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 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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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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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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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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Medea: Looking for Revenge Medea‚ a play by the Greek playwright Euripides‚ explores the Greek- barbarian dichotomy through the character of Medea‚ a princess from the "barbarian"‚ or non-Greek‚ land of Colchis. Throughout the play‚ it becomes evident to the reader that Medea is no ordinary woman by Greek standards. Central to the whole plot is Medea’s barbarian origins and how they are related to her actions. In this paper‚ I am attempting to answer questions such as how Medea behaves
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Script a speech to HSC students. With reference to ‘Disabled’ and one other poem‚ discuss the central themes and methods used to develop them. Good morning students‚ Wilfred Owen was a British soldier and poet in WW1. He was thoroughly shocked by the horrors of war and based his poetry on his various experiences. In his poem‚ “Disabled”‚ he highlights the loss and pity of war‚ while in his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” he emphasises that there is no glory or honour in dying in war. Through the
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for Alibrandi is about Josephine Alibrandi in her last year of high school at St Martha‘s. The book begins with Josie sitting at her desk in her religion class in deep thought about a multiple choice question in a Hot Pants Magazine. The setting in Looking for Alibrandi does not play a main part in the book but plays a main part in her love and family life. In the book there is an emphasis on an urban environment with a teenage view on the social links at her school. Josie lives in Australia in a suburb
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