John Green's Looking For Alaska Young

Imagine running away with nothing but a backpack, clothes, and stolen money. The book, Mosquitoland by David Arnold, has told a story of a 16-year-old girl traveling over 900 miles to find her sick mother. Mary Iris Malone ran from her dad and step-mother to find the answers to her mysterious mother. Mim, an ‘acroname’ for Mary Iris Malone, took a trip full of adventures to see her mother, whom she hasn’t seen in a year. Mosquitoland has been a favorite for thousands of people across the country.

In the book, Looking for Alaska, by John Green, the main character Miles, also known as “Pudge”, overcomes many difficult challenges. He must learn how to deal with bullies and how to stand up for himself. He must learn how to overcome the grief of Alaska’s death. He must also find his “great perhaps.”

On the first day of the school, students are talking about a new girl named Stargirl Caraway who has been homeschooled for her whole life. They seperate from her because of the way she is and how she acts. She sings Happy Birthday with an ukulele to people who they are not aware of each other and also carries her pet rat in her bag with a picture of sunflower on it. Leo Borlock and Kevin Quilan were intrigued Stargirl. They have a disagreement about putting her on the Hot Sear which is a local cable television program, since Leo who feels it’s going to cause a problem refuse to do it, but Kevin who thinks it’s going to be etremely popular wants to produce it. Later, they do the show but it fails. Even though many people avoid Stargirl, she makes a friend named Dori Dilson, a ninth-grader who is an unpopular girl. They sit together during lunch. At a school football game, she cheers the players even though she is distracting the game and the judge is warning her. She gets everyone’s attention and takes an offer to become a cheerleader. They abruptly begin to play ukulele and buy rats. As Leo and Stargirl are getting to know each other, he discovers her kindness that she gives a random person a gift they want by getting information from newspapers or bulletin boards.

In order for Buck to solve the dilemma of his existence, a dilemma created by modern fates. It was necessary for Buck to shed his “domesticated generations” and become a dominant primordial beast.” Like modern men, Buck was thrown out of paradise much further than east of Eden, by forces unknown to him, beyond his control, and rooted in the industrial world, forces tied into men finding “a yellow metal in the North Because Manuel was a gardener’s helper whose wages did not lap over the needs of his wife and divers small copies of himself.”

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the definition of the word censorship is, “The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security” (censorship, n.d.). I believe, that there are definitely subjects that are inappropriate for children’s literature. I however, oppose the censorship of books. I will be discussing different adaptations of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, and whether any of them should or should not be censored in children’s literature, as well as my reactions and impressions to these stories. I am not, nor claim to be an expert on censorship, but then again, I have yet to read anything that I feel should be

In the beginning of the novel, Miles 's is at Culver Creek. It is his first year and he is very excited to have a new start away from home. Miles moves into his room and meets his roommate the Colonel. They quickly became friends, and soon the Colonel had introduced him to all his friends. Miles, Takumi, Alaska, Lara, and the Colonel were always together. Alaska was the girl that held the group together, and had always bonded with Pudge over books, but her all time favorite was The Labyrith. She loved how the book made you think, how the Labyrith related to your life, and to leave meant that your suffering ended. She told

Myths, Folktales, and Fairytales have all been teaching our society different lessons for a very long time. Many of these stories are parodies because they have been around for such a long time. For example, these stories can be dramatized, but still, have a lesson and these stories can even be turned into a poem. Myths, folktales, and fairy tales are still relevant in our society even if we don’t use them to their full potential.

The 2005 book ‘Looking For Alaska’ written by author John Green is a heartbreaking teenage novel that gives the reader an insight into the first 272 days of Miles Halter’s first year at Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama as a junior. The first few weeks are all well and good, but after an unfortunate turn of events, Miles is forced to stop thinking about himself and start thinking about others for a change. This emotional novel keeps you interested throughout the entire book and is definitely not a one off read.

In the novel Johnny Tremain, we follow the life of a young boy named Johnny. He lives in Boston in the midst of the revolution during the 1770’s. This book was published by Esther Forbes in 1943, at the height of World War II. The novel Johnny Tremain is about a young boy named Johnny living in colonial Boston during the 1770s. This book portrays Johnny’s life during the beginning of the revolution. He is a young and cocky silversmith, but gets into an accident where he cannot do metal work anymore. When he has the accident, he decides that it was time to branch out and not just stay in the silversmith’s house and sulk. So, on his journeys, he finds a printing company called The Boston Observer. He meets a boy named Rab, and stays with Rab and his family, the Lorne’s.

While reading to my daughter our new Dr. Seuss book I released that it had a better message, sure it was fun to read and the pictures were great, but the story had an important message for all of us. Today my daughter and I read The Lorax. Having seen the movie once I jumped at the opportunity when I saw the book to purchase it and share with my kids.

I would have to say that one of many books that has helped to form my understanding of my faith is actually the book called Daisy Head Mayzie by Dr. Seuss.

I believe almost every person can recall a time from their childhood in which they were spared the truth of something in an attempt to safeguard them. Trust then becomes the theme of the narrative. It is a lesson every parent wishes to impart to their child, and that is where the bridge between the intended audience and the true audience lies. The simple description and sentence structure Lowry employs, both attracts and makes the child reader comfortable, while the content and themes also echo sentiments and knowledge of both parents and adults alike. It can easily be argued that any book can be for anyone, but I think most people would agree that there is some content that is inappropriate for younger readers, whereas the opposite does not necessarily hold the same. But I will argue that this book has something for a reader of any age, and I will also argue that many parents would likely chose this award winner to read to their children and by extension become a reader

Looking for Alaska is a young adult novel written by John Green. The book is split into two major parts, before and after. Miles ¨Pudge¨ Halter is a high school student who wants to move to a boarding school in Birmingham, Alabama which his father went to. Pudge is a shy, introvert with an intriguing talent of remembering the last words of dead people. He immediately connects with his roommate Chip ¨Colonel¨ Martin. Colonel introduces Pudge to his friends Lara, Alaska, and Takumi. Pudge soon realizes that his new school is crawling with pranksters who live off of their thirst for revenge. On the first day of school, Pudge is yelled at by a grumpy old teacher and gets kicked out for not paying attention. However, he learns to settle and adapt into the environment, which soon leads him to have the most

On page 5, Miles says, “I was after a Great Perhaps, and they knew as well as I did that I wasn’t going to find it with the likes of Will and Marie,” showing that he wasn’t content with his life back at home, with his family and school and friends. Miles needed something extraordinary.

Inferno is the beginning section of Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy. The story starts in the year of 1300, at Covenant Thursday or Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday. This long narrative and epic poem along with other two stories in The Devine Comedy, have known to be composed between 1308 and 1320. Dante’s Inferno is about the journey of Dante through the nine circles of Hell with the guidance from Virgil who was an ancient Roman poet. Dante began his journey at night before Good Friday and then came out from Hell early in the morning of Easter on Sunday, so this journey took only two full days long.