“You left me Perhapsless‚ stuck in your goddamned labyrinth” (Green 172). Miles “Pudge” Halter has an obsession with people’s last words. This obsession has led him to boarding school in search of the “Great Perhaps.” This is where he meets the intriguing Alaska Young who introduces him to the “labyrinth.” This eccentric girl helps him begin his journey in search of the “Great Perhaps‚” but leaves him stuck in the labyrinth after a devastating event. I will be questioning whether or not Alaska killed
Premium English-language films John Green Michael L. Printz Award
EN 1011 Academic Writing 8-10-2013 Orestis F. Tutor: Petros Z. “Looking at Women” Analysis Essay (Final Draft) The term “Gaze” was first introduced by Jacques Lacan and it describes the nervousness that someone feels when he realizes that he is being viewed. In the second rise of feminism in the 60’s one of the many topics that had been discussed among the social scientist and people all over the world for many years was the male gaze. Some people
Free Human Jacques Lacan Feminist theory
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
Free Emotion Human The Culture
1. Social Skills * Extracurricular activities help to develop social skills‚ because most of the time other students are involved. If your child joins a sports team‚ she will learn the importance of teamwork. If it ’s a club‚ she will share a particular interest or activity with others and it can lead to developing new friendships. Unless she is engaged in a solo extracurricular activity such as private music lessons‚ she will develop social skills strictly from being around other children
Premium High school Team Extracurricular activity
benevolent and rewarding outcomes through personal growth‚ however it may also have detrimental and negative effects‚ and these must be addressed and not overlooked these ideas are evident and extrapolated in the texts Sky High by Hannah Roberts‚ Looking for Alibrandi by Malina Marchetta and The Grandparents by Robert Lowell. These texts also show that people’s outlooks and perspectives are constantly altering and reforming. As most changes in these texts relate to intangible features of an individual- personality
Premium Change Adult 2001 albums
In the poem he’s looking back at a moment of choice‚ and reflecting on how‚ at that moment in the past‚ not knowing where the chosen path would lead‚ he looked forward to the future‚ knowing that at some point in the future he would look back with knowledge of what had ensued‚ and would wonder what might have happened had he made the opposite choice. The phrase "with a sigh" is deliberately ambiguous as to it being a positive or negative judgement‚ because his past self‚ looking forward to the sigh
Premium Poetry Stanza Thought
The title of Wallace Stevens poem‚ "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird‚" is misleading‚ because he does not only offer thirteen ways of looking at blackbird‚ but the poem offers us many insights on how humans think. "Blackbird"‚ written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon‚ has many similarities with "Thirteen Ways of Looking at A Blackbird" other than just their titles. They use many poetic conventions to explain their poem ’s ideas‚ both writers use a blackbird to compare to humans and human
Premium Poetry Rhyme John Lennon
General Comments Keats was so moved by the power and aliveness of Chapman’s translation of Homer that he wrote this sonnet--after spending all night reading Homer with a friend. The poem expresses the intensity of Keats’s experience; it also reveals how passionately he cared about poetry. To communicate how profoundly the revelation of Homer’s genius affected him‚ Keats uses imagery of exploration and discovery. In a sense‚ the reading experience itself becomes a Homeric voyage‚ both for the
Premium Poetry Sonnet
After reading “A Day In The Life…Looking Beyond Test Scores” I can see Pat’s frustration in the situation with her student Juana not being accepted into the special academic enrichment program. The difference between Pat’s perception and the test score did not add up. Nevertheless‚ Pat thought that Juana was a perfect fit for the program even though her IQ test score was not above average. Juana was displaying all the signs to her teacher Pat that she would be an exceptional candidate for the
Premium Psychometrics Intelligence quotient Test score
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
Premium Censorship High school Abuse