(Journal #6) Life at Culver Creek vs. Life of a Regular Highschooler

Culver Creek is definitely a one of a kind school but there are some things about it that are very similar to what a student at any other high school may experience. First off, you have “the groups”. I can almost guarantee you that every high school will always have three different groups; the “loners”, the “middle class”, and the “royalty”. In “Looking for Alaska” it is primarily focused on the “middle class” which is Miles’ group of friends. They live their own separate kind of lives and don't associate much with the other groups. But, the “middle class” aren’t only limited to their group of friends, take Alaska for example, everyone at Culver Creek knew her and she still had many friends. And while the middle class can still have a lot of friends, they don't fit into the category of “royalty” because they don't have the attitude of the “royal” kids. The “royal kids” at Culver Creek are the Weekday Warriors. They stay within their group of friends and look down upon all the others and will make fun of or pick on them. The “royalty” have good money and tend to enjoy gossiping a whole lot. In the novel, the students also struggle to balance their social life with their schoolwork. The things Green wrote were based off real high school life but he was able to give a Culver Creek twist on it and make the life at Culver Creek look like something that could never possibly happen. Green did a good job of sneaking in the life of real highschoolers into the lives of the anything-but-ordinary students at Culver Creek.