Reading Response #1

  In Looking for Alaska by John Green the main character, Miles goes to boarding school in Alabama. When he gets there he meets his roommate Chip Martin who is known as Colonel as well as other friends. After hanging out with the Colonel and his friends Miles earns the nickname "Pudge." Throughout the beginning Miles gets used to his boarding school routine and even starts smoking cigarettes as the Colonel teaches him. There are to major groups in the school. The first is the weekday warriors who leave for their parents mansions on the weekends and the non-weekend warriors who stay on campus. When Miles learns the ropes to school his behavior changes he now watches sports, smokes cigarette and hangs out with friends all the time.