The Climax: Looking for Alaska The climax of a story is when all of the events come to a breaking point. It greatly affects the characters and story. For example‚ the novel Looking for Alaska by John Green illustrates Miles Walter’s journey of seeking the “Great Perhaps” and escaping the “labyrinth.” In the story‚ Miles Walter experiences various daring experiences as he makes new friends and moves to a boarding school. He reaches a peak in his life and isn’t looking back‚ however‚ all of the fun
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Exploring Alaska is as dangerous as swimming with sharks at their lunch-time. Alaska is a very unique state. It’s animals and other things are a sight to see. It also has a beautiful landscape‚ but the landscape is not so easy to get across. According to the documents‚ the climate is changing because of the ecosystem‚ the geography of Alaska makes it difficult to explore and settle‚ and there is no given shelter in Alaska‚ so that makes it difficult to keep exploring. To begin with‚ Alaska is very
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Looking for Alaska is a book that everyone should read. It is written by John Green‚ and it is such a nicely written book. It is about a boy named Miles Halter (nickname is Pudge) who doesn’t have many friends where he lives‚ so he decides to move away and attend Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama for his junior year like his father did. Miles goes to Culver Creek searching for his Great Perhaps‚ because he knows there is something more out in the world for him. Miles Halter is the main
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This essay will discuss the movie Mystery‚ Alaska and some of the psychological components that are apparent in the film. This essay will cover the topics of: ego‚ distractions that affect performance‚ and focus. While this movie encompasses a wide variety of psychological aspects‚ the ones listed above were what I felt to be most prevalent throughout the movie. The first topic to be discussed in this essay is ego. Ego in sports can be a crucial building block for success. Some say that ego
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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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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
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The Klondike Gold Rush‚ also called the Yukon Gold Rush‚ the Alaska Gold Rush‚ the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush and the Last Great Gold Rush‚ was a migration by an estimated 100‚000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there on August 16‚ 1896 and‚ when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year‚ it triggered a "stampede" of prospectors. The journey proved too hard for many‚ and only between 30‚000 and 40‚000 arrived
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Looking for Alaska Everything important in Looking for Alaska takes place on campus at the Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama. The setting probably takes place in the 21st century. During the entire novel‚ the setting moves around many times in very specific ways. The weather at the beginning of the novel is hot and humid‚ and the good weather creates an atmosphere of happiness‚ but only at the beginning. In chapter 15‚ a rain storm begins in Alabama and there is intense rain happening for
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the name “The Colonel”‚ and included in the Colonel’s group of friends‚ among them Alaska‚ vibrant‚ charismatic and dynamic‚ but also deeply depressed. Alaska is not only brilliant at devising pranks‚ but drinks and has sexual intercourse. When Miles falls for (and lusts after) Alaska‚ she becomes critical to his story. Slowly the reader builds a picture of the main characters as each reveals their story. When Alaska dies in a car crash‚ her favorite last line from Simon Bolivar‚ “How will I ever get
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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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