1. Initial reasons for why I want to be like Alaska
1.1. Amazing
1.2. Unique
1.3. Strong
1.4. Independent
1.5. Life's Library
1.6. Doesn't put up with other people's nonsense
1.7. Goes after what she wants
1.8. Electric blue nail polish
1.9. Deep understanding of life
1.10. 'a fabulous b*tch'
1.11. Pudge's Great Perhaps
1.12. Aware of the differences in her own personality
1.13. Smells like Vanilla and smoke
1.14. Daisies
2. Paragraph three
2.1. Deep understanding of Life
2.1.1. "That's the mystery, isn't it? Is the labyrinth living or dying /.../ The world or the end of it?"
2.1.2. "You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, think about how you'll escape one day, and how awesome it'll be and imaging the future keeps you going but you never do it. you just use the future to escape the present."
2.1.3. "Nothing is wrong, But there is always suffering, Pudge. Homework, or Malaria, or having a boyfriend who lives far away when there's a good looking boy laying next to you. Suffering is universal. It's the one thing Buddists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about."
2.1.4. "Ya'll smoke to enjoy it, I smoke to die."
2.1.5. "I may die young, but at least I'll die smart."
3. Paragraph two
3.1. Life's Library
3.1.1. "So I always have something to read. But there is so much to do: cigarettes to smoke, sex to have, swings to swing on. I'll have more time for reading when I'm old and boring."
3.1.2. "When I look in my room, I see a girl who loves books."
4. Paragraph One
4.1. Unique
4.2. No nonsense
4.3. Goes after what she wants
4.4. Stong
4.4.1. "You know what? There are people with real problems. I've got real problems. Mommy ain't here, so buck up, big guy."