Nearing the End of Paper Towns by John Green

             As a teenager, Quentin Jacobsen is experiencing a lot. Margo Roth Spiegelman's disappearance, finding clues to discover her again, while secretly lying to his trusting parents, and saving his friends from being drunk at crazy parties. If it weren't for the stress of High-School, then Quentin could have found Margo by now. But I believe that Margo wanted it to be hard to find her, because she has many philosophy's for life, and she makes it quite clear that she wants life to have a struggle, so when you accomplish something that you felt defeated about, then it will seem even better when you complete or accomplish it. I think that the further I get to the conclusion of this novel, I will see the philosophy that she see views as love between Quentin and her.

             As I go through the motions of Paper Towns by John Green, I always find myself wondering what Margo is doing while Quentin runs around frantically looking for scraps of her. Is she relaxing in the Caribbean trusting that Quentin has enough time and money to get a plane there? Or is she hiding from a demon within her that she needs help from Quentin to get rid of? Whatever it is, It is majorly effecting Quentin's teenage life. I think that being a teenager is important to develop important life lessons and goals for the future, and if Quentin is always looking for her, he will be underdeveloped for future life, whether that's with Margo, or another person. But if it does work out, I think this lost relationship will make them become closer, even if Margo may be so far away.

           Another thing that I always ask myself as I read this book, is how Quentin will react when, or if, he finds Margo. Will he be angry that she made him search the world for her? Or will he be grateful that she wanted him to find her, and that she obviously likes him? If I were in Quentin's shoes, I would be a mixture of both. This is because it would ruin my home life and my relationships with my actual friends, along with college and school. I would also be happy to see someone I loved after they left for such a long time. I feel the similar emotions that Quentin does, and I feel sorry and happy for him at the same time.











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Refresher on Paper Towns by John Green

              As I read Paper Towns more and more, John Green keeps putting me on the edge of my seat! The suspense in this novel never stops accelerating at very high speeds, and never disappoints me anytime I pick it up. I believe that every book, especially mystery romances, should always be speeding up the suspense, because suspense is what keeps the reader interested and visualizing what is going on around and within the characters. I really enjoy how John Green balances the ideals of mystery and love in Paper Towns. He does this by showing how desperate Quentin Jacobsen is about finding more clues, because he loves this rebellious side of Margo, which shows both Quentin's hunger for adventure, and his lust for Margo Roth Spiegelman. If there weren't a balance between these two main ideas, then one characteristic would overwhelm the reader in believing that one topic is more important than the other, when the author wanted the ideas to be equal.

             In my life, I have realized that hope and faith are the two most important qualities you can have to be successful. Likewise in Paper Towns, John Green makes it quite evident that hope and faith are helping Quentin have the determination to find Margo. If it were me that had to go find a reckless, rebellious person that I barely knew, I wouldn't even listen to the clues or try to find them at all, but since Quentin feels a connection with her, he is more encouraged to find her, because she is obviously not the Margo he thought she was. Quentin's friends, Ben and Radar, may be the opposing conflicts in finding Margo throughout the novel because they always seem to be the people who tell him to give up or to stop because the clues are too confusing and don't lead anywhere. But deep down, Quentin knows what Margo wants from him; she wants to be found by him, and him alone. Quentin also knows that he must move fast because time is running out more quickly than he can control.

             As Quentin nears prom day, he despises his friends for thinking that it is more important than finding Margo, so as they get ready for a never- ending night on the dance floor, Quentin searches all around Florida for clues of Margo and what she wants him to know. As he goes back to the mini mall, where he found an address on the hinges of his door left from Margo, he searches inside for something to cling to and give him hope. That's when he finds Margo's nail polish bottle on an old desk with a calendar that has the date June 1986 on it. Quentin gets very excited about this because it proves that Margo was here, and that he is in the right place in the on-going exploration. As I turn each page of this book, I start to see how better off Quentin is when he is independently looking for clues, instead of having two people who drag him down as he searches. I believe that Margo wanted it this way, which is why Quentin is having so much success when he puts all of his trust in Margo to lead him into an eternity with her.    

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Updated Paper Towns by John Green Review

                    As I dig deeper and deeper into Paper Towns by John Green, I realize more and more of the importance of developing a character through their actions. If a character falters in saving a fallen victim, like in Spider-man or other super hero movies, then the character is known and labelled as that falter. Likewise in Paper Towns by John Green, Margo is always a mystery and no one knows where she is or where she might be in the beginning, making her a label of unknown and lost in High-School society. But when Quentin, Ben, and Radar start finding small clues leading to her whereabouts, she becomes known as exclusive and detailed because every clue leads somewhere, and that place is somehow connected to Margo. As Quentin and his friends attempt to search for these certain clues, there are moments where they are completely frustrated and confused on what Margo wants them to find, and there are other moments where they hit the bullseye and know exactly what she is talking about, but as the plot progresses, it becomes harder and harder to interpret the clues correctly, and find the lost and mysterious Margo Roth Spiegelman.


