"Time of the Month. It's not what you think. It's a clock. That tells you when your period's coming."

"Time of the Month. It's not what you think. It's a clock. That tells you when your period's coming."

While I agree that Miles' role in her death is (objectively) fucked up, I do think it makes sense in the general narrative structure of the work. The way I read the book, Alaska is always a secondary character and a sort of literary catalyst to bring Miles' own understanding of death/religion into more clarity. One…