Sunday, October 14, 2012


                                                                   Paper Towns 
                                                                   By: John Green

     In the book Paper Towns by John Green the main character Quentin is on an adventure to find his love of his life. Quentin was in love with Margo Roth Spiegelman since they first moved in the house next to them. As Margo grew up, she and Quentin started not to talk anymore until that night when she took him out on some crazy adventure. Margo disappeared after that night and Quentin is the one she trust that can find her. In this book Quentin goes through many emotional changes.

     At the beginning Quentin was a band geek at school and was bullied a lot. He and his friend Ben and Radar, also band geeks were looking for honey bunnies for the prom. Obviously no one wanted to go with them because Quentin didn't like the idea of prom, Ben was humiliated by Margo's best friend calling him Bloody Ben because he peed blood because he had a kidney issue, and Radar already has a girlfriend but he never asked her out because his parents have the Guinness World Record of having Black Santas all over their house, so they were all stuck. Quentin was the only child and both his parents were therapists so he never did anything bad. But until that night Margo was at his windowsill and asked him to drive the car for the adventure.
    In the adventure Margo had to do 11 labors before the night ended. These 11 labors were about her boyfriend Jase who cheated on her with Becca and she wanted revenge. In the adventure Quentin got to know Margo better and he knew she trusted him more than anyone else she knew. Quentin changed after the adventure and after Margo disappeared. He started to have courage in himself and he started to be someone he wasn't. He didn't care about life any more he didn't care about the future any more and he was thinking about Margo everyday. He started to sneak out at night and cut school to look for Margo.
    This is a major change in this book because before Margo came back to his life all Quentin cared about was college and school. He never went to parties and he didn't think about anyone ever. Margo changed everything about Quentin a he isn't living the dreams of his parent but living the dreams of his.

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