”Y’all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die.”(Said by Alaska‚ p. 44‚ l. 17). This quote matches the theme because the book is very philosophical written‚ and Alaska gives many thoughts to life and death. The quote is a foreshadowing and tells a lot about the future incident. In this book Miles Halter is the narrator. The book is written from his point of view‚ and it takes statement in his thoughts‚ which only gives Miles’ posture of things. But at the same time it invites the reader to get in touch
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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 a very strange relationship‚ which
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In Looking For Alaska‚ by John Green‚ there is a lot of symbolism and meaningful objects presented throughout the book. In my collage‚ I chose to include some of the book’s most important objects and pictures to help give a deeper understanding of the book. First off‚ I will explain why I have chosen the pictures on my collage. One of the most important pictures is of the maze‚ or the labyrinth‚ which represents the line‚ “How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?” that Alaska Young
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“Looking for Alaska” – John Green About The Book & Expectations I chose the novel “Looking for Alaska” by John Green‚ because I already read a reading sample in my English lessons in Germany from this book and I really liked the style of writing the author used. I also chose this novel‚ because many of my friends said it was a good book and worth reading‚ besides the fact‚ that the book is well-known for some of its quotes (“If people were rain‚ I was drizzle and she was a hurricane”) and the awards
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Looking for Alaska is a novel written by John Green set in Alabama specifically the campus at the Culver Creek boarding school with the exception of a few important locations such as the Smoking Hole. The story is narrated in the first person through the perspective of Miles “Pudge” Halter‚ which has its disadvantages as he turns into a mental wreck after the death of Alaska. The novel “Looking For Alaska” focuses on many themes such as friendship‚ death‚ mortality and rules and order. These themes
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In the novel Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ one of the main characters‚ Alaska Young‚ is involved in a fatal car accident. Following her death‚ the world religions teacher‚ Dr. Hyde‚ asks his class to interpret the question she posed for an essay: “How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?” This is the biggest clue that leads the reader to believe her car crash was not an accident (Constantakis). Other clues are how openly Alaska brings up dying‚ such as when she states the reason
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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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Keller Mrs. Northrop English Language Arts 12 16 October 2014 Looking For Alaska The title of the book Looking For Alaska suggests that the characters in the book were looking for Alaska in a metaphorical sense. This story is about Miles‚ a 16year old boy who is shy and lonely‚ he has no friends. He decided to move to Alabama and enroll in Culver Creek Preparatory School‚ hoping to change his social life. He befriends the Colonel‚ Alaska‚ and Takumi‚ they introduce him to the social order of campus
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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 Alaska 1.) Discuss a major conflict in the text. -One night‚ Alaska Young (the protagonist) becomes very depressed due to her forgetting that it was the anniversary of her mother’s death. She decides to leave campus in the middle of the night. To make matters worse‚ she has been drinking alcohol beforehand. This results to her dying in a terrible car crash. The book centers around her‚ before and after the crash. 2.) Explain the significance of the book’s title. -Following Alaska’s death
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