Character In John Green's Looking For Alaska Young

In John Green’s novel, Looking for Alaska, the author presents a rather unique character in Alaska Young. There are many ways in which one can interpret the character traits of Alaska; however, a trait that particularly stands out about Alaska is the fact that she is strong-willed. An example that shows the fact that she is strong-willed is described in the early stages of the novel. In this example, Chip Martin, who is predominantly referenced as The Colonel, needs help ironing his shirt before a formal date with his girlfriend to the opera. He does not know how to iron, so he asks Alaska to iron his shirt while assuming that she knows how to iron because she is a girl. When this happens, she responds “You’re not going to impose the patriarchal
Finally, because Alaska never changes how strong-willed she is, she is classified as a static character. This is shown even after her death because she designs a prank that perfectly describes animated she is towards the patriarchal paradigm. The prank takes place in the gym with a fake lecturer about sexual orientation who happens to be a male stripper. While he is lecturing about how important it is for men not to objectify women, one of the main characters, Lara, is in on the prank, and asks him to take of his shirt. He replies, “What we have here is a very interesting case study - a female objectifying me, a male. It’s so unusual that I can only assume you’re making an attempt at humor....” (Green 208). He then follows this with him agreeing with Lara that he should take off his shirt, saying, “It is certainly important to subvert the patriarchal paradigm” (Green 208). These quotes show that Alaska does not change because even after she dies, her base values and beliefs that she was so strong-willed about did not change. In conclusion, Alaska Young is a very unique character that can be classified as strong-willed and passionate about what she believes