Looking for Alaska The story opens with Miles Halter‚ the protagonist‚ leaving his home in Florida to attend a preparatory high school named Culver Creek in Alabama for his junior year. When he arrives at Culver Creek‚ Miles meets his roommate‚ Chip Martin. Chip introduces Miles to one of his friends‚ Alaska Young. Alaska is attractive but emotionally unstable and can be very bipolar. Other than Alaska‚ Chip introduces him to Takumi. Chip‚ Alaska and Takumi have been friends since freshman year
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The looking glass self aims to show us how interactions with others can greatly influence how we feel and how we view ourselves (Reitzes 1980). We can all recall a time where we were made uncomfortable by the mere presence of other people. How we see ourselves doesn’t really come from who we really are but rather‚ how we believe we are viewed by the world. In this particular kind of situation‚ we can feel uncomfortable by just the presence of other people for a variety of reasons. You can stand there
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Tuesday‚ October 30‚ 2012 Looking for Alibrandi By: Melina Marchette Looking for Alibrandi is the story of Josie Alibrandi’s experiences at school‚ and her relationships with friends and family during her last year at St Martha’s girls’ school. This is the year her father comes back into her life‚ the year she falls in love and discovers the secrets of her family’s past. Josie tells us the story of her struggles with her Italian-Australian identity and the highs and lows of teenage life. It’s
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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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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska is a novel by John Green and is about a young man named Miles Halters. The book is set in Alabama at the boarding school‚ Culver Creek High School. Miles loves memorizing the last words of famous people and is looking to seek his “Great Perhaps” in his life. After moving into his dorm Miles meets Chip‚ or also known as The Colonel. The two moves the Colonels’ furniture into the boys’ dorm. Soon after Miles gets the nickname‚ Pudge‚ just to be ironic since he
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Book: Looking for Alaska by John Green # Character Trait Context of Quote & Page Number Response to Text 1 Warm “In the dark beside me‚ she smelled of sweat and sunshine and vanilla‚ and on that thin-mooned night I could see little more than her silhouette except for when she smoked‚ when the burning cherry of the cigarette washed her face in the pale red light. But even in the dark‚ I could see her eyes-fierce emeralds. She had the kind of eyes that predisposed you to supporting her every
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In the novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi‚ Josie must learn to deal with a whole range of issues. These include her cultural identity‚ her attitudes to her family and friends‚ meeting her father for the first time and her acceptance of her place in society. Each of these issues encourages and enables Josie to change and to understand her life and her role in her family and her community more positively. In the beginning of Looking for Alibrandi it is evident that Josie is conflicted about her heritage
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“Looking for Alibrandi” is a coming-of-age film about a girl named Josephine Alibrandi. She is raised in Australia‚ and is Italian. As a result‚ she is an individual who is a part of two societies. Josie is just one of many characters in ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ are also caught between two societies. Josie‚ the main character in ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ is the biggest example of a character who is caught in the middle of two societies; her Australian upbringing and her Italian heritage. Josie is surrounded
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Yessica Imm Professor Samuel D. Huntington English 1302-5011 12 June 2012 Looking Through a Window Does happiness relate to freedom? Does everything happen for a reason? "Eveline"‚ written by James Joyce‚ is a really good example of how life presents itself as an adventure with obstacles and sacrifices we are supposed to be willing to go through. Most of the times‚ our process of decision making goes against what we really want and what really makes us happy‚ but that is also part of life which
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LOOKING FOR ALBRANDI COMPARITIVE ESSAY The novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta is about Josephine Alibrandi a catholic girl‚ in her final year at high school. As the year progresses Josie alters her perspective on many issues including her culture‚ family‚ own identity‚ and the importance of social standing and wealth. This novel has also been turned into a film directed by Kate Woods‚ both the novel and film explores quite a vast variety of relationships. We will be looking into
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