What Is The Author's Purpose For Looking For Alaska

“It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolivar was talking about the pain, not about the living or dying. How do you get out of the labyrinth of suffering?” Indeed, it is true, we all go through times of pain and it can be difficult to escape the clutches of sadness. John Green illustrates the struggle to gain control and acceptance over one’s problems through many of his characters, but mainly through Miles (also referred to as Pudge) in his award winning novel “Looking for Alaska”. Miles encounters many struggles throughout the story and gains a little knowledge, strength, and maturity after conquering each. Through his struggles, he achieves a higher understanding

During the 1800’s, lives changed for many people. The Klondike Gold Rush began. In the article Klondike Gold Rush written by the Public Domain, the passage from A Women Who Went to Alaska written by May Kellogg Sullivan, and the video City of Gold made by the National Film Board of Canada and narrated Pierre Berton, the points of view of each show the miners’ lives. Each piece has a point of view, which helps the reader understand the miners’ lives through the word choice, and the tone

Throughout the book, the author points out the lives of characters and what obstacles they go through which leads them to choose a different style of life by running away, giving up their

William H. Seward is the person responsible for obtaining Alaska from Russia. This happen in 1867 when America purchased Alaska from Russia for seven million dollars. Some Americans where happy to expand territory well others thought it was useless investment. Minds where changed about this purchase in a couple decades when people realized that Alaska was rich in natural resources, and a gold rush was sparked for a short period of time. Once the gold rush died down mining for other natural resources became popular and harvesting fishing. Finally in 1912 Alaska would be recognized as a U.S territory and would become known officially as a state forty seven years later in 1959.

In the book Looking For Alaska by John Green, we learn about a quiet and very shy going to his graduation party with only two friends from high school. The young man's name is Miles halter and he is leaving for prep school at Culver Creek Preparatory School. This young man seems to have a personality that's very shy and antisocial. It even says in the book “Said cavalry consisted of exactly two people: Marie Lawson, a tiny blonde with rectangular glasses, and her chunky (to put it charitably) boyfriend, Will. (Green 1)” What this shows is that Miles doesn't like to do many extracurricular activities and is very shy in school. The point when he decides to not become shy and step out of his shell is when he decides to smoke a cigarette. In

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I think the intended audience is people aged 15 to 25. It wouldn't really be interesting or appealing to anyone older or younger than that. I think this because of the language used, the dates/activities that they do, and the age of the characters. I think the author made it very clear what age group he was trying to appeal to.

his critique is being done on the article titled “Experiences of Alaskan Parents with Children Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Treatment.” It was written in 2013 and published it the Journal of Pediatric Nursing. The purpose of this critique is to address the usefulness of this research and to evaluate its strengths and weaknesses. This article is presented clearly and well organized. The purpose and background are clearly stated. Some weaknesses noted in the article is small population sampled, only sampling six and the lack of detail about the data collection and analysis.

I don't believe this book is written for a specific audience. On the other hand, I would not recommend it to a young reader because of the sexual scenes. Also, I believe a parent would appreciate this book more than someone who is not a mother or father. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone above the age of

In the book, the author uses children as the audience. She uses children because their minds are pure at such a young age. The world, nor people opinions have affected their minds, unlike has with adults. So, the author wants the youth to see people for who they are on the inside not

It seems natural to think about novels in terms of dreams or psychoanalytical realities. Like dreams, novels are fictions, inventions of the mind that, though based on reality, are by definition not exactly and literally true. Conversely, dreams may have some truth to tell but like novels their truth must be interpreted before it can be grasped. Such is the case with John Green's young adult novel, Looking for Alaska. It holds many truths that are relevant to young adults, but to extract those lessons, one must first view the plot and characters through a lens of psychoanalytical theory.

After reading both passages, you can see the point of view is different in each one of the

For my part I think I held him too accountable. After finishing this biography, I truly believe that he was living his nature. His journey to Alaska was necessary for him. And maybe, like the

Summary: Looking for Alaska is the story of a young boy named Miles Halter who leaves his hometown in Florida in order to attend Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama for his junior year. This boy loves reading biographies and especially memorizing last words of famous people. At Culver Creek, he meets new friends such as Chip his roommate also called Colonel, Takumi and Alaska a beautiful young girl with whom he will fall in love but cannot have since she already has a boyfriend named Jake. Unfortunately, under their influence, Miles starts smoking and drinking alcohol. One night after having drank a lot of alcohol, Alaska and Miles start to kiss but do not go further because Alaska

Looking for Alaska is a book about a boy named Miles that goes away to a private school called Culver Creek were he meets a group of friends that he starts to hang out with throughout the year. He becomes very good friends with everyone and they begin to let him in on their secret spot called "the smoking hole", where they all smoke their cigarettes without getting in trouble. Soon he starts to get a crush on a girl named Alaska, which seems to already have a boyfriend. As soon as Miles starts to fall in love with her a horrible thing happens. Alaska dies in a terrible car accident, which turns into a very mysterious and confusing death. When Miles and the other boys get the news, they start fighting to find out the truth on what really happened. After reading this novel, one is left with the question, "How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?"