In "Looking For Alaska," by John Green, the author takes you through an emotional roller coaster of madness, confusion, and depression. Throughout the story, the main character, Miles starts going to a boarding school. Miles does not seem to mind because he didn't have any friends at his regular school. When he meets his room mate "The Colonel" and his friends, Miles is really confused. Miles is confused because their lifestyles consist of smoking, drinking, and a ton of pranks. This was really different from Miles' old life which didn't even include friends.

          Later on in the book, Miles has a love affair between Alaska and a "girlfriend" that his friends chose for him. Miles feels really awkward about not even meeting the girl before going out with her. Even though he does like her, Miles really really likes Alaska. Alaska is both confusing and mysterious at the same time. She does this on purpose for some reason. Then, after a night of drunken kissing, Alaska remembers something and drives off to go kill herself.

          Then, Miles realizes that Alaska's death was his fault. He feels extremely guilty about this. This brings Miles and The Colonel to a crazy investigation of Alaska's death to determine whether it was a suicide or not. Since Alaska was driving drunk and apparently did not swerve at all when she drove into the cop car and killed herself, they do a drunk test. Miles and The Colonel determine that Alaska must have been sleeping. They eat a lot of McDonalds throughout the story.