Paper Town Quotes

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.

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 a society where young adults are consumed by superficial appearances, the desire to understand others and conceptualize life is neglected. In the novel, Paper Towns, John Green challenges young adults to consider different perspectives through relatable characters and their experiences. At the beginning of the novel, Margo and Quentin do not recognize each other’s existence. Then, one night, Margo enters Q’s room through the window, and they go on an epic adventure of revenge. The next morning, Margo is gone.

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.

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.

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.

Since the start of the United States, there have been politics. Starting with those in charge of the new colonies, leaders of battles for land all the way to the leaders of the revolution, politics have played a role in American life. Once the revolution occurred and it was determined that George Washington would be the nation’s first president, a new track for politics was formed. It was from this line of presidents and official democratic government that political parties, ways of voting, and the various branches of our government were created.

She believed nobody would like her true personality because of her flaws, which is why she cultivated her paper identity. Even Quentin fell for her fake personality, helping her cultivate it without him knowing it. Margo struggled to see meaning and value in everything because her paper identity was preventing her from doing so. Quentin believed Margo was describing her own opinion of Orlando and its people when she was actually describing how she felt about herself. I too, hadn 't noticed that Margo was talking about herself at first, which is why I chose to use it.

After realizing that reality does not always reflect one's perception, the characters in the book mature fully into adults. The theme of false identities is strong throughout Paper Towns. At the end when Quentin finally realizes who Margo truly is, he finds himself, realizing this demonstrates he has matured. The help and friendships of others assist in the characters transition to adulthood. With the help of friends and family Quentin can mature as a person and realize who he truly is not just Margo.

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

The book “Papertowns” by John Green is about a guy named Quentin who has spent his whole life in love with the most popular girl in school, his neighbour and childhood best friend, Margo. They continued to be friendly to one another as they grew up but not friends. One night Margo shows up at Quentin’s window sill, like she used to when they were younger, and takes him on a night of adventures. This night involves getting even with bullies and friends who have wronged them and breaking into an amusement park while having a lot of fun. The next day Quentin goes to school wondering how Margo will act around him now that they have had this adventure together and discovers that she has disappeared. She is 18 so the parents cannot force her to come

She hangs out with her best friend and her boyfriend, who are all in their clique, apart from Quentin and his friends. At the beginning of the book, when Ben, Radar, and Quentin are waiting for school to start, Quentin sees Margo. ‘’Ben started outlining plans for finding a date, but I was only half listening, because through the thickening mass of humanity crowding hallway, I could see Margo Roth Spiegelman. She was next to her locker, standing beside her boyfriend, Jase. She wore a white skirt to her knees and a blue print top. I could see her collarbone. She was laughing at something hysterical - her shoulders bent forward, her big eyes crinkling at their corners, her mouth open wide.’’ This example shows that Margo is living her regular, stereotypical life, laughing with her friends and boyfriend. During this time, she seems to be exactly how Quentin perceives her, which is happy, confident, and pretty. At the end of the book, her character has changed dramatically. Instead of having everything planned and perfect, having her friends and boyfriend, and living a fearless life, Margo experiences a lot of negative events which create unwanted, negative emotions, so Margo decides to leave Orlando all together. When Quentin and Margo are talking in Agloe, New York. Margo says ‘’Originally, this

Paper Towns is a movie portraying the journey of Quintin and his friends search for Margo, Quintin’s childhood crush that disappeared after they shared an adventurous night together (Bowen et al., 2015). Margo left clues behind which allowed Quintin and his friends to figure out where she was staying at. The last few weeks before they walk the stage, these friends are going out of their comfort zone and doing things that they have never done before. They realize that these few weeks will be the memories they will cherish as their senior year comes to an end. Throughout the film these young adults are slowly figuring out their own identity.

The main character of Paper towns is Quentin Jacobsen. He is 18 years old, lives in Orlando, Florida, and is a senior about to graduate high school. He is a regular person in the beginning of the book with fears and isn't special in any way and he lives a very normal life, except for that he is madly obsessed about his lifetime neighbor, his childhood friend, and his lifelong crush, Margo Roth Spiegelman. Margo unlike Quentin, lives a very not normal life and her personality is the complete opposite of Quentin’s. Margo is brave, curious, confident, and is downright awesome. These attributes make Quentin feel like Margo is amazing and make him want to be with her. Nine years ago at the age of nine, Quentin and Margo find a dead body in Jefferson park, Quentin is scared of it and backs away while Margo on the other hand is curious and approaches it. Margo says that she can see that all the strings inside of the dead guy are broken. Then Quentin grabs her and they run home away from it. This shows that Quentin is a person that is easily scared and afraid of things, but he also really cares about the people he love. Then nine years later, Quentin Jacobsen is an average, unpopular student that is still afraid of things, while Margo Roth Spiegelman is one of the most popular girls in the whole school and is still courageous and brave. Quentin and Margo now hardly even talk to each other now until, One night, Margo goes to Quentin’s room and asks him if he wants to

In order for Quentin to find margo, he has to follow the clues until it leads him to a “paper town” which Margo referred to the night before she left, even though it didn’t seem like an actual place. Margo even said, “It’s a paper town...all those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the furniture to stay warm...Everyone demented with the mania of owning things...I’ve lived here for eighteen years and I have never once in my life come across anyone who cares about anything that matters.” However, what Margo is saying here is more figurative than literal. For instance, when she goes to the “paper town” she isn't actually going to a town made of paper, she is