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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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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years. 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
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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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Melina Marchetta’s novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi‚ explores a number of topical themes. The three main themes explored in the novel include prejudice‚ Jose’s social endeavours and searching for one’s self. Firstly Melina Marchetta explores the theme of prejudice. Josephine often experienced prejudice in this novel‚ wether it is coming from a family environment or her school Jose has been subject of prejudice. As a result Jose often feels demoralized and excluded. Josie at times has also had preconceived
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Whilst teenagers often think today that they are so different from previous generations‚ little do they know that they all probably faced the same day-to-day issues. In the novel “Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta it explores a number of topical themes relevant to teenagers‚ such as parental expectations‚ identity and peer pressure. To begin with parental expectations is a relevant issue in society‚ especially to teenagers. When parents harp on their children about getting good grades‚
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Poem Analysis Post card The poem Post card by Peter Skrzynecki explores multiple ideas concerning belonging including barriers that accumulate with attempting to develop a sense of belonging‚ and aid to prevent this. As well the feelings and perceptions of belonging experienced by an individual changing over time‚ and lastly the ties between our feelings about belonging with our sense of identity. The poem presents the challenges undertaken by Skrzynecki to reach a sense of belonging within his
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delegates from across the territory. They met at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks in November 1955 to write a constitution for the proposed state. Alaskans voted approval of the constitution in April 1956. The new constitution was set to take effect when and if Congress granted statehood for Alaska. Efforts finally paid off in 1958 when Congress approved statehood for Alaska. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Bill into law on July 7‚ 1958. Alaskans accepted statehood
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Night-time by Mark Haddon‚ and Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ are both novels built with unique and impactful content. Haddon’s novel tells of Christopher Boone‚ a boy investigating the suspicious death of the neighbor’s dog‚ Wellington‚ yet unexpectedly he unravels much more. John Green’s work shares the story of Miles Halter‚ an extraordinary young man pulled into the spontaneous adventure that was knowing Alaska Young. He let loose and fell in love‚ just before Alaska went missing. Although both
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Looking for Alaska” by John Green “Looking for Alaska” by John Green is about a boy named Miles who is sent to boarding school. He meets 2 very important people there‚ “The Colonial” and Alaska. They are all best friends and do things like pull pranks‚ get drunk‚ and smoke cigarettes. Miles falls in love with Alaska but Alaska doesn’t see him that way until the night before she died. She was upset and drunk and went for a drive. After that Miles and the colonial start to get consumed by their
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