The more we get to know Lara, the more it becomes obvious that she is intelligent, fascinating, and steadfast in trying times. In fact, Alaska crows often about how she’s setting up the match by ensuring Pudge has to sit on Lara’s lap in a car ride, and by talking Pudge up to the cute Romanian girl. Miles' new roommate, Chip "The Colonel" Martin, nicknames Miles "Pudge" and introduces Pudge to his friends: hip-hop emcee Takumi Hikohito and Alaska Young, a beautiful but emotionally unstable girl. Miles then asks her to be his girlfriend where Lara says, "Yes please". 7,597, This story has been shared 6,138 times. Why? What Jessica More Wants You To Know About 'Below Deck Med' Season 5: "I Wasn’t A Psychopath For No Reason", ‘Below Deck Med’ Exclusive: Your First Look at the Season 5 Reunion, 'Below Deck Med' Recap: Rob Bails on The Trip To Bali With Jess. From Romania and with a cute accent to boot, Lara likes likes Miles.

Lara is very obviously into Pudge, and Pudge doesn’t know quite how to juggle this sweet girl whom he likes with his ardent feelings for Alaska, whom he loves. He’s put Alaska on such a high pedestal that there’s no way anyone could measure up. So that emotional intimacy Miles craves? Lara Buterskaya is a junior Romanian student at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Birmingham, Alabama,and is present in Looking for Alaska where she is a minor character. In exchange for helping Alaska with Simon Bolivar's last quote, Alaska says she will help Miles find a girlfriend. i can't really articulate my reasons.

Looking for Alaska is a poignant look at the importance of friendship, the bitterness of grief, and the pain of growing up. 1,288, This story has been shared 1,150 times. Most of Miles' first sexual experiences come with Lara. Saying that Miles would feel guilty in the future knowing he never truly apologized for blatantly ignoring a girlfriend to break up (among other things). 1,432, This story has been shared 1,288 times. 10,057, This story has been shared 7,597 times.

3,838, This story has been shared 3,611 times. Is 'The Queen’s Gambit' Based on a True Story? 'Looking for Alaska' Cast: Who's Who in Hulu's John Green Adaptation? Where is 'Southern Charm’s Ashley Jacobs Now? It is in fact her shy smile that reveals the sweetness of her heart, and even an undercurrent of sadness. Miles' reasoning for such a change is quoted by François Rabelais's last words: "I go to seek a Great Perhaps."

So they kiss a lot and do some, um, other stuff, (and seek out Alaska when they can't figure the other stuff out), and then, because Lara is a little too much like Miles—introspective, nervous, shy, a follower—they do homework. While playing Best Day/Worst Day with Miles, Chip "Colonel" Martin, Alaska Young, and Takami, she reveals her Best Day and Worst Day as the day she moved. However, the more you dig into Looking for Alaska, the more it becomes apparent that Alaska isn’t some unbridled magnetic force, but rather she is a wounded young woman who uses charm as a defense and manipulation as a means of maintaining control over her life. Or at least, this is the perspective we're led to see by Miles, who admittedly, is not incredibly reliable when it comes to girls. Sure. Since her upbringing in Romania, Lara has a Romanian accent, and cannot use soft i's very well while speaking. Of the characters to appear in Miles "Pudge" Halter's circle of friends, Lara appears the least. And then Lara disappears from Miles's narration. Sorry, Lily Collins, Emily from 'Emily in Paris' is Definitely Not 22. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words–and tired of his safe life at home.

913. She felt important because she was the only one in her family who could speak English and she was able to translate. His devotion to the enigmatic young woman borders on mythic enchantment. Not cool, Miles, not cool at all. This One Scene Got ‘Looking for Alaska’ on the Banned Books List. Alaska notices this when Lara tries to flirt with Miles while studying for precalc at McDonald's (though Miles, of course, is oblivious to her affections), so Alaska arranges a triple-and-a-half-date to the next basketball game in order to bring Miles and Lara together. This takes place about two or three months after Alaska's death. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.

In Looking for Alaska Episode 3, Lara reveals that her family left a relatively comfortable life in Romania for the promise of the “Birmingham Boom” in Alabama. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. https://johngreen.fandom.com/wiki/Lara_Buterskaya?oldid=5926. She is a person of true integrity who takes care of a concussed Pudge even after he literally pukes on her. After diagnosing himself with a concussion, he pukes all over Lara. Absolutely.
But Miles is willing to experiment sexually with her, and she totally digs that and even initiates some of it… okay, all of it. They both sleep in Lara's sleeping bag.

For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. That’s a shame because it makes it difficult for him to realize what he has with Lara. He and Lara just don't have it. More specifically, Looking for Alaska was challenged and banned because it includes a scene wherein Miles and his girlfriend-of-one-day Lara engage in oral sex. Lara Buterskaya. Takami is forced to ask for Lara if Miles and Lara are broken up, to which Miles says, "I guess so". However, she is described to be pretty; with long dark hair and "perky" breasts. As for why Looking for Alaska was banned, one of the main reasons is some people consider the book to be sexually explicit. With Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee. Is she going to shepherd him to the hospital and sweetly stay by his side all night? Afterward, Lara and Miles enjoy a relationship that is mostly lust. However, it was her worst because she did not know anyone. 4,614, This story has been shared 3,838 times. (Though it doesn't say so). However, she does take part in the Alaska Young Memorial Prank where she initiates the dialogue that starts the male stripper dancing.

Lara lets him hold her hand and they start making out. In other stories, Lara would be presented as a bland afterthought: simply a third wheel in a love triangle, or a “Baxter” intended to distract the hero from his true love’s passion. Miles only first talks to Lara after a chance encounter in the hallway. Also because of her moving to the U.S., Lara describes her family as being slightly better off than others.

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The date ends before it starts after Miles is hit in the head by an opposing teams' basketball throw. She is described as small and introverted, like Miles "Pudge" Halter. The two go off to the lake and just talk. 2,007, This story has been shared 1,604 times. Lara Buterskaya is a junior Romanian student at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Birmingham, Alabama ,and is present in Looking for Alaska where she is a minor character.
Trevor Noah Explains The #EndSARS Movement In Nigeria on 'The Daily Show'. After a study session where Miles initially meets Lara, Alaska notices that Lara like LIKES Miles and initiates a triple-in-a-half date with Alaska and her boyfriend Jake, Chip ,and his girlfriend, Takumi, and Miles and Lara. When Pudge asks about this experience, Lara wistfully recounts how it made her a sort of parent to her own parents, and she has to carefully explain to Pudge why that actually sucks. Afterward, Miles is embarrassed and is convinced Lara doesn't like him anymore; so he ignores her. After this, Lara doesn't play much more of a part of the story. John Green Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. In Looking for Alaska Episode 3, Lara reveals that her family left a relatively comfortable life in Romania for the promise of the “Birmingham Boom” in Alabama. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. From the moment we meet Lara in Looking for Alaska, we know that she’s being groomed to be Pudge’s love interest.

And Lara? I did not drop by. 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. Lara is a cutie, though unfortunately for her she doesn't compare to Alaska in Miles's mind. Before they go to their date, they decide to go to a Culver Creek basketball game. It is implied that she stays friends with Miles, Chip, and Takumi at the end of the year. 1,150, This story has been shared 1,060 times. It’s also emphatically about a teenage boy’s all-consuming crush on a girl. Perhaps he thinks the forbidden fruit tastes sweeter, or the hurricane that was Alaska just pulled him in inexplicably.