Looking for Alaska: Review

A week and a half after the prank, Takumi points out to Miles that

• Alaska told them on Barn Night that her mother died the day after taking her to the zoo on January 9.

• for Alaska, the best and the worst day were the same.

• Alaska wanted to die on the anniversary of her mother's death.

• Alaska died on the anniversary of her mother's death.

Talking things over, Takumi, Miles and Chip

• decide that it must have been suicide.

• decide that it was an accident .

• realize that this doesn't help them decide whether it was a suicide or an accident.

• come up with two plausible scenarios.

Chip and Miles borrow Takumi's car

• in order to drive past the scene of the accident.

• in order to go to Vine Station.

• in order to go to McDonald's.

• in order to do what Alaska did.

The final exams are approaching and

• Miles misses Alaska.

• Miles, Lara, Takumi and Chip study hard together.

• all four of them read "Things fall Apart" and "A Farewell to Arms".

• Takumi fails precalc

Dr Hyde

• asks his students to answer Alaska's essay question referring to Taoism, Judaism and Hinduiism.

• gives the students more time to write their final papers.

• gives the students Alaska's essay question.

• cancels final exams in memory of Alaska.

Takumi writes a letter to Miles and Chip in which he tells them that

• Alaska talked about them the night she left.

• being left out of their plans hurt him.

• he met Alaska just before she left.

• he knows it was suicide.

After reading the letter, Miles

• tries to find Chip.

• is more confused than ever.

• realizes something.

• is mad at Takumi.

Having read Takumi's letter, Miles writes his final essay in which he

• discusses the law of conservation of energy.

• finally understands that the way out of the labyrinth is forgiveness.

• finds a way out of the labyrinth for himself.

• discovers how Alaska died.