Margo Roth Spiegelman is a human mystery… who Quentin Jacobsen had been in love with for years, and probably always will be. When Margo abruptly appears back in Q’s life, they start off their once forgotten adventures with a night of vandalism and revenge on their so-called “enemies”. Living freely for one night makes Q believe that the Margo he fell in love with years ago is back in his life... and for good now. However, the idea of her being his ‘partner in crime’ like when they were little is immediately changed when she disappears out of the blue. Margo, being the mysterious girl she is, leaves behind clues for Q and his friends to where she’s hiding. In Paper Towns by John Green, Q and his friends search miles retrieving more clues along the way. On this race to find Margo, they are also attempting to make it back in time for prom night. Therefore, they go through obstacles and create some adventures of their own, making it all worthwhile to find the girl of his dreams. Who knew you could drive for hours, with no destination, no goal or reward at the end, and still have the time of your life? Q, Radar, Lacey and Ben drive for what seems like eternity, searching for something that may or may not be at the end of the road, “I wonder if Margo created this journey for us on purpose or by accident- regardless, it’s the most fun I’ve had since the last time I spent hours behind the wheel of a minivan,” (Green 246). The theme of the novel is to take risks and go on
One of the themes of this book was exploration. Margo had always loved exploring and investigating things since she was young. This is evident in the prologue of this book, “As I took those two steps back, Margo took two equally small and quiet steps forward”. This was when they found a dead body in Jefferson park when they were nine. This shows how Margo had an adventurous nature while Quentin was the kind that would run away. When she got older she drove places away from home and used to explore
Lacey, the last main character in Paper Towns, is a kind-hearted person who helped Quentin during his road trip to Agloe. In the book, Lacey describes Margo, “‘I honestly never thought of her as anything but my crazy beautiful friend who does all the crazy beautiful things,’” (Green 185). In the quote, Lacey talks about Margo, like she was her friend and cared about her, even though Margo
In the book, Paper Towns, there are many people that cause conflict like Chuck Parson, Jase Worthington, and Margo's parents. Throughout the story, these people cause small conflicts. The real person who is always in the center of conflict is Margo. Even though Margo isn't really a "villain", she is the main person that causes all of the conflict in this book. She is very well-known at her school, and she is dating the popular jock, Jase Worthington. Everyone knows Margo Roth Spiegelman.
The book Paper Towns by John Green is a story about going past the imagination to actually know somebody. Quentin, who is convinced he is in love with the wild and adventurous Margo, goes on a journey to find her when she ran away. Through this journey, he finds a new Margo, the real Margo. Instead of imagining the Margo of his dreams, who is perfect and daring, he sees a different side, like looking through a fun house mirror. Using the theme of perceptions vs. reality, John Green shows readers through Quentin that you have to dig deeper in order to know and understand someone.
The definition of courage is the ability to do something that frightens one. Margo Roth Spiegelman is an astonishing character that displays this trait. Margo and Quentin first met when they moved into the same neighborhood, Margo being her curious self she decided to sneak into Quentin’s bedroom. They talked for hours on end and began to grow a strong friendship. Since that night, Quentin follows Margo on all of her mysterious adventures so she can try to get revenge on her cheating boyfriend. However, Margo then goes missing the next day and leaves a small number of clues for Quentin and his friends to find her. In John Green’s Paper Towns, Green demonstrates what it’s like to grow up with a moving family, arguments and many more at home issues that teenagers face daily.
The name of the novel, Paper Towns, in fact could be used to explain one of the reasons Margo left Orlando. From the outside it seems that Margo has the perfect life with numerous friends, a popular boyfriend, and a nice house. However Margo doesn’t feel like her life is as flawless as it seems. As Quentin and Margo look over the city on the night of their heist, Margo says, “It’s a paper town … I’ve lived here for eighteen years and I have never once in my life come across anyone who cares about anything that matters”(Green 55).
