Essay On Looking For Alaska

I found Miles to be extremely relatable. For the first part of the book, he is experiencing the same things that I, and probably most other high school students, experienced. This makes it easy to understand his thought process and reasoning. That being said, he is a complete pushover. I would consider him to be the epitome of a follower. This turns out to be a major problem for him when he refuses to stand up to Alaska driving under the influence of alcohol. Having had friends try to drink and drive numerous times, I know that no one wants to be “that guy,” but his unwillingness to put his foot down ended up costing him dearly. John Green addresses a very serious problem that faces many people in today’s society. Under no circumstances should one allow another person to drink and drive, and I felt as though he taught this lesson in the best way possible. Readers see the huge mistake that Miles and his friends made, and will hopefully use it as a reference when put in a similar position,

Alaskan Native American art is richly found in the State of Alaska and can range from beaded clothing and woven baskets to flintknapped arrow heads and metal ceremonial drums. The native American art culture found in the State of Alaska is rich in its depth for variety, renowned for its beauty, and praised for its originality. Artifacts that have been recovered from the native American culture of Alaska have been pronounced authentic works of art. The artifacts produced by the Alaskan cultures praised and sought by collectors and museum throughout the world. Cultures abilities to turn tools, weapons baskets, pots, figurines, and clothing into a beautiful art is amazing and interesting to the world.

Alaska is known for its breathtaking view of the Northern Lights and the large bodies of water that surround this deserted state. It is also well known for its scenic parks, rugged mountains such as Mount McKinley which holds the highest peak in North America, and Mount Katmai which is known for its volcanic eruption in 1912. The state is also known for the Gold Rush. Alaska may not be the most populated but it certainly has some of the most beautiful and scenic views.

He was never really the popular guy and is not usually the one for small talk but is mostly into famous peoples last sayings instead. Miles is very scrawny and lanky but very intellectually smart. Chip Martin, The Colonel, is Miles’ best friends but opposite by comparison. He got the name, the Colonel, because he made sure all of Alaska’s pranks were going to work, the mastermind of them. The Colonel is a genius and excels at school but is a very straightforward type of guy. He is very short but muscular and a regular smoker and drinker. Alaska Young is a very beautiful girl but is confusing in many ways. She relies on her impulse and is very spontaneous but can change moods on a dime. Alaska’s mother died when she was younger and Alaska thinks it’s her fault because she didn’t dial 911 and is living with the guilt and regret that consumes her sometimes. She always went to her mothers grave on the anniversary. From this she doesn’t feel any sympathy toward people. Alaska is a very mysterious moody person that is a fascinating character. All of the characters are very vivid and give a lot of background to each of their stories. They are very realistic because there are actually people just like them in the story that I know in real life. It shows that the author did a very good job with the characteristics that they have and are valuable in the

With its direct connection with the land removed, Native Alaskan society began to fragment alarmingly quickly. The regional corporations’ failure to provide dividends that were adequate enough to allow people to remain comfortably in their local villages, coupled with the influx of Western Capitalistic Culture brought by the new corporations, led an increasing number of Native Alaskans to begin moving from their traditional subsistence lifestyles in rural villages to the comparatively urban cities of Alaska. Native populations in Anchorage alone doubled between 1970 and 1980. There, the newly urban Alaska Natives were forced to seek out work in a comparatively individualistic society. The western corporate values of competition eroded

I think the main conflict in this story is person vs. self. Miles is really looking for and trying to figure himself out through the book, he is looking for the “Great Perhaps”. In the “before” section of the book he is himself. He does not have very many friends and is very unhappy until he get to Culver Creek and gets called Pudge. He works very hard to find himself as the new Pudge. During the “after” section of the book when Alaska dies, he realizes who and what the real Pudge is. He discovers the great and moves on in life. Through the whole book he is not just looking for the Great Perhaps, he is looking for his self identity. Alaska’s death helps him discover both of those goals.

