Summer Assignment: Entry Three

"I stood up and ran outside. I made it to a trash can outside the gym, five feet from the double doors, and heaved toward Gatorade bottles and half-eaten McDonald's. But nothing much came out. I just heaved, my stomach muscles tightening and my throat opening and a gasping, guttural blech, going through the motions of vomiting over and over again. In between gags and coughs, I sucked air in hard. Her mouth. Her dead, cold mouth. To no be continued." (Green 140). In this section Miles is in shocked about the news he just heard. This passage propels the book into it's second half. It is difficult to fully analyze this section without giving away one of the biggest secrets and excitements of the book. I chose this section because it is one of the many cliff hangers the author leaves you with, practically forcing you to turn the page. This is a book packed with action, mystery, comedy, and romance. I don't remember reading a part of this book feeling bored. John Green does an excellent job giving the characters personality. To me it really felt like I was there at Culver Creek experiencing the same things as Chip, Miles, Alaska, Lara, and Takumi.