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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negative things such as the Watergate Scandal and the fact that he was one of the few presidents to be impeached. While these are important aspects of his presidency‚ it is only right that Nixon’s accomplishments should be addressed as well. Richard Nixon was a president associated with controversy and deceit; however he was regarded as an able and versatile politician‚ so the grade that he receives is a B- . The first real major event Nixon has to deal with is the Vietnam War. Nixon knew
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Chapter 3‚ Flexible‚ by Richard Sennett‚ “The Corrosion of Character” As a whole‚ Richard Sennett’s book The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism discusses the effect of the flexible capitalist economy on the lives of workers during the 1990s. Chapter 3 focuses mainly on flexibility. Sennett compares the flexibility of a human being to that of a tree‚ whereby‚ the tree has the capacity both to yield and to recover‚ from both the testing and the restoration
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In this essay‚ Richard Dyer takes a look into the ways race is handled by the media. For the most part‚ race is a term that’s only applied to non-white people. White people are not racially seen. The media tends to see whites as the human norm‚ which is far from the truth when you look at the numbers. This is a product of Western media‚ which penetrates its way into books‚ films‚ museums‚ television‚ etc. As Dyer writes‚ “At the level of racial representation… whites are not of a certain race;
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When looking at common repercussions of brutal honesty‚ such as hurt feelings or damaged relationships‚ it is easily noted that some remarks are better left unspoken. Occasionally‚ when a question is proposed‚ it is socially inappropriate to leave it unanswered as the silent yet extremely noticeable hesitation may be more insulting than giving an honest answer. Honesty is and has always been depicted as a positive attribute but seldom is light shed on the possible detrimental consequences it can
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Technology In Action‚ Introductory‚ 11e Chapter 2: Looking at Computers: Understanding the Parts Due 01/29/2015 1. Computers use ______________language consisting of 0s and 1s. a. Binary b. Byte c. System d. Symbol 2. Which of the following computers supports many simultaneous users and manages large amount of data? a. desktop computer b. embedded computer c. mainframe computer d. supercomputer 3. Which of the following is NOT a system used with touch screens? a. Capacitive b. Resistive c. Inductive
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In May‚ my best friends and I took on a challenge to create a twenty minute documentary about car culture (more specifically‚ car culture in Minnesota)‚ however‚ after taking “13 Ways of Looking at Sports”‚ I formed connections and realizations that car culture is a branch of motorsport and the passion/community evolving around motorsport parallels the roots of sport we have discussed in class. Our essential questions we wanted to answer through the documentary were: How can we bring awareness to
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sat there‚ reminiscing about my life‚ awaiting my breath to leave my body. The sound ‘Is someone there’ broke the silence. I was overjoyed at the existence of another voice like me. I thought it was another person‚ which then I figured out it was Richard Parker. I made a shocking discovery that this seemingly well trained tiger who has been raised in the zoo since it was cub shared one same trait as the murderous cook‚ he killed a man and a women once in his life. How could he? I was so proud to explain
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also the meaning of love‚ friendship‚ disaster and hope. Looking For Alaska by John Green is a heart wrenching tale of two young people’s journey to find their way in the world. After Miles “Pudge” Halter’s search for the great perhaps gets spun around when he is taken to Culver Creek Preparatory School and meets alaska young his search for the great perhaps is transformed into a search for a meaning behind the way he feels. Thou Looking For Alaska is suitable for teens as it includes drug and
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In Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass‚ Alice a seven year old girl‚ falls down a rabbit hole and enters wonderland; a place full of nonsense and puns‚ which Carroll aptly uses to illustrate several points about life. Alice begins her journey at a tea party hosted by the March Hare‚ and Mad Hatter whom murdered Time‚ but seems to understand time very well; followed by her summons to join the Queen of Hearts in a game or croquet‚ nearly resulting in her death
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