https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5 Padlet by Jessalyn Bonaparte en-us 2017-10-26 11:51:19 UTC 2025-09-26 01:43:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51VHize96VL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200758628 2017-10-26 11:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200758628 bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200759049 My favorite quote is "Well, I like you. And you aren't chameleoning in front of me. I just figured that out. Like, you bite your thumb in front of me, which is a private habit, but you do it in front of me, because I don't count as public. I'm at your secret hiding place. You're okay with me seeing inside you a little" (Green 150).]]> 2017-10-26 12:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200759049 bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200759178 I like this quote because it shows that Colin and Lindsey have a special bond. They are comfortable around each other in a way that they aren't with other people. This scene takes place in Lindsey's secret hideout, that she has only showed to Colin. This makes the moment even more special. This scene also helps with Colin's character vs self conflict because he is bonding with someone new (who is not named Katherine) and learning about himself.]]> 2017-10-26 12:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200759178 bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200759760 Green follows his debut novel, Looking for Alaska , with this comic story about Colin Singleton, who at 17, considers himself a failure. "Formerly a prodigy. Formerly full of potential. Currently full of shit," he thinks, when, on graduation day, his girlfriend breaks up with him, the 19th girl named Katherine he has dated and been dumped by. (That number includes some third- and fourth-grade encounters, one of which lasted three  minutes.) Colin's best friend, Hassan, an overweight underachiever, suggests a road trip to lift Colin out of his funk. A highway sign advertising the grave of the Austro-Hungarian archduke whose assassination sparked WWI leads them to Gutshot, Tenn., and Lindsey Lee Wells, whose mother, Hollis, is the town's largest employer—she owns a factory that makes tampon strings. Hollis offers the boys jobs recording oral  histories of local residents, which they accept, though Colin's true preoccupation is a mathematical formula ("The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability"), which will forecast the duration of all romantic relationships and enable him to make his mark on the world. It's not much of a plot, but Green's three  companionable main characters make the most of it. Colin's epiphany—he can't predict the future but he can reinvent himself, maybe even date a girl not named Katherine—is pretty basic, but the intelligent humor  that will make many readers eager to go along with him and Hassan for the ride. Ages 14-up. (Sept.) --Staff (Reviewed September 4, 2006) (Publishers Weekly, vol 253, issue 35, p69)

]]> 2017-10-26 12:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200759760 bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200759954 I agree and disagree with different parts of the review. I will agree that the plot is a little loose, but they were going on a road trip to nowhere. Colin´s epiphany is a bit predictable, but how he realized and what lead up to it was very interesting. I do agree that the intelligent humor made the book very interesting. The jokes in different languages and little facts was a unique aspect in the book.]]> 2017-10-26 12:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200759954 bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200760200 2017-10-26 12:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200760200 bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200760649 A symbol in this book is a graph (of a function in particular). This is literally used in the book when Colin tries to mathematically predict how relationships will turn out, but it has a deeper meaning. It represents that life has ups and downs and you never know what will happen next. Even through the small period of time that the book represents, Colin has his good moments and not so great ones. What the graph represents and shows him is that you can´t predict life, you have to let the bad things come and wait for the good. Colin was heartbroken after Katherine XIX broke up with him, but it led to him meeting Lindsey, which he never would have guessed but he ended up loving.]]> 2017-10-26 12:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200760649 bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200760900 This book uses a lot of flashbacks.]]> 2017-10-26 12:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200760900 bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200761001 This literary element is used to help the reader understand Colin´s past and relationships with Katherines. In the book, Colin has recently broken up with Katherine XIX. The flashbacks describe their relationship from beginning to end. The flashbacks really help the reader to understand why this Katherine was so important. They also give more insight on Colin´s past and how he met his best friend Hassan.]]> 2017-10-26 12:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200761001 bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200761155 An additional literary element used a lot is conflict.]]> 2017-10-26 12:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200761155 bon10083 https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200761327 The conflict is used to show more about Colin's character and show how he changes as a character. The main conflict in this book is character vs self. This is because Colin is heartbroken after Katherine 19 broke up with him and he is afraid that he won't be remembered. The book is about Colin trying to find himself and get over Katherine while finding something to contribute to the world. Eventually, the conflict is resolved when Colin dates Lindsey and learns that even though his Theorem failed, he was happy.]]> 2017-10-26 12:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bon10083/mh4tg6rq1wb5/wish/200761327