Looking For Alaska

The first “S” in SOAPSTone stands for the speaker. The speaker is the voice that tells the story. In my book Looking For Alaska, the voice of the story is Miles Halter. Miles is the main character, therefore, the book is told in the first person.
The next letter is the “O” which means occasion. The occasion is the time and place of the story. Also, the context that prompted the writing. Everything in the look that is important happens on campus at the Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama. The larger occasion is Miles going to seek his Great Perhaps at his new school.
After occasion comes the Audience. The audience is the group of readers to whom the piece is directed to. For this book, the audience seems to be for young adults. This book is about young characters who are in high school. Which makes the young adult audience more interested in this type of book. …show more content…
The purpose is the reason behind the text. The purpose behind the author wanting to write this book is mainly for entertainment. This was made to entertain the audience on the main character’s journey experiencing his own Great Perhaps There are two parts to this book, before and after. At the beginning of the book, it counts down to the main turning point of the book. Which starts the second part of the book. In the after part of the book, it counts how many days past Alaska’s death. When I did the additional research he had mentioned that he structured the book that way because it was the most important event in the characters lives. Also, he said that he thought it would be really