Alaska Essay

good. In the book Looking for Alaska, written by John Green in 2005, Miles, the main character happens to stumble upon this idea of a Great Perhaps. This book was not a favorite. The idea of it was a good one but it wasn’t presented in the best way. Looking for Alaska is a book about a regular guy named Miles who wants to find his Great Perhaps. He moves to a boarding school where he meets short yet lovable Colonel, rap god Takumi, innocent Lara, and the amazing Alaska who will steals his…

Looking for Alaska was written with a setting that teenagers like us can connect to and relate to on a daily basis, because we go to school and know what it’s like, from trying to fit into the social norm or deceiving teachers into thinking that everything is just fine and we are all stress free. As a student myself, I’m searching for a Great Perhaps because I go to school everyday to be a successful and powerful woman in college and in years yet to come. After completing, Looking For Alaska…

In “Looking for Alaska” by John Green, Miles “Pudge” Halter moves to a new boarding school to find his ‘Great Perhaps,’ which is the adventurous, exciting life that he feels he deserves. I find Miles’ self perception of being an unwanted social outcast extremely irritating. He tends to focus on the negative aspects in his life and what he doesn’t have, rather than the positive things. For example, he does this when he first enters his new school. After meeting and becoming friends with his new…

“For over 75 years Alaska Airlines, and the people who make us who we are, have been guided by integrity, caring, ingenuity, professionalism, and a unique spirit. A spirit that was has grown out of our geographical roots,” declares Alaska Airlines on its website. Alaska Airlines started to serve their people back in the 1932 when it was only a three-passenger aircraft. With time, it grew and now it is the product of the history. These milestone, good deeds, and community involvement have grown…

Looking for Alaska by John Green, he forces you to see that and why we, as humans think of life after death, because we can’t handle the thought of complete nothingness. The book starts with the strange protagonist named Miles Halter and we see him start at a new school in Alabama for his junior year. He wants to find his “Great perhaps” in life and he thinks going to this school will help him find it, and it does. He meets some friends, but he particularly likes a young woman named Alaska…

From the 1930s to 1940s, AJ Mine, or the Alaska-Juneau Mine, was the largest low-grade gold mine in the world and set multiple production records for its extraction of gold, silver, and lead (Power). Throughout the decade, it was the source of an immense economic boom in the capital city of Juneau and played such a big role to local economies that it is even attributed to softening the blow of the Great Depression throughout Alaska (Whitney). As a result of the hugely popular Alaskan…

been evidence that scientists have found along the Alaska Peninsula that might be similar to the earthquake that happened in Japan of 2011 that caused severe damage. There were plate alignments found underwater that resembled the earthquake and tsunami that happened in Japan. Researchers found that close to the plates surfaces were conditions that could trigger an earthquake and build a destructive tsunami. Researchers are able to look into how Alaska might be prone to the damage that occurred…

Body: Friendship Intro: To begin, the “Great Perhaps” is discovered through the theme of friendship This is not any innocent Toy Story friendship between Buzz and Woody, but the characters definitely value friendship equally as much in Looking for Alaska. Miles wants to leave Florida to seek his Great Perhaps and find friends.Even though his friends introduce him to booze and mischief, they also accept him for who he is. Point: Friends are suppose to be their for you through all the good times…

On the first Saturday of March, the people in Anchorage, Alaska are preparing to cover 1,000 miles in the Alaskan wilderness (Brown 12; Burgman 7). These people are competing in the Iditarod, a dog race from Anchorage to Nome held every year, hoping to earn a $50,000 cash prize and a four-wheel drive truck (Brown 62). The name Iditarod comes from the name of an abandoned mining town located halfway between the start and end of the race (Doyle 14). The Iditarod race is an Alaskan tradition that…

that Russia tried to take back Alaska. War ensued, the Americans along with Canada's help, fought valiantly to defend the land. Their efforts kept off the invasion but in the end they could not keep the arm of Alaska, which the Russians took. Canada, for their help in the war wanted parts of Alaska also. This lead to much fighting between America and Canada and eventually they went to war against each other. The Canadians were the first to declare war and invaded Alaska and the northern border…