![]() As the novel progresses, Miles transforms from a loner to a typical teenager trying to understand the intricacies of complicated friendships, particularly his friendship with Alaska. We learn that Miles values his new friendships by the way that he strictly adheres to the Colonel’s “no ratting” policy and shares both his time and money in order to smoke and drink alcohol, activities in which he had not previously engaged. At first Miles is hesitant with his friendships - awkwardly unable to engage and unsure of whom to follow – but he slowly learns to be himself around his new friends. ![]() With no true friends from his old school, Miles moves to Culver Creek. ![]() The novel opens with Miles’s going away party, which only two acquaintances of Miles attend. ![]()
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