Chip Martin Character Traits

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In John Green’s “ Looking for Alaska,” One of the students attend Culver Creek Boarding School in Alabama, is Chip Martin or a.k.a The Colonel. Chip is a young adult who loves to break rules and do whatever it is that he wants to do with his life. But, he also is a compassionate person ,who takes others feeling and requests into consideration. Even though he left to have Thanksgiving with his mom, when Alaska and Miles are left by themselves at the Creek during the holiday, Chip comes back and is” instructed to invite you to Thanksgiving dinner at Chez Martin,” to Alaska and Miles. The reader can see that Chip is teenager who never leaves his friends hanging. He had come back to the Creek to enjoy Thanksgiving with his friends by inviting

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