Suffering Is A Labyrinth In Looking For Alaska

Our lives as humans greatly revolve around suffering. Whether it be losing a soccer game or losing a family member, we have all suffered. Since suffering is inevitable, people need to learn how to overcome it instead of grieving forever. Humans don't just suffer, they fight through what caused them to suffer and learn something in the process. Suffering is often compared to a labyrinth in “Looking For Alaska”, and rightfully so. A labyrinth is essentially a maze which you can easily get lost in. If you don't conquer your suffering then you can get lost in the same way. When you're convinced that something will never get better you'll also be convinced that more bad things will come your way. Of course, they will but you’ll never get rid of any of your problems if you just dwell on them forever. With countless problems over your
Also, if people never learn to deal with suffering while they're younger their reaction will be much worse when they actually have to overcome something for a change. Watching someone struggle can be painful, but often times they need to work through it themselves. For example, a baby bird must weakly peck at the egg shell covering its frail body before coming into the world. It struggles, and it would be much easier if the mother would help. Still, the mother chooses not to help knowing that if she does that baby bird will die. With humans, the consequences are usually less daunting, but still dangerous. We have been struggling ever since we were born. A mother does not carry her child everywhere because she doesn't want them to have to struggle to learn to walk. She helps them struggle in a productive way until they can walk all by themselves which is obviously a necessary skill for our whole lives. Struggle is something that we need to learn from in order to