Green shows this by having Miles takes up smoking to fit in with his roommate and Alaska on the first day at the new school. I found this a bit irritating, but it doesn’t happen all that often. His other quirk is stating things in lists. This type of characterization is the strongest aspect of the book to me. It also serves as a motif to enhance the thematic elements of the novel. I wrote an article on the difference between character and caricature, and I think this quirk is a good way to introduce a unique identifiable trait without losing character depth. He’s nerdy and his main quirk is learning people’s last words. Green even says this in videos and interviews. There are some inconsistencies I can’t get over. This sometimes works, but in this case, I think it’s the book’s main downfall. The novel is all character and very little plot. The characters are everything in this book. In fact, I’d say at least 30 pages of the first 150 could be trimmed by cutting out scenes that don’t develop the plot or characters in any way.
There’s a lot of talking, drinking, smoking, lusting after a girl that doesn’t want you back, and so on. Let’s just say that the novel is a bit light on plot elements. I can’t really give any more of the plot away without spoiling the whole point of the novel. Miles and his new friends do standard boarding school stuff like go to class, hang out, and play pranks on rival cliques.
There he develops some new friends.Īlaska, strangely, is one of them. Miles Halter is from Florida, and he goes away to a boarding school in Alabama.
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