powerful suspense.