The Colonel is furious about this, and he and Alaska work on a plan to get back at them. When Miles first arrives on campus, Kevin and Longwell, two Weekday Warriors (wealthy kids who don’t board at the school), pull him out of bed in the middle of the night, wrap him in duct tape, and throw him into the school’s lake. His friends encourage him to smoke and eventually he drinks on campus as well. In addition to making friends for the first time in his life, Miles spends much of his time at Culver Creek learning to break the rules. Overall, however, he is thrilled to finally have friends. Miles spends a lot of time trying to understand her better, although he makes little progress. Miles is obsessed with famous people’s last words, and Alaska introduces him to the last words of Simón Bolívar, who died wondering how to “escape the labyrinth.” Alaska is often exciting and wild, but she can also be moody and withdrawn.
Miles arrives at the school as a smart but lonely junior, and he is determined “to seek a Great Perhaps.” At school he befriends Chip (also known as the Colonel), Alaska, and Takumi, each of whom have a special talent-memorizing facts about other countries, quoting poetry, and freestyle rapping, respectively. The book begins with Miles Halter leaving his home in Florida to attend the Culver Creek boarding school in Birmingham, AL.
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