Exposition- Looking for Alaska is about a boy named Miles Halter, a somewhat introverted kid who is fascinated by famous last words and tired of his boring life at home. He leaves and begins his first year as a junior at Culver Creek boarding school. He leaves everything behind in hopes of finding what the poet Francois Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps”. Chip, also known as “The Colonel” is Miles’ new roommate, and nicknames him “Pudge”. The Colonel introduces Pudge to his longtime friend, Alaska Young, a funny, screwed-up, clever, and super attractive girl whom Pudge starts developing feelings for. Rising action- Alaska plans a pre-prank on the Weekday Warriors. They hack a computer and tell all of the Weekday Warriors’ parents that their kids are failing classes. She also put blue hair dye in their shampoos. That night all the friends go to celebrate at their hideout, Alaska shares with them how she watched her mother die when she was very young and how her dad blamed her because she didn’t do anything. A few nights later Alaska and Pudge make out even though she has a boyfriend, and then she says that she’s tired but she promises “to be continued?” In the middle of the night Alaska starts freaking out and crying, she leaves campus in her car and Miles and the Colonel set off fireworks as a distraction while …show more content…
Although, the character I identify the most with is Miles. He wanted to move from his home town and start over somewhere else, somewhere more exciting, a place where no one really knew who he was and he could be whoever he wanted to be. Sometimes I feel like I want to do that too, to get up one day, go to a new place on some exciting adventure and start fresh. I’m also a super introverted person with some people and Miles is too. He’s only his true self when he’s with Chip and Alaska, or when he’s writing, and that’s basically how I
Task/Activity: Instead of taking a spelling test, students in both classes jumped right into PARCC preparation. Students received a packet containing a reading selection from the novel A Woman Who Went to Alaska and multiple choice questions that was included on the 2015 PARCC and released to the public. Students read the packet and answered the questions independently before the class reconvened, discussing the reading and its questions as a group. Following this activity, students worked together in pairs to write down the challenges they faced while completing the packet and identify the skills they still need in order to succeed on the PARCC exam. After this, the class received a packet titled “Ruby Bridges: Girl of Courage,” and were instructed to complete the first task, which including reading and annotating as well as completing four questions about the passage. The rest of the packet would be completed in stages during the following week.
Today I am going to be explaining how the three different point of views or P.O.V the narrators in three different stories all about unfairness to the miners during the gold rush or the late eight-teen-hundreds though. Mainly I'm going to be mentioning the character's narrators background, family, and their opinions. For opinions I'm going to be talking about if they thought the rules where to strict or just right.
Chris McCandless’s decision to uproot his life and hitchhike to Alaska has encouraged other young adults to chase their dreams. Neal Karlinksy illustrates the love Chris had for nature in the passage, “He was intoxicated by the nature and the idea of a great Alasican adventure-to survive in the bush totally alone.” This passage shows appreciation for the significance of following ones dreams. Even with all that Chris had accomplished he knew that something was missing and this resonated deeply in his soul. It is refreshing to discover that not all young people are focused on materialistic success. Neal Karlinsky demonstrates this in the quotation, “Today, young idealistic pilgrims post their adventures on YouTube as they follow in the footsteps of Alexander Supertramp and visit the now famous “ magic bus” deep in the Alaskan interior.” This passage describes how some young people use Chris’ journey as a catalyst to discover their own identity and purpose as they travel to Alaska also.
The characters are relatable. Carmen is the most thoughtful of the four friends, and recognizes the importance of friendship more than others do. Carmen is half Puerto Rican and half White, she lives with her single Latina mom. Throughout the book she has to deal with feeling replaced when she finds out that her dad is engaged to a white woman who already has two teenagers. Bridget is an athlete, she spends her summer at a soccer camp in Mexico. She is impulsive and reckless, but her high spirits help her make friends quickly. Lena is the shy one. She travels to Greece to spend the summer with her grandparents. She is quiet and happiest when she can just be alone. She's not much into boys, because through experience she's learned that they usually only like her for her looks. Finally there's Tibby, the rebel. The only one of the 4 girls stuck at home, she views it as plain and boring.