In 1942, fifteen thousand American soldiers and civilian laborers poured into Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon to construct a highway stretching from mainland United States to Alaska. In doing so, they had to overcome obstacles of climate, terrain, and manpower (see Figure 1). The construction of the Alaska Highway serves an enlightening episode where Canadian and American interest in northern development and continental defense became intertwined. The continental projects in the North-west, including the Alaska Highway, North-West Staging route, and the CANOL pipeline marked a new period in Canadian-American relations. There has been a tendency in the historiography to over-emphasize the threat that the American presence on Canadian

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The novel “Looking for Alaska,” is narrated by John Green from the perspective of Miles Halter (A.K.A Pudge). The novel tells a phenomenal story about a boy who is striving to find his individuality in society! He vacates his monotonous life and home in Florida where he is lonesome, and has no friends, to go to a boarding school in Alabama. The focal rationale why Miles wants to leave his home in Florida is to go out and seek “A Great Perhaps.” “The Great Perhaps,” was introduced at the beginning of the storyline by Rabelais’ final words “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” I surmise that Rabelais was denoting to life and death. You see many people are always analyzing during their lifetime “What supervenes after death?” There are a lot of perhaps! Yet Miles doesn’t want to be analogous to those people. He wants to attend Culver Creek to find “A Great Perhaps” so that he doesn’t have to wait until he becomes elderly and is going to die to start seeking “A Great Perhaps.” His family was also aware that he wasn’t going to find it with the likes of Will and Marie who are deemed to be losers at his school.

Alaska has a rich history involving many countries. Before the Europeans reached the Alaskan shores, the early settlers were believed to come from the land bridge connected to Asia. Alaska is in fact named after “Alyeska”, the name the Aleut people called it (meaning “The Great Land”). The Alaskan natives, the Aleuts, Yup'ik and Inupiat tribes were in the west and north. The Athabascan were in the center of Alaska, and the Tlingit and Haida Tribes were in the southeast. In order to survive, the tribes would hunt and harvest during the late summer and spring. In the winter, the natives would carve, weave clothes, dance and tell stories. These tribes did not live in igloos, except when they were traveling during an emergency. The Aleut tribes lived in barabaras, a house partly built underground. They used whale ribs or driftwood logs for their door frame. The Athabascans lived in portable tepees made out of caribou skin. The Tlingit and Haida tribes lived in wood houses that have several rooms. These tribes lived in peace until the Europeans came.

Everyday we put tons of pollution into the air, water and ground. Our population is growing each day and in turn urbanization is expanding. Teddy Roosevelt, being an avid outdoorsmen, knew the importance of setting land aside for posterity sake and in doing do set a trend for later presidents. When Richard Nixon set land aside in Alaska, which became the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), he set it aside to be never tainted by industrialization. Today republicans and some democrats want to repeal the title of National Wildlife Refuge and drill there for oil. This could have adverse effects for wildlife and the Inuit natives that call the ANWR and surrounding area home. In this paper I will

I want to go Alaska for multiple reasons. The most important reason is that Christians are told to go and tell others of Jesus. I really want to see if I can be any help to the people, especially the kids, of the village. Another reason is that I, admittedly, desperately want to see the world and become more culturally experienced. I have always wanted travel, but I'm rather fearful to begin doing it on my own. That make a Bethel led trip a good stepping stone for future exploration. Finally, I want to go because missions have been such a confusing and important part of my life.

For instance Miles wants to go to Florida to find his Great Purpose and find friends, and to that extent he does. Even though those friends introduced him to liquor and bad doings, they also accept him for who he is, and they don’t judge. But the Looking for Alaska also shows how messy these friendship can be, the friends don't always like each other, or agree with each other, friends tell each other their hard truths, and the friends end up getting into fights. When Alaska dies though, the bonds that have been created between the friends and around her help the grieving process between her friends, and her friends come to terms with her death and their role in it. Who doesn’t have friends? The early teen years are an especially exposed time for teenagers. The teens are subject to moodiness and negative coping skills as they adjust to different pressures. By the early teenage years, kids are capable of more complicated thought patterns and have a greater ability of ways to self-express themselves, which plays a role in who they pick as friends, and maintaining those

I have read a number of John Green's novels, each time hoping for a satisfying ending. John Green's Looking for Alaska was no exception. I do not think John Green should have killed off an important character so early in the novel. Alaska anxiously left room 43 on page 133 and was pronounced dead on page 138. After, Alaska's death, John Green failed to have enough content to finish the novel. Solving Alaska's death was not the overall point of this novel so think I don't think this should have been the main focus when the novel ended. While reading this novel the build-up was big but I didn't see a main purpose. I think John Green should have provided more closure at the end of this

To some, teenagers appear to be the same in their attitudes and choices. However, this common stereotype is false. Individuals have various personalities and deal with different struggles mentally and physically. In the book Looking for Alaska, Miles Halter and Chip Martin, the main protagonists, both seem like average teenagers on the surface; but they each have their own unique qualities. Over time they learn more about each other and grow. During the development of their friendship, they see how they differ from each other. Although they may seem like average teenagers on the surface, Miles Halter and Chip Martin are different because of their origin, physical traits, and attitudes.