Summary : Miles Halter, a sixteen-year-old with a passion of knowing the last words of many , begins his adventure at Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama with an introduction to his roommate Chip "Colonel" Martin, a genius that grew up in a trailer park . Chip nicknames Miles halter “Pudge” because he has an odly skinny body and introduce him to Alaska Young, an intellectual, beautiful young women with a passion for pranks. After meeting his new friends, Miles learns to smoke, drink, understand people, and escape punishment. A few days following a major, campus prank, Alaska ends up unexpectedly driving very drunk, crashes her car and dies instantly. Miles and Chip, both grieving the lost of their wonderful mischievous friend, wondering …show more content…
At the beginning of the novel, he is extremely upset when the weekend warriors tied him up and threw him the river, but by the end, he is blatantly coordinating and participating in a prank against the school in honor of Alaska.mischief is very present in alasksa and chip , when miles comes to culver creak, Alaska tells him that mischief will always win out over good deeds, and Miles learns that misbehaving makes life more exciting and fulfilled, because you never know what will happen next in life. They do not want to get caught, and as a result, they end up growing closer together by looking out for one another and doing their very best to make sure no one gets in trouble. While Alaska’s believes breaking the rules loosens Miles up a bit and encourages him to live more freely, Alaska takes mischief to an extreme. Alaska uses her mischief-loving personality as a cover for how reckless she really is. The night she dies, her decision to kiss miles was her wanting to break the rules because she had a boyfriend and then sneak off campus is not inspire by wanting to break the rules. Instead, she leaves because she does not find significance in her own life enough to stop herself and doesn’t think she deserves to be alive. By the end of the novel, however, the Colonel and Miles value themselves enough to behave responsibly, while still having fun and pulling …show more content…
They decided that they were going to do a prank called the pre prank and it was to change the marks of the weekend warriors class reports, this was a major challenge for them but in the end the prank was very well planned out by Alaska young and involved them having to risk getting in trouble. this is related to the theme of mischief because Alaska decided that she wanted to get back at the weekend warriors even if that meant getting in trouble , when she changed the marks to fails she broke the rules and she could have gotten expelled for this and Alaska said “Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war.” (Chapter 28) Alaska is very care free and she just wants to live life and not have any regrets and if that means getting in trouble she will do it because she does not want to let anything
The main characters in this story are 6 friends from Cedarville Middle School, a crooked businessman, and a Doberman Pincher. Griffin Bing is, “The Man With The Plan,” and he organizes the missions this group of friends get involved in. Ben Slovak is Griffins best friend and he has a ferret that goes everywhere with him to help him with his narcolepsy or sleep disorder. Pitch Benson is an expert at mountain climbing and she helps them get into impossible places. Melissa Dukakis is a computer expert which comes in handy for eves dropping. Logan Kellerman is an actor and he is good at distracting people. Savannah Drysdale is an animal whisperer which has helped them get past guard dogs. S. Wendell Palomino or, “Swindle” is a crooked businessman who has caused these friends a lot of problems. Luthor is a huge temperamental Doberman who be...
Romiette Cappelle is a sixteen-year-old African-American girl. She has been having the same nightmares for weeks. In the dream Romi is drowning, the water burns and she hears a male voice coaxing her. Romiette loves to read, run, and work with her mother. Julio Montague is a sixteen-year-old Mexican American who loves to swim and play the harp. Romi and Julio friendship begins when they discover they attend the same high school. They have a few things in common, such as the love for mandolins, music, and family. Their friendship starts to blossom into more, but the devil dogs, a gang at their high school doesn’t want them together. The gang threatens and continues to bother Romi and Julio. With the help of Destiny and Ben, their best friends,
* Duncan, Vinny, and Wayne are all friends working - or wasting time - the summer before senior year in high school. Duncan is the soul, Vinny the brains, and Wayne the muscle. At the end of the previous summer, Duncan tried to save a drowning girl and failed. Not being a hero has really affected his life, particularly his relationship with his girlfriend Kim. Also, he is now terrified of swimming, especially when the nightmares come back. Duncan's summer job is with the public transit lost and found. While trying to make the hours go faster, Duncan looks through the items, especially the books and golf clubs. One day he discovers an unmarked journal with no name, which depicts sadistic animal torture experiments, boasts of arson fires, and the planning for the serial killings of three women. Duncan decides to make amends for his failure last summer by tracking down the owner of the journal by using clues left hidden in the diary. After talking with his friend Vinny, Duncan decides to turn the journal over to the police, but they do not take him seriously, so he decides to get help from Vinny, do some research at the local library, and find out where the killer works and lives so they can prove to the police the diary is for real. But in the process when Duncan finds the house of the serial killer, he decides to take a look in it but unfortunately at that very time the serial killer appears and chases Duncan to the subway station. They get into fight there and they both fell on the subway tracks in the station where they get hit by the train. Duncan luckily survives but the serial killer dies.
