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    banning. Looking For Alaska by John Green is one of those challenged books. Although it may include sexual scenes and explicit language,it is a book that should not be banned because of its relatable characters and important themes. First,the majority of characters in Looking For Alaska are relatable to contemporary teens and therefore should not be banned. Miles Halter is a teenage boy that wants something exciting to happen,”I was after a Great Perhaps…”(Green 5). He covets for an event that changes

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    conflict for Miles. I do not agree with how Colonel deals with the bullying situation. First, I do not agree with how Colonel did nothing about the bullying. Second, I disagree with his decision not to tell an adult. Finally, I don’t agree with the idea to use violence against the bully. In this novel I do not agree with what the Colonel does about Miles being bullied. Miles was bullied in a physical way when some boys from their boarding school came into their dorm, beset Miles while he was asleep

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    threatened by Global warming. Green Technology can help prevent global disaster and improve the ways we produce organic material to recycle cleaner material for a better world. Without the use of green cleaner technology, there have been changes to the world such as global warming, and its harder to prevent that if the cost of green technology is high making it harder for people and business to obtain green technology. There are also people that worried that Green technology is not as efficient

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    a new vehicle while waiting in vain. The wealth of options you can consider in regards to the $35,000 Model 3 opening price is very encouraging. Especially if you’re wetting your taste buds for electric cars with multiple companies throwing their green thumb into the mix. It will be hard to compete with the Tesla Model S and Model 3 though. The Model S is designed with safety, luxury, and hair blowing exhilaration in mind. The Tesla all-electric powertrain that will bring you from 0 to 60 mph in

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    Looking For Alaska Death

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    In the book “Looking For Alaska” by author John Green the main character Miles Halter and his friend Chip “The Colonel” Martin have to cope with the death of their good friend Alaska Young. Once she dies Miles and Chip feel so guilty with it. They just didn't know how to deal with her death. Coping with death can be a hard thing, however to cope with death you need to do a few things. First you need to process the death. Second you need and item to give you a memory. Third and last off you need to

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    is “the great perhaps”? The whole reason Miles went to Culver Creek was to seek the great perhaps, just like the last words of one of his favorite famous people. Well “the great perhaps” is different for everybody because not everyone has had the same life experiences. Maybe “the great perhaps” for one person is a daily activity for another person. Miles lived a boring life up to the point where he went off to boarding school. By the end of the book Miles has found “the great perhaps” by making real

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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

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    Journal Entry

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    Rico) is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain. Located more than a thousand miles southeast of Miami, Puerto Rico is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the Virgin Passage (which separates it from the Virgin Islands), on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the Mona Passage (which separates it from the

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    A Lesson Before Dying

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    prejudice of these jurors can be defined as unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group (“Prejudice”). Prejudice was a major theme in A Lesson Before Dying and The Green Mile because of the actions of the characters in the book and the movie. In the book A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines included many prejudice situations. One instance of this was the whole town being segregated. On each of the town,

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    George also becomes lonely after killing Lennie, this was foreshadowed by Candy’s loneliness after the death of his dog. John’s death is foreshadowed by the fact that he is on death row, otherwise known as the Green Mile. Because of this, the audience knows that his death is practically inevitable; although there remains hope that he will somehow escape throughout the film. The executions of several other inmates is shown, in step by step motions. This shows the

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