<P> Miles Halter , obsessed with last words , leaves Florida to attend Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama for his junior year , quoting François Rabelais 's last words : `` I go to seek a Great Perhaps '' . Miles ' new roommate , Chip `` The Colonel '' Martin , nicknames Miles `` Pudge '' and introduces Pudge to his friends : hip - hop emcee Takumi Hikohito and Alaska Young , a beautiful but emotionally unstable girl . Learning of Pudge 's obsession with famous last words , Alaska informs him of Simón Bolívar 's : `` Damn it . How will I ever get out of this labyrinth ! '' The two make a deal that if Pudge figures out what the labyrinth is , Alaska will find him a girlfriend . Alaska sets Pudge up with a Romanian classmate , Lara . Unfortunately , Pudge and Lara have a disastrous date , ending with a concussed Pudge throwing up on Lara . Alaska and Pudge grow closer and he begins to fall in love with her , although she insists on keeping their relationship platonic because she has a boyfriend that she insists she loves . </P>
<P> Miles Halter , obsessed with last words , leaves Florida to attend Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama for his junior year , quoting François Rabelais 's last words : `` I go to seek a Great Perhaps '' . Miles ' new roommate , Chip `` The Colonel '' Martin , nicknames Miles `` Pudge '' and introduces Pudge to his friends : hip - hop emcee Takumi Hikohito and Alaska Young , a beautiful but emotionally unstable girl . Learning of Pudge 's obsession with famous last words , Alaska informs him of Simón Bolívar 's : `` Damn it . How will I ever get out of this labyrinth ! '' The two make a deal that if Pudge figures out what the labyrinth is , Alaska will find him a girlfriend . Alaska sets Pudge up with a Romanian classmate , Lara . Unfortunately , Pudge and Lara have a disastrous date , ending with a concussed Pudge throwing up on Lara . Alaska and Pudge grow closer and he begins to fall in love with her , although she insists on keeping their relationship platonic because she has a boyfriend that she insists she loves . </P>
where did miles live in looking for alaska
where did miles live in looking for alaska
Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama
Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama