A Simile from "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

One vivid simile from the novel:

"And then, without thinking more about Alaska other than her soft, wet breath on my cheek, I was falling asleep like Miles bouncing off a trampoline, my thoughts bouncing every which way."

Here, the narrator (Miles "Pudge" Halter) compares his racing, scattered thoughts as he drifts off to his own body bouncing uncontrollably on a trampoline—capturing the chaotic, kinetic energy of a mind in turmoil.