Looking for Alaska Chapter 55 Summary

one hundred fourteen days after

  • Miles returns to his room to find Takumi, who says that Alaska died on January 10 and that her mom took her to the zoo on January 9.
  • When the Colonel comes in, the two boys tell him their realization.
  • The Colonel talks through the series of events one last time: Jake calls, Alaska's doodling white flowers, she realizes that it's the anniversary of her mom's death, and drives to her mom's grave.
  • There's still no definitive answer about whether her death was an accident or suicide.