![]() The weekend of the pre-prank Pudge and his friends head to the old barn by the school. The Colonel and Alaska have been planning a pre-prank to lull the Warriors into a state of peace. Alaska and Pudge drink, smoke, and do many things together, causing him to fall in love with her, despite the complications of their relationships. Pudge and Lara have a disastrous date, which ends with Pudge having a mild concussion and throwing up on Lara's pants. She had to translate everything to her parents because she was the only one in her family who knew English. ![]() Lara came to America when she was twelve,and came from Romania. After they joke about Alaska having a boyfriend and Pudge being single they make a deal: if Miles figures out what the labyrinth is then Alaska will get him laid.Īlaska sets Pudge up with a girl, Lara. Alaska tells Pudge about Simon Bolivar's last words, which were" How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" Miles asks her what the labyrinth is and she tells him that's the mystery. ![]() Besides Alaska, the Colonel also introduces him to Takumi, a student of Japanese descent. Alaska is described as an attractive yet emotionally unstable girl. Miles is later introduced to the Colonel’s friend, Alaska Young. The Colonel soon provides Miles with his very own nickname: "Pudge," ironic as Miles is tall and slender. Soon after arriving at Culver Creek, Miles meets his roommate, Chip "The Colonel" Martin. Miles is fond of reading biographies, and particularly of memorizing the subjects' last words. He uses Francois Rabelais ’s last words "I go to seek a Great Perhaps" as his argument for choosing boarding school at such a late age. The opens as the narrator, Miles Halter, leaves his home in Florida to attend Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama for his junior year. This is one of my all time favorites and I highly recommend the book. The book is based on when he was bullied and some of the pranks or events that happened in Looking For Alaska actually happened to John Green. But don't expect a definitive or comprehensive view on either the man or his cause a mini-series would be a better way to fully appreciate what Bolivar accomplished in South America.Looking For Alaska is John Greens first book he had ever written as a new author. So much happens, but the audience doesn't find out enough about Bolivar's motivations or his relationship with Manuela Saenz (Julia Acosta), whom Bolivar called "the liberator of the liberator." It's worth seeing, if only for Ramirez, who deserves more leading roles. Unfortunately, the plot's pace and lack of more personal details bog the story down, making it seem longer than two hours. The war sequences are well staged and handled, as are the set pieces involving gorgeous Venezuelan, Colombian, or Spanish castles, forts, caves, and plantations. A gifted actor (watch the mini-series Carlos for further proof), Ramirez is appropriately swashbuckling and dashing to play Bolivar, and he certainly makes it believable that the continent's great liberator was also quite the Casanova. Ramirez, for one, is the ideal actor to play Bolivar, particularly because he himself is Venezuelan, and that sort of personal connection to a role rarely occurs in Hollywood productions (we can only imagine which British actor might have played the role, had the movie been made by a major studio). There are some impressive aspects of The Liberator.
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