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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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    I recently finished reading your book called Looking For Alaska. After conducting research‚ I am aware that various schools have challenged whether or not the book is appropriate to keep in school libraries. Although your book contains controversial content‚ I think the theme composed in the story makes the controversy of the content irrelevant. Therefore‚ I disagree with the individuals who think Looking For Alaska should be banned from schools. This novel should not be exempt from schools because

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    Looking for Alaska is a novel written by John Green set in Alabama specifically the campus at the Culver Creek boarding school with the exception of a few important locations such as the Smoking Hole. The story is narrated in the first person through the perspective of Miles “Pudge” Halter‚ which has its disadvantages as he turns into a mental wreck after the death of Alaska. The novel “Looking For Alaska” focuses on many themes such as friendship‚ death‚ mortality and rules and order. These themes

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    looking for alaska review

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    I have recently read a wonderful book by John Green which is titled ‘Looking For Alaska’. The book is about a boy who is new to a boarding school; where he meets new friends and goes to “seek the Great Perhaps”. I think it’s a great book in which the author portrays the fragility of life‚ the importance of loving people while they’re still around‚ living your life to the fullest and also appreciating and understanding the value of friendship. The two main characters named Miles/Pudge and Alaska have

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    The Looking Glass Self

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    The Looking-Glass Self by Charles H. Cooley I will be talking about the looking glass self‚ made famous by famed American sociologist Charles Horton Cooley. This concept stems from our interpersonal perception of what another individual’s impression is on us and how we form ourselves towards that initial perception. Out of all the theories that are at our disposal in sociology‚ this is the theory that interested me the most and here is why. To me the looking glass self is not just a concept or

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    Looking Like the Enemy

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    Mary Matsuda Gruenewald‚ Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps 1. Why are interned Japanese Americans referred to as the “silent generation” (p.x)? They were referred to as the silent generation because many of them did not speak about their experiences to anyone‚ not even their children after their times in imprisonment. They were a silent generation. 2. What were the specific challenges Gruenewald and other interned Japanese Americans

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    Looking For Alaska Banned

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    After reviewing the list of banned and challenged books‚ I found one that is by one of my favorite authors. The book Looking For Alaska written by John Green was the sixth most challenged book last year for a “scene that may lead a student to sexual experimentation”(Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016 via YouTube). Looking for Alaska was challenged in the United States‚ and is currently the bout of a drawn out battle in Kentucky. At Marion County High School an upset parent wrote a letter to the high

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    Looking for Lovedu: A Woman’s Journey Through Africa is a riveting story about Ann Jones’s journey through Africa. Throughout the novel‚ Ann Jones’s mentions the “Western World’s view on Africa. Not only do most westerners have a negative view on Africa‚ but a completely misunderstood point of view on Africa. Africa is a beautiful continent with fascinating cultures and amazing people‚ yet most of the western world fails to see the beauty that is Africa. Based on Ann Jones’s novel‚ most westerners

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    Looking For Alaska Essay

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    Paez 1 Mia Paez English 9-2 H 31 March 2014 Looking For Alaska In the book Looking for Alaska written by John Green is a story about how main character Miles “Pudge” Halter moves from his hometown in Florida to go to a boarding school in Alabama called Culver Creek High School‚ there he meets his roommate Chip “The Colonel” Martin and his friends Alaska Young‚ Takumi Hikohito‚ and Lara Buterskaya. Throughout the novel Pudge tries and does things that he never thought he would do‚ he falls in

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    Alaska died from an accident In the novel‚ Looking for Alaska‚ John Green present Alaska Young mysterious death. However‚ the novel seems to argue that Alaska died from an accident because the day she died she was drank. Facing problems and drinking cause Alaska’s death. Times before when Alaska was little with eight years old her mother died of aneurysm. She came home and she needed to finish her homework in order to watch TV. In the book Looking for Alaska‚ Alaska was telling her friends about

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