The Ending

The ending of the book was a little anti-climactic. The story was very dramatic with twists and turns, but the ending was a little boring. One of Pudge's friends, named Takumi, left Pudge a letter that gave a detailed description of the night that Alaska died. It turned out that Takumi ran into Alaska and she divulged her secrets. Pudge was upset with Takumi after reading his letter, because the whole time that Pudge and The Connel tried to discover the truth, Takumi alread knew it. However, Pudge suddenly solved his labyrinth of life, he realized that all that happened helped him grow and instead of being mad at Takumi, The Connel, Alaska, and himself, he should just move on in life. “I had just now realized: that I forgave him, and that she forgave us, and that we had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth” (Green 218). His had his epiphany when he stated, "Things that did not go right, things that seemed okay at the time because we could not see the future. If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest action. But we cant know better until knowing better is useless" (Green 218). IN this quote, Pudge realizes that dwelling over his past mistakes will not change the future, because he did not know they were mistakes at the time when he could have chosen another path. While the way for Alaska to escape her labyrinth was suicide and Takumi's way was moving to Japan, Pudge needed to understand and move on in life, but never forget the memory of his friends and adventures.