                    Throughout my lifetime, I've noticed that the word "predictions" could mean so many things. Some of these things include what you think will happen in the future, and another is what you want to happen in the future, which are very extravagant answers considering that as we are reading, our brains already have an expectation of what we think would make it the perfect story or ending to a novel or narrative. In Paper Towns by John Green, the definition of "predictions" that is of what we want to happen, which is what is currently taking up space in my. Quentin, Ben, and Radar are all doing their best to unlock clues far above their heads, as they look for the next clue, which has something to do with un-hunging and looking deeply at doors to find another clue. The three get frustrated because they took an eternity getting the door off of the hinges, and find nothing behind the door. But later that night Quentin un-hinges his own door, and sure enough, a tiny piece of paper with an address that reads "8328 bartlesville Avenue". Quentin takes this as his ticket to finding Margo because the building looks like a trailer park that she could be leading him to. What I think will happen, is he will get there, and instead of finding Margo, he will find another clue leading him somewhere else farther away from the precious, which will make him very angry and discouraged. What I want to happen is he runs in and finds her asleep and waiting inside, and as soon as she wakes up, they have a reunion of love and later go to prom together.

              
                   I have a habit of thinking about another author writing the book I am reading, so as I read Paper Towns by John Green, I find myself wandering to Veronica Roth and Suzanne Collins and how Paper Towns would be altered if they wrote it instead of John Green. I believe that John Green creates a revolution of teenage people who think they are horrifically corrupted, but learn later on that they have much more to experience in life. An example of this is in The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, because Hazel Grace Lancaster feels that since she has lung cancer, her life will never be the same, and that meeting new people is unnecessary because she does not want to hurt them if she dies from her corrupted cancer. That's when Augustus Waters comes into her life, and changes her perspective on everything, but since he has cancer too, his corruptness ends up killing him, and Hazel feels a pain that she has never experienced before. I feel that this will be similar to Paper Towns because it involves teenagers, love, and choices. If Veronica Roth or Suzanne Collins wrote this, I believe that they would twist it into something that has a dystopian theme and a perfect society that affects all people, like in Divergent or The Hunger Games. I believe that John Green put together a perfect infinity for Hazel and Augustus, and I believe that I will soon experience the same with Quentin and Margo.
                   

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Paper Towns by John Green

                       Paper Towns by the spectacular John Green, is a metaphorical book with so many hidden themes. It starts off with a boy named Quentin Jacobsen, who lives across the street from the legend known as Margo Roth Spiegelman. Quentin never really spent much time with Margo in High-School, but one night, everything changed for him, with the help of the rebellious, and adventurous girl he only dreamt of. They started off their adventure with eleven long steps which included rule breaking, humiliation, and revenge towards Margo's and Quentin's formal friends. Although Quentin  did not agree on everything Margo suggested, he knew that he was a different person because of her. But there was a twist to this adventure, because the next day, Margo Roth Spiegelman was gone. She just disappeared in the middle of the night, and was not found the next day, which confused her parents, and Quentin. Although she is gone, Margo has a history of leaving very complex clues to where she went, that annoy her parents very much. But this time, these clues were left for Quentin , and it is up to him to solve the clues, and seek out Margo.

                        Although I am only less than halfway through with Paper Towns, I already feel a deep connection between Margo and Quentin. Margo is almost the exact opposite from Quentin, yet she can make him into an adventurous and rebellious person, with just one night, which makes their friendship special.  If i were put into Quentin's shoes, I would have never trusted Margo, but without the willing trust that Quentin gave her, I don't think that their relationship would have clicked as easily as it did. "I stood up and reached out my hand and said, 'May I have this dance?' Margo curtsied, gave me her hand, and said, 'You may,' and then my hand was on the curve between her waist and her hip, and her hand was on my shoulder. And then step-step-sidestep, step-step-sidestep. We fox-trotted all the way around the seal tank , and still the song kept going on about the stars falling. 'Sixth-grade slow dance,' Margo announced, and we switched positions, her hands on my shoulders and mine on her hips, elbows locked, two feet between us. And then we fox-trotted some more until the song ended. I stepped forward and dipped Margo, just as they'd taught us to do at Crown School of Dance. She raised one leg and gave me all her weight as I dipped her. She either trusted me or wanted to fall" (Green, 79). This quote displays the best example of trust between Margo and Quentin because it shows that Margo trusts Quentin to not drop her or to move the right way in the dance, and she wants him to feel the same.

                       Mystery and trust are the current topics in Paper Towns because of the relationship between the two dynamic characters, the average Quentin Jacobsen, and the mystery of Margo Roth Spiegelman. I believe that John Green is attempting to hide multiple themes with each scene of the book because with each scene, I feel that a character learns a lesson or is too late to learn it, in Quentin's case. Margo tried to warn him the morning before she went missing, and Quentin was too exhausted to realize it, making him a major part of Margo's whereabouts. As I continue to read, I realize more and more of how amazingly intricate John Green's writing is, and how one detail can make up his entire message or plot line. I am really enjoying this novel and can't wait to see the secrets that Quentin unfolds regarding Margo.

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