Looking for Alaska: The Tragedy

Alaska, Pudge, Lara, Colonel and Takumi decide to prank the Eagle. What they did was distract him with firecrackers and take him into the woods and meanwhile, Alaska and Colonel hacked into a teachers computer and sent emails to certain parents that their kids were failing. When they were done, they all went back to a barn which was their harbourage and Pudge and Lara kissed. Then they just spent the whole time drinking and smoking in school, and attending to classes. One night, Alaska, Colonel and Pudge were drunk in their room and Alaska dared Pudge to make out with her and he agreed. After quite a time of that, the phone rang and Alaska freaked out and said that she needed to get out of there. So Colonel and Pudge distracted the Eagle with some leftover firecrackers while she escaped. The next morning the Eagle went to Colonel and Pudge's room and told them to go to the gym immediately. The Eagle told everyone a really bad news, Alaska has died. Colonel was shocked just like Pudge and they couldn't believe it. Colonel started crying and blaming himself whi
le Pudge felt the urge to throw up.  They were both devastated. After a week or so went by, Colonel started wondering how and why did she die. So they both started making an investigation to find out why this had happened.

"The Eagle looked down and bit his lower lip. 'Last night, Alaska Young was in a terrible accident,' His tears came faster, then. 'And she was killed. Alaska has passed away.'" 

When I read this passage I was extremely shocked. I just couldn't believe it, that Alaska died. I was really really sad and for a moment I wanted to stop reading the book since Alaska is my favourite character. For a moment I thought the same that Pudge thought which was that it wasn't true and it was only a prank but then I realised it wasn't and I was devastated.

"I let go of his hand, grabbed last year's yearbook, and found her picture. In the black-and-white photograph, she's wearing her orange tank top and cutoff jeans that stretch halfway down her skinny tighs, her mouth open wide in a frozen laugh as her left arm holds Takumi in a headlock. Her hair falls over her face just enough to obscure her cheeks." 

I think that watching the pictures of a person that has passed away is the worst thing to do. When a person dies, yes it is nice to remember him/her, but when you see their picture you are only putting yourself through more pain and suffering. You start making your life more miserable little by little and in the end you are extremely sad.

I think that this part of the book is definitely the worst part until now and I don't think that there will be another one.  I don't have much more interest in finishing the book since it wont make any sense to me. Technically the staring character dies and the whole story is ruined. I just want to keep reading in order to see if the guys are able to solve the mystery.