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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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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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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Nancy Tran www.boredofstudies.org LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI – QUOTES (1992 Puffin edition) “My mother was born here so as far as the Italians were concerned we weren’t completely one of them. Yet because my grandparents were born in Italy we weren’t completely Australian.” (p. 7) “It makes me feel I will never be a part of their society and I hate that because I’m just as smart as they are.” (p. 8) “The room isn’t like the living rooms of my parents… but I like it. Because my mother and I are
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Should all grade 10 students be studying ‘Looking for Alaska’? John Green‚ author of the novel ‘Looking for Alaska’‚ writes about a normal teenager’s journey through high school. Therefore‚ it would be accurate to say‚ this book will relate to many elements of how a grade ten student might feel. All grade ten students are eligible to read ‘Looking for Alaska’. This novel is also appropriate for all level readers. John Green describes many situations a high school student can relate to‚ the novel
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late 1990s‚ Author Melina Marchetta wrote a manuscript about a teenage girl searching for herself and the way she is to live. Her name is Josephine Alibrandi who is a 17 year old Italian Australian or ‘wog’ as some know it‚ in the novel and film of ‘Looking for Alibrandi’. Much of the discussion of Alibrandi has centred around this portrayal of the multi-cultural society of Australia‚ although remarkably‚ the novel has managed to largely avoid the negative and superficial "issues" pigeon-holing so much
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the Odyssey. However‚ their lifestyles and ways of living are greatly diverse. Not only are their personalities unique from each other‚ however‚ their habitats and the environments they live in‚ also differ. In the end‚ it is blatant to anyone that Homer is attempting to prove that the Greeks and Cyclops are greatly dissimilar people‚ and should not be taken as the same. The Cyclops were beasts that trusted the everlasting gods. They never planted with their own hands or plowed the
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Facts Mr Homer had worked for the PNLD for 10 years‚ following his retirement from the police force as a Detective Inspector‚ when in 2005 they introduced a new career structure for current and future employees. This structure constituted a three-part progression system‚ whereby to achieve the top (and highest pay) grade‚ it was a necessity to have a law degree. Mr Homer met all other necessary aspects to achieve the top tier‚ but did not have a law degree- nor had it been a requirement within his
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Do you like animals? Are you looking for a small pet for yourself or your child? While many people would automatically get a cat or a dog‚ those aren’t the only choices. Here are some reasons why you should also consider looking at lizards for sale near you: Easy to care for: While some lizards for sale may have a reputation for being difficult to care for‚ others may be even easier to care for than other small animals.For example‚ depending on the species of lizard you get‚ they may only need to
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Critic’s Choice Review of Looking for Alaska by John Green Miles “Pudge” Hatler’s boring obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the ‘’Great Prehaps’’ (Francois Rablais‚ poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy‚ and anything-but-boring world of Cluver Creek Boarding School‚ and his life becomes the opposite of safe because down the hall is Alaska Young; the gorgeous‚ clever‚ funny‚ self destructive‚ screwed up‚ and utterly fascinating Alaska Young‚ who is an event
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