At the beginning of the story, Miles’ parents are giving him a going away party and invites all his classmates (they think he is popular, but he never said he was) and only a few people came.
Miles wants to go to a boarding school to start something new and his father went there.
The Colonel introduces Miles to Alaska
The Eagle is the principal of the boarding school. He basically is always watching like a hawk.
The school doesn’t calls the student’s parents because that would ruin the school’s reputation
He became a smoker because: -he wanted to be cool for Alaska. -was basically forced into it. -wanted to be someone new. - sorry i dont know what else.