Thomas Edison's last words were, “It's very beautiful over there. I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.” The novel, "Looking for Alaska," was written by thirty seven year old author John Green, a New York Time’s best-selling author of thirty one novels. His most notable novels include: An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. In Looking for Alaska, Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. The humorous, twisted, and dark Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. John Green's Looking for Alaska depicts innovative writing that precisely imitates real world problems that the ordinary teenager may face. The theme of existence in Looking for Alaska coincides with the same natural fear that all teenagers have. Miles believes that people who believe in heaven do so to find peace of mind and sleep easier at night. In this quote Miles takes his stance on what happens after death, "People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to." (p.100) Miles cannot confirm if there is a heaven. If one knew for certain that there is an afterlife, teenagers would not fear death as they do and would not mourn the death of loved ones. Miles explains that the belief in life after death is a source of one’s personal security. Believing in an afterlife has no risk or downfall to the believer, and that’s why so many find comfort in eternal life. Similarly, Miles lives his life in the state of present, not reflecting on the past or waiting for the future. The following clearly outlines Miles state of consciousness, "’So this guy,’ I said, standing in the doorway of the living room. ‘Francois Rabelais. He was this poet. And his last words were’ ‘I go to seek a Great Perhaps.’ ‘That's