accompanied by only the last words of the already-dead‚ so I came here looking for a Great Perhaps‚ for real friends and a more-than-minor life. And then I screwed up and he screwed up and we screwed up and she slipped through our fingers. And there’s no sugar-coating it: She deserved better friends. I just finished reading a book that my girlfriend (we’ve actually been dating for exactly a year‚ so yay!) loaned me - Looking For Alaska by John Green. A fantastic read‚ it is about a junior in high
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Naomi Smith Summer 2013 Reading Assignment Honors English 8/3/13 Characterization Analysis In Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ the protagonist‚ Miles “Pudge” Halter‚ is very dynamic. In the beginning of the book‚ Pudge had no friends and was looking for what he calls the “Great Perhaps.” So he goes away to boarding school and meets “The Colonel”‚ Takumi‚ Lara‚ and Alaska. They were all immediate friends but Alaska and Pudge were drawn to each other. Pudge went from only having his mother
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these topics in a hypothetical way can make it easier to point out the topics in a situation you personally aren’t connected to. The novel‚ “ Looking for Alaska”‚ by John Green focuses on social issues like discovering who you are while being influenced by your peers. The book also deals with problems that are prevalent in today’s society‚ such as suicide. “Looking for Alaska” is narrated by a high school student therefore students who read the novel are able to make connections to events that the characters
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“Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta provides useful and valuable insights into cultural misunderstandings between Australian and Italian families‚ relationships and prejudices particularly between Josie‚ her friends and family. Cross-cultural issues are explored in depth in “Looking for Alibrandi”. The novel shows the family traditional values within Josie’s family‚ one of these being Tomato Day. This cultural tradition is important because it fosters greater unity between family members
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change in behavioral patterns usually indicates something of a larger term. Whether it is a change in verbiage‚ tone‚ or something else‚ those changes usually represent a mental change that could range from stress‚ busyness‚ and the likes. King Richard in Richard III is no different. His syntax shortens‚ his diction darkens‚ and his imagery grows worrisome. The change in Richard’s syntax‚ diction‚ and imagery pattern indicates his emotional change from open and relaxed to stressed and self-conscious
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In Looking Backward‚ Edward Bellamy argued that one of the most significant problems facing America in 1887 was the struggle of class and the values that the everyday citizen lived by and portrayed. In the past‚ everyone looked after himself or herself and did not live selflessly. The view of honor was skewed and people lived for currency rather than their countries and neighbors well being. A sense of equality is never reached like it has been in the utopia of the year 2000 that Bellamy portrays
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Looking for Alaska is an amazing book that questions the meaning of life‚ and what happens to us after it. It follows three unique friends through a year at Culver Creek‚ a boarding school in southern Alabama. Looking for Alaska is told in the voice of Miles Halter‚ nicknamed Pudge by his roommate. Pudge is a quiet boy who memorizes people’s last words; he goes to the Creek to seek the “Great Perhaps.” During his search he meets the Colonel and Alaska Young. The three friends learn about pranking
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the book looking for Alibrandi written by Melina Marchetta published 1990. The book is about a stubborn‚ insecure and judgemental teenager who feels like she doesn’t fit in society because of her illegitimacy‚ ethnicity‚ status and family history. We can also see this from the poem Refugee Blues written by WH Auden and Neighbours by Tim Winston which both show perception off fitting in and not fitting because of ethnicity and status. Josephine Alibrandi is the main character in looking for Alibrandi
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The novel Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy is a social commentary on the problems of late 1800’s society. Bellamy compares the negative afflictions of his time to an imagined utopia of the future year 2000 in order to open the eyes of the reader. By doing this‚ he hopes to create a social awareness for the poor cultural and economic values so that future generations can change for the better. One of the conditions that afflicted America in 1887 was in regards to labor. When asked what he thought
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crisis of conscience‚ but in reality‚ if one follows what he or she believes‚ then that person will have less of a struggle with his or her conscience. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ Huck‚ a young adventurer‚ is struggling while trying to choose between his opinions and the opinions of the society. After Huck flees from his home‚ he finds Jim‚ a runaway slave‚ creating a difficult predicament for Huck. He helps Jim run away throughout the novel‚ but battles his conscience as a result
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