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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For Thursday‚ February 2 Wallace Stevens’ Sunday Morning and Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird The two poems‚ Sunday Morning and Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird‚ communicate part of the life story of the author and share reminiscent events in his life or the life of people he has known. The poems involve various themes as well… themes of love and women‚ for instance. One is in the first person‚ the other in third. Sunday Morning is a poem that includes many biblical references and
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These thoughts are not my own since they come from Jewish commentary‚ all I have done was to rearrange them so I have not done much or anything of importance. So here is a work poorly done and unfinished. When one looks at the waters of Marah‚ the two incidences with manna‚ the two incidences with the quail‚ the golden calf‚ the grumblers‚ and the spies; what can one learn from these and implement into our lives. We shall look at these from many different aspects. First‚ what can learn about ourselves
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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
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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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Sales Promotion Techniques Mary McDonald Marketing firms use several key sales promotion techniques directed towards trade and consumers. The different sale promotion techniques are discount and deals‚ increasing industry visibility Price-based consumer sales promotions and attention-getting consumer sales promotions. Each sale may be uses in different ways but they all have the same common goal to increase sales. Whether the technique increases the awareness of the item by advertising
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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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