His full name is John Michael Green. He was born in Indianapolis, USA and he is 39 years old. He's wife is Sarah Urist Green and they got two child's :Henry and Alice Green. His got a 4 person family: Mike Green(father), Sydney Green(mother) and Hank Green(brother).…
The first time Miles ever sees Alaska he's captivated. Alaska makes fun of him for memorizing peoples last words but goes on to tell him about Simon Bolivar’s last words which were “Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth!”(Pg. 19). He asks what the labyrinth is and she tells him that its a mystery. The first night at Culver Creek, Miles was kidnapped out of his bed by the Weekday Warriors.…
John Green. This is an author that almost every teenage girl knows as well as many more people. He writes books that center around high school romances, whether they are easy to believe, or out of this world. Through his books, he can show the love and loss that high schoolers could experience and explains the high school way of mind. In addition, these books contain themes of friendship and the connection between people.…
Miles Halter goes to seek a great perhaps when he decides to transfer to Alabama’s Culver Creek Preparatory High School. There he meets his best friends, including his small but aggressive roommate Chip (commonly referred to as the Colonel) and Alaska, a uniquely spontaneous girl, who Miles falls madly in love with. Alaska has Miles and the Colonel join her on her pursuit of pranks against the rude rich students from Birmingham, referred to as the Weekday Warriors. After something happens to Alaska one night, Miles and the Colonel search to find out the truth about what really happened to her. Follow them as they find forgiveness in their hearts and let go of guilt they've built up.…
The Theme of Love in a Midsummer Night’s Dream When we have love around us it shows us so many different angles like affection, intimacy, care, lust, jealousy, or maybe even hatred. When we have love, it is always present all around us in all types of forms and in every condition. True love is one of the greatest feelings we could ever experience in life. True love is the kind of love that will carry you through the roller coaster ride of emotions and possible hardships that can be overcome together. The experiences of love throughout life tends to be somewhat complicated, but worth it in the end when you find that special someone.…
Four Loves In C.S. Lewis’ book, Four Loves, he writes on the topic of love and outlines four different categories or types of love including: Affection, Friendship, Eros, and Charity. Throughout his book, Lewis explores each type of love and explains how each type is important. Love is often perceived as a beautiful, but confusing concept that people struggle to talk about. However, after reading this book, I have gained a new understanding on what it means to love and how I love the most.…
The use of symbolism in literature is very vital for the author to further the readers understanding of context in the novel. This is especially evident in the novel Looking for Alaska by John Green, where symbolism is used as a critical literary device for explaining the deeper meaning to simplex objects in the novel. The use of symbolism is found in three distinctive objects of white flowers, cigarettes, and “famous last words” all shown throughout the novel. As the story develop aspects of the three objects tie together in explaining a deeper meaning of the motif of death to the understanding of the characters in the novel and the reader. In John Green Looking for Alaska symbolism plays a key role in providing importance and explanation…
Love is something many have tried to interpret for a long time. Many say it’s a feeling that you have deep down inside. But that’s other people's opinion here's what I have to say. Love is something that many experience over the course of their life and is a feeling like no other it's like having butterflies in your stomach every time you are around a certain someone and its something that never goes away.…
We all poses emotions. Sometimes these emotions are good for us as they enable us to feel, while other times, these emotions hinder our ability to think clearly and rationally. One such emotion that can have such an effect on all humans is love. Love makes us feel special and provides us with a goal that we then strive towards. However, love can also cloud our judgment and not cee the entire truth.…
The plot follows the details of Alaska’s last moments as Miles and his group struggle to understand what happened. Was it really an accident, or did she kill herself to find her way out of the ‘labyrinth’? Could they have stopped her, knowing her past? Would life ever be the same, now that Alaska was dead? As they pulls out the last prank to commemorate Alaska, Pudge answers Alaska’s question, “How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?”, concluding that the way out is to forgive, and Alaska’s spirit must still exist somewhere, because it was too full of life to stop…
Quietly I sit staring, watching and wondering. My thoughts swirling through my mind, complete chaos right now. I contemplate even daring to write such a paper. I know the backlash that will come with an opinion such as mine. Even so, I am only passionate about one thing.…
What is love? Is it a feeling, or is it something much more than that? No one knows what love is or how to explain it, making it one of the most popular themes throughout the literary world. For example, in Ovid’s epic entitled “Metamorphoses,” he uses love many times as a recurring theme, and each time he uses it in a unique way. One of those being the story of Apollo and Daphne; where Cupid shot Apollo with his magic love arrow which caused Apollo to become entranced by the river nymph named Daphne.…
Love is defined in many ways. Love is used to express emotions, feelings and affections. Romantic novels and movies romanticize what love is, and many people tend to be confused or create made up reality about what love really means. When people feel loved, many give value and recognize love as something that is great and true. In order to understand what love really is, there are three different words to describe the types of love: Eros, Phileo and Agape.…
Throughout this lecture Helen Fisher discusses love and she also what is love. In her first Ted Talk “The brain is love” she talks about a research about couples who where still in love, some who had just being dumped, and ones who were still in love after 10 to 15 years of marriage. She describes a temple who was built by the Mayan sun king for his wife. He had died in 720 AD. When the sun set behind his temple the sun’s shadow shines towards her and the same thing happens to his when the sun shines beings her’s.…
Lost in Love Love is involuntary. Brain science tells us it is a drive like thirst. It is called attachment, and its part of the show in both romantic and all other kinds of love, including love within families. Babies form bonds with mother’s before they even enter the world. In making this comment, love is such a large model to only grasp one entity.…