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 symbolises
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Flying vs. Driving Countless times a year‚ people wander from state to state and/or country to country for various reasons such as working‚ visiting loved ones‚ or maybe even searching for an escape from the norm. As obvious as this may sound‚ the complexity of traveling today has become quite the sight to behold. With the world’s revolutionary technology‚ commuting has been taken to a whole new level. Although there are many different forms of travel‚ the most popular are by boat‚ by train‚ by
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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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Eating fish is labeled as being good for your health; however is farmed fish good for you? More people are opting to eat fish. They have been influenced by reports from the American Heart Association‚ The United States Department of Agriculture and also mass media‚ that eating fish regularly (1 to 2 times a week)‚ may reduce the risk of diseases ranging from asthma and prostate cancer to heart disease. With this increase awareness of healthy benefits of eating fish adds to the trend of fish
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months. Occasionally a friendly group would exchange beads and Spanish wine for food and other necessities the expedition required. Grijalva was disappointed at the fact that they’d gathered very little gold on their trip; but when they came back to Cuba he shared a tale of hearing about a rich empire that was further to the west inland. This story prompted Hernán Cortés to lead an expedition into the Yucatán in 1519. Cortés had spent some time at the island of Cozumel off the coast of the Yucatán
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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 often
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Management of the Grey-Headed Flying Fox (GHFF) in Melbourne areas faces multifaceted issues. In one hand‚ it is an endangered species based on Victorian and Australian Federal rules. On the other hand‚ their number tends to increase overtime‚ with fluctuation occurs seasonally‚ and their presence have had negative impacts on vegetation including those have historic‚ cultural‚ and economic importance (i.e. those in The Royal Botanical Garden and residential areas). Increased numbers of GHFF in urban
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I recently finished reading your book called Looking For Alaska. After conducting research‚ I am aware that various schools have challenged whether or not the book is appropriate to keep in school libraries. Although your book contains controversial content‚ I think the theme composed in the story makes the controversy of the content irrelevant. Therefore‚ I disagree with the individuals who think Looking For Alaska should be banned from schools. This novel should not be exempt from schools because
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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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Geology of Northern Alaska Moore‚ T.E.‚ Wallace‚ W.K.‚ Bird‚ K.J.‚ Karl‚ S.M.‚ Mull‚ C.G.‚ and Dillon‚ J.T. (1994). Geology of northern Alaska‚ in Plafker‚ G.‚ and Berg‚ H.C.‚ eds.‚ The Geology of Alaska: Boulder‚ Colorado‚ Geological Society of America‚ The Geology of North America‚ G-1. Moore et al describes the overall geologic environment of northern Alaska. The authors explain that this region of Alaska is particularly unique in that it lies entirely north of the Arctic Circle and it
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