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
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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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In the book‚ The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor‚ the classic story of Alice in Wonderland is flipped on it’s side. In Beddor’s novel‚ Queen Genivieve of Wonderland’s daughter‚ Alyss‚ takes an interesting journey‚ but in the end‚ ends up back in Wonderland. When Alyss is young‚ Redd kills King Nolan‚ which is the first time evil comes to Wonderland. Soon after that‚ Redd attacks Heart Palace and Queen Genevieve sends Alyss into the Pool of Tears but Alyss sees Redd kill Genevieve before she is
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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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Looking Backward The book Looking Backward was written by Edward Bellamy and published in the year 1888. Bellamy started off his career as a journalist but then married and decided to devote his efforts to writing fiction novels. Looking Backward was published and Bellamy was famous. The book stirred around the country and had people imagining a world like the one Bellamy created in his book. The idea of a utopia as the one he describes is unbelievable. His book is what people‚ of even now in
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The Looking Glass Wars written by Frank Beddor re-tells the story of Alice in Wonderland. Instead of Alice living in London and then traveling to Wonderland‚ Alice lives in Wonderland and arrives in London due to the invasion of her evil Aunt Redd. Eventually‚ Alice will return to Wonderland. Once back‚ she will take upon her full imaginative ability and rid Redd from the queendom and reclaiming her throne. Beddor did a great job changing the story‚ and more importantly the book becomes significant
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HSC Advanced English‚ Module A: Richard III and Looking For Richard‚ Essay Connections of commonality and dissimilarity may be drawn between a multiplicity of texts through an appreciation of the values and attitudes with which they were composed. Accordingly‚ the values and attitudes of the individual being may be defined as an acute blend of externally induced‚ or contextual and internally triggered‚ or inherent factors. Cultural‚ historical‚ political‚ religious and social influences‚ dictated
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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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Narrative Essay My Childhood… “Looking back on a childhood filled with events and memories‚ I find it rather difficult to pick on that leaves me with the fabled “warm and fuzzy feelings.” As a first daughter of a workaholic man‚ I actually felt the little sadness of being a child. When my father got home from his work‚ it was always late in the evening and when I wake-up early in the morning‚ his still sleeping until my School Bus comes. It always happened. But when he’s on vacation‚ he never fails
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perspectives never stay permanent and is always changing. The main reason is most probably due to new experiences encountered in our life‚ knowledge or our level of maturity. This is shown in prose fiction text "Sky High" by Hannah Roberts‚ the film "Looking for Alibrandi" directed by Kate Woods and the poem "My Father Began As A God" by Ian Mudie. In the prose fiction text "Sky High" by Hannah Roberts. This text reflects on a youth persona who turns a simple washing line that is located in a normal back yard
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