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    Looking for Alaska Themes

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    Looking for Alaska Themes Friendship The novel opens with Miles’s going away party where only two acquaintances of Miles attend. With no true friends from his old school‚ Miles moves to Culver Creek. At first Miles is hesitant with his friendships - awkwardly unable to engage and unsure of whom to follow – but he slowly learns to be himself around his new friends. We learn that Miles values his new friendships by the way that he strictly adheres to the Colonel’s “no ratting” policy and shares both

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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 Forward

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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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    Looking Deathworthy Essay

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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 Looking Glass Wars

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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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    In 2012 the American Red Cross sent out almost 7 million relief items to people in the United States‚ and in 2015 committed 1 million dollars to the earthquake relief project in Nepal. Clara Barton‚ the founder of the American Red Cross‚ knew about disasters‚ as she was a nurse in the civil war. She also knew about adversity‚ being born in the early 1800’s meant she would have to push hard to make a change in the world. Clara Barton’s life was a testament to the belief that all people should be treated

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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

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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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    Looking For Richard Script - Dialogue Transcript Voila! Finally‚ the Looking For Richard script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Al Pacino movie about the making of Richard III.  This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Looking For Richard. I know‚ I know‚ I still need to get the cast names in there and I’ll be eternally tweaking it‚ so if you have any corrections‚ feel free to drop me a line. You won’t hurt my feelings

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