Throughout the book‚ Miles “Pudge” Halter’s love interest and friend‚ Alaska Young displays hints that she may possibly have depression and suicidal thoughts. Although the other characters in the book regard her as confident and adventurous‚ this is merely a side of her that she shows. The other side of her is mysterious and complex‚ the side that she wants to hide away from her friends. The first hint about Alaska’s depression is when she said‚ “Y’all smoke to enjoy it‚ I smoke to die (29)”‚ and
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Looking For Alaska by John Green. This book is divided into two sections‚ Before and After. Summary Before. “Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were ‘’I go to seek a Great Perhaps.’’ That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.” Sixteen-year-old Miles (Pudge) Halter’s life has been devastatingly dull. He has no friends‚ no girls and no adventures‚ except for an obsession over the last words of dead famous people. And
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causing them to decide that they will not end their lives as their loved one had; to look for something greater in life. This search for something beyond the what they have is often a plot in literature‚ in Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ Green’s Looking for Alaska‚ and Shakespeare’s famous Hamlet. Each of these stories follows a character whose life has been tainted by death’s catastrophic touch‚ pledging to change their ways for the better and look for something greater than their realm. A common theme in
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for a satisfactory place to take a vacation‚ I stumbled upon the Glacier Bay national park in Alaska. The park looked quite interesting to me‚ so I decided I would visit there for a few days the next week. Trips to Alaska are not cheap‚ let me tell you; $500 each way! When I landed at the airport‚ the first thing I wanted to do was find a way to get to the park. Luckily‚ one of my friends lives in Alaska‚ and she was able to drive me to Gustavas‚ about 10 miles away from Bartlett Cove. After she dropped
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Thursday evening I was privileged to attend the 40th Annual Festival of Native Arts. The festival is held once a year in early spring in the Great Hall at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The festival not only brings together all of the different groups from around Alaska‚ but sometimes even the vicinity of Russia‚ Canada‚ and Japan as well. The festival was started in 1973 by a group of current UAF students‚ staff and faculty members. The festival was a hit from start and has grown into a warm
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“BRRRR!” Man it sure is cold out here. Alaska’s mountains are huge. Cold‚ cold‚ cold climate. This traveling is really hard. Alaska’s geography was difficult to explore because of the mountains‚ climate‚ and how you get there/ traveling. This mountain is bigger the a skyscraper. One way mountains make it hard is because you can’t just go through them. These mountains are so large if you have to go up there you might even have breathing problems. You have to go around the mountains because they’re
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former things‚ neither consider the things of old. Behold‚ I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness‚ and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19 You are looking at the "Gulf of Alaska" and the "Pacific Ocean" where they come together but do not mix. Actually‚ there is not any mixing of these two oceans‚ but there is a mixing of the "glacial melt fresh water"(Light blue color) with the "saline sea waters" (Dark blue color). However
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We are gathered here today to celebrate Alaska Ann Eaton’s beautiful and extraordinary life. She had a tragic death. Going scuba driving for your 3rd year wedding anniversary and getting attacked by a shark…well that’s extremely tragic. She was an animal person and maybe that’s why she had dolphins surrounding her trying to help rescue her and stop the shark. But that’s the thing about pain‚ it demands to be felt. She always mentioned this one quote‚ “The only to way escape the labyrinth of suffering
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Poem Analysis Post card The poem Post card by Peter Skrzynecki explores multiple ideas concerning belonging including barriers that accumulate with attempting to develop a sense of belonging‚ and aid to prevent this. As well the feelings and perceptions of belonging experienced by an individual changing over time‚ and lastly the ties between our feelings about belonging with our sense of identity. The poem presents the challenges undertaken by Skrzynecki to reach a sense of belonging within his
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Emma Morrison January 23‚ 2015 Natural Resources Eisman Snowshoe Hare on Kodiak The Snowshoe Hare is a small mammal located on Kodiak‚ Alaska. It is not native to the island. In the winter it can be seen with a pale white coat; whereas‚ in the summer it is brown in color. Each individual hare can vary in weight but are generally two to four pounds‚ roughly the weight of two to four one pound bags of rice. This makes them the smallest species in their genus.They are famously known in the animal
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