When being introduced to the characters, sometimes we learn about their appearance, personalities, profession, or history. Miles is a single man who does not have a successful love life. His first love, Carla Carpenter, was a distant girl (by choice) who ended up marrying Miles’ brother Dale. When Anna Thea Hayworth came along, Miles seems to fancy her but never did anything about it. He has nicknamed her Thanatopsis, but she married Wayne Workman, Staggerford’s principal. Miles does not get along with Wayne, probably due to his liking of Anna Thea. As for nonromantic relationships, Miles has is a friendship with the librarian Imogene Kite. Miles describes her as “too tall and bloodless to be attractive” (Hassler 29). On impulse, Miles kisses Imogene for no reason; this proves that Miles is desperate, lonely, and incapable of having clear feelings.
...s sucked into peer pressure and he ends up taking his life over a girl, and something that was not actually happening. [Word Count: 1091]
There are many people that believe that working together can build a strong friendship. Kevin and Max go back to school. There, Max is mistaken for a giant, unintelligent, young boy until Freak says that Max knows the answers. Just that he is too shy to say them in front of the class. So, the teacher had him write down the answers to the problems and show them to her after class. She sees that Max is just as smart as everyone else, so then she lets Max move
On the 1950s, Wade Walker, a bad boy who is irresistible to girls, is known by the nickname of Cry Baby because he got the ability to cry with only one drop. He and his squad called The Drapes composed by his sister Pepper Walker, who is a pregnant single mother, has two more children; the exuberant Wanda Woodward, the defaced Mona Malnorowski also called “Hatchet-Face” and Milton Hackett who is Mona’s boyfriend. They study in a stereotypical vintage high school in Baltimore. During a mandatory polio vaccination at their basketball court, Allison Vernon Williams, who is a beautiful square immediately fell in love with Cry Baby.
The narrator of the novel, Gene Forrester, is a grown man who returns to the Devon School and recollects his years spent there. During the duration of the novel Gene is around 16 years old, he is thoughtful, intelligent, with a tendency to brood. Gene is extremely competitive with a sarcastic sense of humor. He often shuns overt displays of emotion, much like most students at Devon.
There is no better feeling in this world than to be outdoors with nature, especially when there are numerous activities to dabble in. Often times people take for granted the sentimental value that they can experience by simply walking through a park. God created the Earth to be beautiful and peaceful, and people need to keep it that way. I have always shared a love of the outdoors with my dad and my brother. We have gone on numerous camping, hiking, fishing, and star-gazing trips ever since I can remember. It was no surprise to me when my dad decided to buy a lake house on Hyco Lake, right outside of Roxboro. We got a really good deal on the house, so my dad decided that Hyco Lake was the perfect spot.
On March 24, 1984, a Saturday, five kids gather for detention. They are John Bender, Claire Standish, Brian Johnson, Andy Clark, and Allison Reynolds. They are all from different cliques at school. Their disciplinary principal orders then to write an essay on who they are and why they are in detention. They are to remain quiet in the library. Instead of this they pass the time by getting to know one another. They do this by harnessing each other, fighting, dancing, smoking, and talking. They learn each other's secrets. Brain and Claire are ashamed of their virginity. Allison is a compulsive liar. Andy got in trouble because of his father. They learn that they all do not have the best relationships with their parents and do not wish to become
Furthermore, Where could Miles have acquired things he said, to have him expelled from his
The next unclear situation is when the Governess learns of Miles’ expulsion. This is one of the main mysteries within this story. The question, “What does it mean? The child’s dismissed his school,” is the only question that the reader has throughout the conversation between the Governess and Mrs. Grose (165). Even though their conversation does inform the reader that the school has “absolutely decline[d]” Miles, it doesn’t clarify what exactly he has done to be expelled (165). The Governess comments, “That he’s an injury to the others” and “to corrupt” are her own opinions as to why Miles was expelled (165, 166). Nevertheless, her comment does not help the reader in any way because the remark in and of itself is unclear. Her first comment suggests that Miles might be causing physical harm to other students but her second ...
While talking with his teacher, Mr. P, Arnold is told that he needs to go wherever there is hope. “You have to take your hope and go somewhere where other people have hope.” (Alexie 43) However, Mr. P wasn’t the only one helping Arnold. After switching from Wellpinit to Reardan, Arnold picks up some unlikely friends: Roger and Penelope. Each of them teach him something, and even keep his secret of being poor after he admits he can’t pay for going out to eat after a school dance he couldn’t even afford. “He’s not going to tell anybody. Roger likes you.” (Alexie 127) Arnold recognizes the value of these people helping him through the struggles of being the poor kid in a school dominated by students from well off families. Although he may continue to be held down by poverty, Arnold discovers that being vulnerable to friends can sometimes lead to unexpected support and people you can rely on. Arnold’s perseverance shines when he decides to attend Reardan despite its risks, and the loss of his best friend Rowdy as a result. Not letting exhaustion and the blisters on his feet take away his determination, Arnold still attends school every
Miles ends up with a concussion, and throws upon Lara's lap. Miles was very embarrassed indeed, but he talks as if it meant nothing to him. I suspect it is because of is physical and emotional attraction to young
The World Knows The True Purpose to Life The purpose of life could be anything. It could be material wealth, sexual desires, happiness, family, friendship, knowledge, love, or religion. It is completely dependent on the individual. With thirty two percent of the worlds population being Christians, twenty three percent Muslims, fifteen percent Hindus, and seven percent Buddhist, strongly indicates that the purpose of life can be found in religion.