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Why does John Green always kill off the main characters?
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Jul 11, 2014 05:11PM
Why did she have to die? Did anyone else swim in their tears?
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It was a great conclusion. Yes, a part of me died with Alaska lolol I was drowning in my tears. The way she died just finished the story so well. omg
He doesn't always kill off main characters. The only books, as far as I can remember, that he kills off the main character in is (Spoilers, I guess) LFA and TFIOS. Alaska's death traumatized me, but Pudge's reaction to it is what really killed me.
I'm pretty sure the main characters don't die in Paper Towns and An Abundance of Katherine's. Even though I haven't read either, I'm pretty certain they don't
I did not even think about shedding a tear. Her death did not make me sad, I never really had a connection with her as a reader. I was thinking the same thing too when I finished this though. Read a JG someone's gunna die! lol.
Technically she isn't the main character. Pudge is the main character, and everyone else is simply side characters. Same with (SPOILERS!!) tfios. Technically. That doesn't mean we can't be upset. also Alaska's death was the whole purpose of the book.
Fault and Alaska are the darkest books of the John Green series, the others are more on the funny side especially Will Grayson
I think this is what makes the book so good for me. First I was like "this book is quite good I enjoy reading it" I wasn't realy that imperessed or somthing, but then she died and I wasn't able to think about somthing else than it. I wanted to know so bad if it was suicide or not. I realy got addicted to it.And not he don't kills every main Charakter. There's more. For example Will Grayson or the abudance of Kathrines...
Megan wrote: "I did not even think about shedding a tear. Her death did not make me sad, I never really had a connection with her as a reader. I was thinking the same thing too when I finished this though. Read ..."same I didn't really even like her as a character she was sort of annoying to me
Only two of John Green's books have main characters dying, although these books aren't told through the perspective of the character who dies.. c:
he doesn't ALWAYS kill the main characters... but in TFIOS and LFA i think the deaths were perfectly written. i cried in both but it was worth it, i guess
ALASKA YOUNG is not really the main character in this book. It was PUDGE. It was PUDGE'S point of view anyway. But I was disappointed when she died. It kind'a contradicted with the title. And when she died that it's when started for the book to become a page turner.
OMG! WHATEVER! She was still one of the main characters! and yes I put a lot of emphasis on ALWAYS, but sarcasm guys. You read books, by now you should know it's dripping with sarcasm.
Hanna wrote: "I'm pretty sure the main characters don't die in Paper Towns and An Abundance of Katherine's. Even though I haven't read either, I'm pretty certain they don't"I know margo doesn't die in Paper Towns SPOILER she still leaves in the end and its really sad. I'm not sure about An Abundance of Katherine's though.
He is a evil octopus.
The whole point of the book was that she died. Without her death, the book would be pointless.
Paola wrote: "well in TFIOS the main character was Hazel and she didn't die, Gus did."Well, actually John Green answered the question: Did Hazel Grace die?
John Green said that Hazel Grace died 1 year after Augustus, when Phalanxifor(am I spelling that right?) finally failed.
I liked Alaska! Her personality and character was so unique and vibrant! I felt like crying when I read she died... Someone as lively like that doesn't deserve to no longer live.
Megan wrote: "I did not even think about shedding a tear. Her death did not make me sad, I never really had a connection with her as a reader. I was thinking the same thing too when I finished this though. Read ..."I felt the same, Alaska was just a character for me that made me annoyed. I was really disappointed with the conclusion of it all as well.
I think part of the reason ya'll and a lot of other people never really connected with Alaska was because she wasn't alive that much and you never got the chance to like her. The whole book "Looking for Alaska" was about Alaska, and yet we didn't really get that much time to read about her or grow to know her. (maybe I'm wrong though. That's just my opinion.)
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