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    Looking For Alaska. Miles was a boy that didn’t have friends and was sent to a boarding school where he met a girl he eventually fell in love with named Alaska. The Puritans would not approve the book Looking For Alaska‚ due to the characters not respecting authority‚ women having equal rights to men‚ and the characters swearing. Authority was a big deal to the Puritans and the characters did not respect it‚ which is enough for Puritans to destroy this book. In the novel Looking For Alaska the characters

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    novel Looking for Alaska by John Green takes place in Culver Creek‚ Alabama. This book was pleasurable to read and is recommended. The exposition of the story begins when we are introduced to the main character‚ Miles‚ a very intelligent teen‚ who didn’t have any friends at his old school. He leaves his home in Florida to go to a boarding school in Culver Creek‚ Alabama. There‚ he meets his roommate Chip also known as “the Colonel” and Chips best-friend Alaska. Chip and Alaska are both extremely

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    In Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ the element of surprise took me when one of the main characters dies in a horrific car accident. The title Looking for Alaska adds to the plot of how determined Miles ends up towards to finding out the result of the fatal crash. Events leading up to this involve real life situations. For instance‚ building peoples guilt to try thing‚ whether good or bad. During the book‚ I was and still am astonished that the Alaska was involved in a fatal car accident. The night

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    Royal Flying Corps Canada In 1914‚ taking off and landing a plane successfully was a great achievement. During the war around 22‚000 Canadians served in the British flying services as pilots and over 1‚600 died. At the beginning of the war there was only a few hundred aircrafts and airships and training was only available in Britain. Once more people were interested in becoming pilots many training schools started to be created in Canada. These training schools were part of an organization created

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    Looking for Alaska by John Green is a narrative that reveals the death of Alaska Young. Miles “Pudge” Halter ‚ the protagonist is caring‚sweet‚ and a loving boy. There are several literary concepts that help construct this making it interesting. The literary concepts of point of view‚ conflicts and characterization create meaning. Therefore‚ readers can connect to these while reading whether it’s a connection to their personal life or the world.At the begining of “Looking for Alaska” we are introduced

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    Lewis and Clark and their Expedition Do you ever think about how America was discovered? Well Lewis and Clark were people who explored the world‚ with no help and ended up finding Kansas and many more Cities‚ which what makes them what they are today. They are also well known in the world‚ from how they made the journey to all the hard obstacles they had throughout the expedition. You may also ask why is Lewis and Clark so important in the United States? One of many things on why they are important

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    Lopez de Legazpi Expedition The Miguel Lopez de Legazpi Expedition – the only expedition that was successful in colonizing the Philippines. After the unsuccessful expedition of villalobos‚ King Charles I decided to stop sending colonizers to the Philippines. When his son‚ King Philip II tool over‚ he continued the expeditions. Philip sent Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and fray Andres de Urdaneta. Urdaneta survived the de Loaisa expedition. On February 13‚ 1565‚ Legaspi’s expedition landed in Cebu island

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    breaking – covertly‚ openly‚ and constantly. Depew (New York) School Board‚ the school boards of Knox and Sumner Counties in Tennessee and some conservative organizations banned‚ challenged and/or advocated against John Green’s 2005 novel‚ Looking for Alaska being taught in high school English classes‚ and even being available in school libraries. Of course‚ they were – and are – completely wrong and incredibly shortsighted in attempting to do so. All they had to do to allay their fears of leading

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    Destination America’s new show‚ Alaska Monsters‚ will cover the Otterman. If nothing else‚ these shows bring to light creatures I never heard of before and I am delighted to investigate! So here’s my take on the Otterman. In the folklore of the Tlingit and Tsimshian Indian tribes‚ Kushtaka (Kooshdakhaa) translates to “land otter man.” These creatures were said to shape-shift into human form or that of an otter. Interestingly‚ the Dan’aina tribe of South Central Alaska and

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    In the book “Looking for Alaska” it showed the developments and growth of a characters which changes throughout the story. This book showed how a role of a character changes in just a matter of time. Influences throughout the story changes the person personality and makes him a completely different person. Sometimes when you don’t expected it‚ it turn out to be a big twist in life. This booked showed how people can change in a matter of time. The developments and growth of the character name Miles

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