Throughout McCandless’s adventure in the Alaskan wild, he made a series of choices. His survival was made possible by his ability to adapt to harsh conditions. The fact that he survived all his ventures and hardships might have been due more to good fortune than his actual preparation and skills. It is theorized that it was his point to make the Alaska trip so difficult, and so barebones, that he wasn’t sure whether he would have been able to survive it or not. This journey, though reckless, makes his adventure into the Alaskan wild that much more admirable. For Chris to live a life with little to no material objects and survive on his own, in itself, is an act of extreme bravery and determination. Some may say that the
John Green is the author of Looking for Alaska and several other award winning books. He is the number one New York Times bestselling author and specializes in writing for young adult fiction. He wrote similar books to Looking for Alaska such as The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. In Looking for Alaska I found that the book had a great use of foreshadowing, tone, but I didn’t really like ending of the book. Miles Halter is a new student at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama.
-What I learned from Looking for Alaska is that you must move on. Yes, bad things do happen, not everything is rainbow and sunshine. But, you must keep going forward. Don’t ever stop or look back. There are beautiful things ahead of you that are out of sight for now but will be face-to-face one day.
Throughout time, generations have been exposed to the theme of teenagers rebelling in literature, films, and music. Teenagers rebelling is a topic that everyone can relate to because of the pressure that comes with being a teenager. During this time, teenagers are being given rules to follow, expectations to meet, and society telling them what they need to do to make their lives meaningful. The exposure to rebelling themes in the media is presenting them with messages to relate to, and can even showcase the consequences that will come with their actions.
Throughout the book I felt connected to one character, that character was George. George and I share similar qualities and our lifestyles can relate. One major characteristic I found in George is his ability to take the initiative in whatever he is doing, therefore showing his sense of leadership qualities. This caught my eye automatically since I am the type of person to stand up and demonstrate my leadership to others. I feel that my leadership quality is very important to who I am. It defines me as being me.
The gold rush era in the United States began in California in 1848 and ended around the year 1900. (Yukon) Although miners searched for the valuable metal into the twentieth century, the Klondike gold rush, which was around 1897 till 1900, was the last of some of the major rushes to occur. People had flocked to the upper part of the Yukon River in hopes of striking it rich. Many people had traveled from the Canadian and American regions to the center of the Klondike gold rush to fulfill their dreams of one day being rich with gold. (Place 48) The Yukon River Valley of Canada and Alaska was once peaceful and isolated, wild animals and a few white trappers and people. The miners had wandered north after the California fields gave out and fulfilled their dreams on a few dollars in gold they managed to eke out of their mines. This loss of gold in California had made the peaceful Alaska into a rampage of greed and envy that would never make Alaska the same.
narrator speaks as ‘I’ which adds immediacy to the story. For example in the narrative at the beginning a sentence that had made me figured it was first person was “is this why you want to leave miles?mom asked i mulled it over for a moment, careful not to look at her. Uh no, i said “ because the terms ‘I’ were used i had known.
I mostly identify with the main character kit. I mostly identify with her because she likes to try new things and I like to try new things also. I also identify with her because she likes to explore new places, for instan...
As I continue to watch the show, I find myself identifying myself with some of the characters. Sometimes I even find myself thinking
Looking for Alaska is a book written by John Green. The main theme of the book is “Looking for the Great Perhaps.” In the first three chapters of the book, the main characters, Miles “Pudge” Halter, Chip “Colonel” Martin, and Alaska Young are introduced. Looking for Alaska is a story about a guy named Miles Halter who recently switched to boarding school in Alabama in order to find out who he really is as a person. At the boarding school, Miles becomes very close friends with his roommate, The Colonel, and a girl named Alaska Young.
Following their high-school graduation, Jade is hosting an end of high school celebration. At the party, David arrives and notices none of their classmates have shown up. He explains to Jade there is another party going on. He calls the police and effectively shuts it down. Soon after, everyone begins to arrive and has an outstanding night. Near the end, Jade’s father makes a toast.