Preparatory High School in Alabama‚ leaving his Florida home. Miles grew up in Florida‚ with his parents. He always had a hunger to follow in his father’s footsteps. His father had attended Culver Creek boarding school when he was growing up. Looking For Alaska was written by John Green. Miles‚ leaves behind his few friends and very little social life to begin new friendships and experiences. Miles’s main goal is to discover who he really is. Miles was a quiet young man who just completed high school. He
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The Klondike Gold Rush‚ also called the Yukon Gold Rush‚ the Alaska Gold Rush‚ the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush and the Last Great Gold Rush‚ was a migration by an estimated 100‚000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there on August 16‚ 1896 and‚ when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year‚ it triggered a "stampede" of prospectors. The journey proved too hard for many‚ and only between 30‚000 and 40‚000 arrived
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Looking for Alaska Everything important in Looking for Alaska takes place on campus at the Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama. The setting probably takes place in the 21st century. During the entire novel‚ the setting moves around many times in very specific ways. The weather at the beginning of the novel is hot and humid‚ and the good weather creates an atmosphere of happiness‚ but only at the beginning. In chapter 15‚ a rain storm begins in Alabama and there is intense rain happening for
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the name “The Colonel”‚ and included in the Colonel’s group of friends‚ among them Alaska‚ vibrant‚ charismatic and dynamic‚ but also deeply depressed. Alaska is not only brilliant at devising pranks‚ but drinks and has sexual intercourse. When Miles falls for (and lusts after) Alaska‚ she becomes critical to his story. Slowly the reader builds a picture of the main characters as each reveals their story. When Alaska dies in a car crash‚ her favorite last line from Simon Bolivar‚ “How will I ever get
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Looking For Alaska. Miles was a boy that didn’t have friends and was sent to a boarding school where he met a girl he eventually fell in love with named Alaska. The Puritans would not approve the book Looking For Alaska‚ due to the characters not respecting authority‚ women having equal rights to men‚ and the characters swearing. Authority was a big deal to the Puritans and the characters did not respect it‚ which is enough for Puritans to destroy this book. In the novel Looking For Alaska the characters
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Claremont Colleges Scholarship @ Claremont CMC Senior Theses CMC Student Scholarship 2010 Airline Bankruptcy: The Determining Factors Leading to an Airline’s Decline Jason Tolkin Claremont McKenna College Recommended Citation Tolkin‚ Jason‚ "Airline Bankruptcy: The Determining Factors Leading to an Airline’s Decline" (2010). CMC Senior Theses. Paper 88. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/88 This Open Access Senior Thesis is brought to you by Scholarship@Claremont. It has
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A Review of Temporal trends and geographic patterns of teen suicide in Alaska‚ 1979-1993. Bradford D Gessner. Suicide & Life - Threatening Behavior. New York: Fall 1997. Vol. 27‚ Iss. 3; pg. 264‚ 10 pgs Temporal Trends and Geographic Patterns of Teen Suicide in Alaska‚ written by Bradford D. Gessner‚ reported the findings of a study on teen suicide rates in Alaska. Using death certificates and U.S. census data to record trends in suicide rates among Alaskan teens ages 14-19‚ it was found that
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novel Looking for Alaska by John Green takes place in Culver Creek‚ Alabama. This book was pleasurable to read and is recommended. The exposition of the story begins when we are introduced to the main character‚ Miles‚ a very intelligent teen‚ who didn’t have any friends at his old school. He leaves his home in Florida to go to a boarding school in Culver Creek‚ Alabama. There‚ he meets his roommate Chip also known as “the Colonel” and Chips best-friend Alaska. Chip and Alaska are both extremely
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In Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ the element of surprise took me when one of the main characters dies in a horrific car accident. The title Looking for Alaska adds to the plot of how determined Miles ends up towards to finding out the result of the fatal crash. Events leading up to this involve real life situations. For instance‚ building peoples guilt to try thing‚ whether good or bad. During the book‚ I was and still am astonished that the Alaska was involved in a fatal car accident. The night
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Looking for Alaska by John Green is a narrative that reveals the death of Alaska Young. Miles “Pudge” Halter ‚ the protagonist is caring‚sweet‚ and a loving boy. There are several literary concepts that help construct this making it interesting. The literary concepts of point of view‚ conflicts and characterization create meaning. Therefore‚ readers can connect to these while reading whether it’s a connection to their personal life or the world.At the begining of “Looking for Alaska” we are introduced
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