To What Extent Did Pudge'seek A Great Perhaps? '

Did Pudge “seek a great perhaps?” I think that Pudge did seek his great perhaps because he accomplished so much more at Culver Creek than he did in Florida. He was never really noticed in Florida as he was in Alabama, he didn’t seem to be outgoing and social but all that changed. Pudge arrived and instantly found a “friend” in Chip Martin. Very soon after he met Chip, he then met Alaska Young. Instantly, he fell in love with her. He never saw how much of a bitch she actually was. Pudge didn't realize that and it interfered with him seeking a greater perhaps. Pudge could always go to Chip to talk to him and tell him everything.
“Before I got here, I thought for a long time that the way out of the labyrinth was to pretend that it did not exist, to build a small, self-sufficient world in the back corner of the endless maze and to pretend that I was not lost, but home.”(Looking for Alaska, John Green) This quote states that he wants to be alone most of the time and doesn’t want to be othered at all.
“Because I was fine before, Alaska. I was fine with just me and last words and school friends, and you can’t just make me different and then die.”(Looking for Alaska, John Green) For she had embodied the Great Perhaps—she had proved to me that it was worth it to leave behind my minor life for grander maybes, and now she was gone and with her my faith in perhaps. I could call everything the Colonel said and did “fine.” I could try to pretend that I didn’t care anymore, but it could never be true again. You can’t just make yourself matter and then die, Alaska, because now I am irretrievably different, and I’m sorry I let you go, yes, but you made the choice. You left me Perhapsless, stuck in your goddamned labyrinth.” Pudge gets so frustrated with Alaska because she just left him and didn't see how he would feel. Alaska was Pudge’s way out of the