Summer Reading Assignment #1

For my summer reading assignment, I am reading Looking for Alaska by John Green.  The main character's name is Miles.  The book starts out at his home in Florida, then moves to Alabama, because that is where his boarding school is.  It takes place in the late summer, because he mentions that it is very hot but it is during the school year.  The conflict in this book is that he wants to figure out who he really is but he doesn't know how to yet.  Since he is at a new school, I think that he will meet new people and become friends with people that have similar interests as him.  Miles seems a little bored and unsatisfied with his life, and I think that he will find things to do with his new friends and have fun at his new school.  I also think that he is a little self-conscious but he once he meets the right people, he will start to feel a little more comfortable.  This book relates to Perks of Being A Wallflower because Charlie, the main character, is moving into High School and he is trying to figure out who he is.  He doesn't have any close friends until he meets some people from his school.  Both of the main characters from each book seem self-conscious in the beginning but they change by the end.