Hannah Dell Literature Composition October 8th‚ 2015 Banned Books: Looking For Alaska Why do you think books are banned and challenged? Well‚ books are banned and challenged for many reasons. Reasons like they may contain sexual content‚ explicit language‚ racism‚ and a wide variety of other reasons. Did you know that parents initiate 9 out of 10 challenges on books? Books usually are challenged with the best intentions—to protect others‚ frequently children‚ from difficult ideas and information
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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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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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Halter in 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
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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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The 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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Rule 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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the meaning of love‚ friendship‚ disaster and hope. Looking For Alaska by John Green is a heart wrenching tale of two young people’s journey to find their way in the world. After Miles “Pudge” Halter’s search for the great perhaps gets spun around when he is taken to Culver Creek Preparatory School and meets alaska young his search for the great perhaps is transformed into a search for a meaning behind the way he feels. Thou Looking For Alaska is suitable for teens as it includes drug and alcohol
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PSYCHOANALYTIC ANALYSIS OF LOOKING FOR ALASKA It seems natural to think about novels in terms of dreams or psychoanalytical realities. Like dreams‚ novels are fictions‚ inventions of the mind that‚ though based on reality‚ are by definition not exactly and literally true. Conversely‚ dreams may have some truth to tell but like novels their truth must be interpreted before it can be grasped. Such is the case with John Green’s young adult novel‚ Looking for Alaska. It holds many truths that
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