Paper Towns, by John Green, is about a boy named Quentin (Q to his friends) who has spent most of his lifetime loving his childhood friend, Margo Roth Spiegelman. One night, Margo takes Q with her on an adventure,she spends the night getting her revenge on her so called “friends”. The next day, Margo is nowhere to be seen and no one seems worried but Q. Q discovers that Margo left behind clues, and he is determined to discover the mystery behind Margo, but the closer Q gets to her the more he discovers that she isn’t who he thought she was. One of the reasons why Q seemed to like Margo so much is because she was different, she was actually very wise.
Paper Towns by John Green is the story of Quentin and his friends, Ben, Radar, and Lacey as they travel go on a journey to find Margo who may not want them to find her. The theme of this book is a reunion. Meaning that the main character, Quentin, goes on a journey to reunite with Margo, who he has known his entire life. To accomplish this, he first has to figure out where she went and then he has to come up with a strategy to reunite with her.
The characters in this book are like any other people, John green does a great job with that. One of the main characters in this book Q, ( Quinten), is pretty normal guy, but Q is pretty shy, he needs to get out more, face more things. The girl he likes, Margo, is the opposite. She is adventurous, is one for mischief, and loves mysteries. She may be one for attention, but she's way more than that. She's tired with the world, she says that the world is filled with “Paper towns and paper people.”
Overall, Margo’s mysterious personality is what develops the main conflict and the characters. An example of this is when Margo runs away from home. “Margo always loved mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one,” (Green 8). The reason that she runs away is because no one understood her personality. Quentin knew Margo because she was a childhood friend who also lived next to him. However, since then, Quentin doesn’t see her until she comes to his house one day, and when she leaves home. Both of these events change Quentin and Margo as a
Margo Roth Spiegelman is a very insecure person in her secret life. Nobody knew who Margo really was. She had chestnut hair, blue eyes and wore dark red nail polish. She was very popular, but inside she didn't enjoy being friends with the popular group, she would rather hang out with Q, Ben, Lacey, and Radar.
In the novel entitled Paper Towns by John Green she runs off to an unknown place called a paper town and a lovesick friend is determined to find her. There is multiple reasons and much rationality in why Margo had decided to disappear to this place. The most obvious reason that the novel, Paper Towns is called this, is because
In the realistic fiction novel, Paper Towns, the author John Green writes a story about little kids Quentin “Q” and Margo Roth Spiegelman as they are riding their bikes and they spot a corpse of a divorced man who had committed suicide at Jefferson Park. Nine years later, Quentin and Margo grow apart and never talk. But suddenly, one night Margo shows up at his house to ask Quentin to help her with eleven missions to get revenge on the people who have hurt her in her high school years. She needed Quentin’s car and him to drive. They go on their journey on a school night and seek revenge on many people. Margo takes Quentin to an adventure filled with fish, vandalizing, spray-paint, and breaking into SeaWorld. After her eleven things are completed, Quentin is glad that he is back to being friends with Margo.
What would you do if the love of your life ran away, and left a breadcrumb trail behind? Leave it be? Tell their family? Follow the trail and hope it leads to them? These very thought are running through Quentin’s conscience when his childhood love, Margo Roth Spiegelman, leaves town, and everything behind, including Quentin. Often depicted as, smart, thoughtful, and level headed Quentin does the only rational thing he can think of, follow the trail. Throughout the trail Quentin is forced to change his understandings of Margo, and most importantly himself.
On page 57 I found a quote that really resembled the title of the book, “It’s a paper town…all those paper people living in in there paper houses, burning the future to stay warm.” One night Q’s life was not what he had expected at all. When Margo took Q to the top of the SunTrust bank Q had no idea what was happening until he walked into the conference room with Margo and saw their whole town of Orlando Florida. That is when Margo told Q that she believed they lived in a paper town. Later on Q found out a paper town is a fictionist town that a mapmaker creates so people won’t copy it. So Margo thought the town of Orlando Florida was made up and so were the people, pets, buildings the whole entire city. Since Orlando is not technically an actual