Looking for Alaska I have read ”Looking for Alaska” by John Green published in 2005. Looking For Alaska is about sixteen-year-old Miles who lived a very dull life in Florida until he decided to move to a boarding school in Alabama. There‚ he meets new friends‚ ”The Colonel”‚ Lara‚ Takumi and Alaska. Alaska is everything Miles isn’t‚ she’s beautiful‚ interesting‚ complicated‚ fascinating and fun. The book is divided into two parts‚ before and after. The event that splits the book up is to
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He is the only Englishman in the Afrikaans boarding school‚ and consequently is blamed for the treatment of their people by the English military. The Afrikaans are marginalised by their setting‚ with their dwellings being dully lighted‚ casting shadows of evil‚ that is racism‚ over their faces. The dormitories
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based off of Knowles‚ and his friends at a boarding school during WWII‚ based off of his time at Philip Exeter Academy. Knowles’ deep affinity towards this book and its anomalous take on friendship may be a reason why it has done so well. He has written other novels and short stories but‚ the only other novel that is still printed is A Separate Peace’s companion novel titled Peace Breaks Out ("John Knowles"). This novel returns to the setting of Devon School‚ the fictional Philip Exeter Academy‚ after
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a short trip of usually three or five days. Sam Turner is a fifteen-year-old teenager from Montana. She has been offered a scholarship to a boarding school but she is very uncertain about to accept it or not. In fall she will be a sophomore which sounds very old to her. For Sam it feels much more secure and homely if she were to stay at the local school. Applying had been her father’s idea since he probably wants his daughter to get the best education possible. But when the time for Sam’s decision
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Turner‚ the main character in Red from Green‚ is a fifteen year old girl‚ who lives alone with her father‚ because her mother died when she was young. She is going to be a sophomore in the fall and her father gave her the idea of applying to a boarding school‚ where she has been admitted‚ but Sam is not completely sure whether she wants to accept the offer or not. It is a very difficult decision for her to make. In the summer she goes on a float trip with her father‚ Harry and Layton. On this float
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Preparatory High School in Alabama‚ leaving his Florida home. Miles grew up in Florida‚ with his parents. He always had a hunger to follow in his father’s footsteps. His father had attended Culver Creek boarding school when he was growing up. Looking For Alaska was written by John Green. Miles‚ leaves behind his few friends and very little social life to begin new friendships and experiences. Miles’s main goal is to discover who he really is. Miles was a quiet young man who just completed high school. He loved
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his mind to his work he can be successful in school. like his development changed a little because now I know he’s lazy while he is capable to do it. PERSONAL CONNECTION: What personal connections did you make to this section of the text? What details affected you strongly? As a teenage boy that was in a similar position‚ I can connect with Holden because he got kicked out of boarding school the same way I almost got kicked out of privet school. I went through sort of the same situation as
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questions What is a boarding-school? A boarding school is a live-in school. The students are provided with space to live in on school grounds. What kind of people send their children to boarding-schools? All sorts of people actually‚ but mainly people who have a lot of money and people who don’t have time to take care of their children. There are even children who are sent to boarding schools purely because of their parents think highly of a boarding school. Why was little Roald
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Additionally‚ his children had been instructed to stay out of his room while he was home. Once Dibs’ sister is born‚ he is again pushed further away as their mother spoils the little girl. Eventually‚ however even the sister is sent away to a boarding school. I am not so sure I enjoyed this book as I felt rushed reading it (by the author) and that it were too abbreviated in its entirety. I have read other case studies through my child development studies‚ and those works were much more detailed
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Tổng hợp một số đề thi IELTS writing trên thế giới trong năm 2011-2012: Đề 01: Fast food is becoming a part of our daily life. Some people argue that fast food has negative effects on our lifestyle and diet. Do you agree or disagree? Đề 02: As countries develop‚ more and more people buy and use their own cars. Do the advantages for individuals outweigh the disadvantages for the environment? Đề 03: There seems to be a growing popularity of mobile phones among young people. Is it a good
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