Looking For JJ by Anne Cassidy is a dramatic thriller that grips the imagination of the reader from page 1. Looking For JJ is the story of a girl desperately trying to cover up her terrible past. It’s a tale of the love that she loses to be able to rebuild her new life. Jennifer Jones moved to the small town of Berwick waters at the age of 11. This was town where everything went wrong. Her actions lead her to be in a detention centre for six years for murdering her arrogant‚ demanding and bossy
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himself and who is truly is‚ looking for The Great Perhaps. In the before section of the book‚ he starts off as plain Miles‚ he is unhappy and has no friends. Once he starts attending Culver Creek‚ he is now Pudge. He starts to do rebellious things‚ such as drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes. After Alaska dies‚ he finds the real him He discovers The Great Perhaps and moves on with his life. Throughout the book he isn’t just looking for The Great Perhaps‚ he’s looking for his true identity. Alaska’s
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Del Valle 1 Briana Del Valle Mrs. Keller Mrs. Northrop English Language Arts 12 16 October 2014 Looking For Alaska The title of the book Looking For Alaska suggests that the characters in the book were looking for Alaska in a metaphorical sense. This story is about Miles‚ a 16year old boy who is shy and lonely‚ he has no friends. He decided to move to Alabama and enroll in Culver Creek Preparatory School‚ hoping to change his social life. He befriends the Colonel‚ Alaska‚ and Takumi
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Looking Back and Looking Forward Justin Firpo PSY 202 Michelle Davis April‚ 22‚ 2012 Outline I. Where am I from? a. Born in Dallas‚ TX b. Raised in Southern California c. Nice neighborhood in Fullerton II. What was my family like? a. Well off b. Mom wore the pants c. Mom was uppity d. Dad was down to earth e. Oldest of two III. What things do I remember
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Gloria E. Wiggs 10/10/2011 Prof. Pearson Intro to Sociology Research Report: Looking Deathworthy Researchers Jennifer L. Eberhardt‚ Paul G. Davis Valerie J. Purdie-Vaughns‚ and Sheri Lynn Johnson studied whether being stereotypically black influences the probability of receiving the death penalty. Sociologist have previously proven that people quickly apply racial stereotypes to blacks who have the stereotypically appearance of a black person. This racial profile effects how people
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The Sky Isn’t the Limit Anymore The Looking Glass Wars by: Frank Beddor A caterpillar that smokes from pipes and eats tarty-tarts is only the beginning of Frank Beddor’s first book in his trilogy The Looking Glass Wars. Many of us are familiar with the infamous fairy tale of Alice who stumbles upon a hole that leads her to Wonderland and meets strange characters like the Cheshire Cat and others. Now there are many differences in Beddor’s tale; not only is the Cat an assassin with nine lives but
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Looking for Alaska 1.) Discuss a major conflict in the text. -One night‚ Alaska Young (the protagonist) becomes very depressed due to her forgetting that it was the anniversary of her mother’s death. She decides to leave campus in the middle of the night. To make matters worse‚ she has been drinking alcohol beforehand. This results to her dying in a terrible car crash. The book centers around her‚ before and after the crash. 2.) Explain the significance of the book’s title. -Following Alaska’s death
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A Fear of Looking Foolish Most of us have a fear of looking foolish. We are afraid of the thoughts of doing something that will make us look less than perfect. But always remember to be human is to be foolish. When we release our fear of looking foolish‚ we free ourselves to be real and be who we really are. We have all had times when we felt foolish. Even in times‚ when things don’t go so well‚ we still know how to handle those less than perfect times. The best way‚ in my opinion‚ is just to acknowledge
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I recently finished reading your book called Looking For Alaska. After conducting research‚ I am aware that various schools have challenged whether or not the book is appropriate to keep in school libraries. Although your book contains controversial content‚ I think the theme composed in the story makes the controversy of the content irrelevant. Therefore‚ I disagree with the individuals who think Looking For Alaska should be banned from schools. This novel should not be exempt from schools because
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“Freedom of contract is the bedrock of English private law” Freedom of contract is defined as the: “Right of an adult to make a legally binding mutual agreement with one or more other persons‚ without governmental interference as to what type of obligations he or she can take upon himself or herself.”[1] English law has for a while now been known as believing in freedom of contract. This means that the state has not‚ normally‚ enforced legislation which has got in the way when it comes to the
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