John Green wrote many of books Fault In Our Stars‚ Paper Towns and Turtles All The Way Down‚ but his most controversial book was Looking For Alaska. Looking For Alaska has been censored by many schools‚ libraries and parents. Parents‚ schools and libraries all thought Looking For Alaska had too much sexual content‚ influencing drinking and driving‚ and not be able to speak up when it is wrong‚ but teens should be able to read this book since it shows real teen experiences through the eyes of Miles
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Looking for Alaska cannot be merely written off as a typical boy-meets-girl love story‚ because it isn’t. As Miles Halter or “Pudge” craves for “the Great Perhaps”‚ he heads to the world of Culver Creek Boarding School‚ wherein he met the beautiful‚ mysterious and emotionally confused Alaska Young and in his life nothing is ever the same again. John Green is a bestselling author of Young Adult fictions‚ vlogger‚ writer‚ producer‚ actor and editor. His first novel‚ Looking for Alaska‚ published in
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Is John Green’s ‘Looking for Alaska’ worth the read? Looking for a good book? Stop looking in the libraries and start ’Looking for Alaska’! This book is one of my personal favorites and I keep finding myself reading it over and over again. The book starts out with Miles Halter’s going away party‚ where only 2 of his classmates show up. He’s starting school at a private school‚ Culver Creek‚ as a junior. Back home‚ he never had many friends‚ but at “the Creek” he instantly connects with his roommate
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of how rough it would be to explore Alaska? Alaska’s geography is difficult to explore because of cold climate‚ wild animals‚ and traveling by foot. Without further ado let’s get into our pajamas‚ drink some hot chocolate and learn about the cold climate! It’s so cold in Alaska polar bears just got on a plane to New Jersey! You may be surprised but it’s been as cold as -80 degrees in Alaska before! If you were to be traveling in Alaska it would be hard to not only stay healthy
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For this unit I read Looking for Alaska by John Green. I have read other books by John Green‚ including Paper Towns and The Fault in Our Stars. I think that most of his books that he writes are very similar in the fact that they usually have a teenage narrator. There is also a love story interconnected through the plot as well‚ but it is almost always disrupted by some type of tragedy. In Looking for Alaska‚ it was Alaska’s death. In Paper Towns‚ it was when Margo ran away. And lastly‚ in The Fault
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Looking For Alaska by John Green. This book is divided into two sections‚ Before and After. Summary Before. “Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were ‘’I go to seek a Great Perhaps.’’ That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.” Sixteen-year-old Miles (Pudge) Halter’s life has been devastatingly dull. He has no friends‚ no girls and no adventures‚ except for an obsession over the last words of dead famous people. And
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Throughout the book‚ Miles “Pudge” Halter’s love interest and friend‚ Alaska Young displays hints that she may possibly have depression and suicidal thoughts. Although the other characters in the book regard her as confident and adventurous‚ this is merely a side of her that she shows. The other side of her is mysterious and complex‚ the side that she wants to hide away from her friends. The first hint about Alaska’s depression is when she said‚ “Y’all smoke to enjoy it‚ I smoke to die (29)”‚ and
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causing them to decide that they will not end their lives as their loved one had; to look for something greater in life. This search for something beyond the what they have is often a plot in literature‚ in Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ Green’s Looking for Alaska‚ and Shakespeare’s famous Hamlet. Each of these stories follows a character whose life has been tainted by death’s catastrophic touch‚ pledging to change their ways for the better and look for something greater than their realm. A common theme in
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for a satisfactory place to take a vacation‚ I stumbled upon the Glacier Bay national park in Alaska. The park looked quite interesting to me‚ so I decided I would visit there for a few days the next week. Trips to Alaska are not cheap‚ let me tell you; $500 each way! When I landed at the airport‚ the first thing I wanted to do was find a way to get to the park. Luckily‚ one of my friends lives in Alaska‚ and she was able to drive me to Gustavas‚ about 10 miles away from Bartlett Cove. After she dropped
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“BRRRR!” Man it sure is cold out here. Alaska’s mountains are huge. Cold‚ cold‚ cold climate. This traveling is really hard. Alaska’s geography was difficult to explore because of the mountains‚ climate‚ and how you get there/ traveling. This mountain is bigger the a skyscraper. One way mountains make it hard is because you can’t just go through them. These mountains are so large if you have to go up there you might even have breathing problems. You have to go around the mountains because they’re
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