Looking for Alaska
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1. One Hundred Thirty-Six Days Before 2. One Hundred Twenty-Eight Days Before 3. One Hundred Twenty-Seven Days Before 4. One Hundred Twenty-Six Days Before 5. One Hundred Twenty-Two Days Before 6. One Hundred Ten Days Before 7. One Hundred Nine Days Before 8. One Hundred Eight Days Before 9. One Hundred One Days Before 10. One Hundred Days Before 11. Ninety-Nine Days Before 12. Ninety-Eight Days Before 13. Eighty-Nine Da ys Before 14. Eighty-Seven Days Before 15. Eighty-Four Days Before 16. Seventy-Six Days Before 17. Sixty-Seven Days Before 18. Fifty-Eight Days Before 19. Fifty-Two Days Before 20. Fifty-One Days Before 21. Forty-Nine Days Before 22. Forty-Seven Days Before 23. Forty-Six Days Before 24. Forty-Four Days Before 25. Christmas 26. Eight Days Before 27. Four Days Before 28. Three Days Before 29. Two Days Before 30. One Day Before 31. The Last Day 32. The Day After 33. Two Days After 34. Four Days After 35. Six Days After 36. Seven Days After 37. Eight Days After 38. Nine Days After 39. Thirteen Days After 40. Fourteen Days After 41. Twenty Days After 42. Twenty-One Days After 43. Twenty-Seven Days After 44. Twenty-Eight Days After 45. Twenty-Nine Days After 46. Thirty-Seven Days After 47. Forty-Five Days After 48. Forty-Six Days After 49. Fifty-One Days After 50. Sixty-Two Days After 51. Sixty-Nine Days After 52. Eighty-Three Days After 53. Eighty-Four Days After 54. One Hundred Two Days After 55. One Hundred Fourteen Days After 56. One Hundred Eighteen Days After 57. One Hundred Nineteen Days After 58. One Hundred Twenty-Two Days After 59. One Hundred Thirty-Six Days After
Themes
All Themes How to Live and Die Mystery and the Unknown Loyalty and Forgiveness Memory and Memorial Identity Mischief
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Miles Halter Chip Martin (The Colonel) Alaska Young Takumi Hikohito Mr. Starnes (The Eagle) Dr. Hyde (The Old Man) Kevin
Symbols
All Symbols Smoking Last Words The Labyrinth White Flowers Measures of Distance
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Looking for Alaska

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