Paper Towns: Quentin Jacobson

Our states’ department of education is under pressure to ban the novel “Paper Towns” by John Green. Critics of the book state that the book should not be taught in the classroom nor included in the library for individual checkout due to mature content. On the other hand, after reading, I believe that teachers should have the right to teach the novel when appropriate and students can read the book if they choose.

In the book Paper Towns by John Green, the story takes place in Orlando, Florida. The author describes the setting as a suburban neighborhood in that is located in Jefferson Park in the beginning. Then the setting develops towards the outskirts of Orlando as Quentin Jacobsen begins his search for Margo. In the search for Margo, his clues lead him to a mini-mall that was abandoned in Christmas, Florida. However, as the journey continues Quentin he searches for Margo in areas called “pseudo divisions” which were abandoned subdivision projects in the outer part of Orlando. Finally, on the day of his graduation, he discovers that Margo is hidden in a city called Agloe located in New York.

Life is very complex and often hard to define. However, this challenge does not stop people from trying to sum up the meaning of life in one word. In Paper Towns by John Green, the three metaphors the strings, the grass, and the vessel are used throughout the book to chronicle the protagonist’s, Quentin, experiences. The novel revolves around Quentin Jacobsen, a high school senior. When his former best friend and long time crush, Margo Roth Spiegelman, comes back into his life and then suddenly disappears, Q attempts to piece together the clues he believes Margo left behind for him. Each of these three metaphors represent what Q is feeling and allow him to view life from different perspectives. As

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.

Paper Towns by John green is one of my favorite books ever. In this book "Q" has to go on a search to find his crush/friend. Miles and Q are a lot alike, they are both kinda wallflowers, the don't have very many friends and they are pretty smart but quiet. Both of these characters have to do something the never could have done before. In Looking for Alaska he stepped out of his comfort zone by drinking and smoking which lead to Alaska's death. However in paper towns Q has to step out his comfort zone to find the girl that he

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, written by John Green, is a about a young and timid teenager named Quentin. However, he is in for the night of his life when Margo Roth Spiegelman, the most popular girl at school, selects him to help her with risky pranks on the friends that betrayed her. However, Margo disappears the following day, which brings Quentin to develop an obsession of finding her. Quinten, unable to merely forget about Margo, embarks on a journey together with his friends to find the girl who stole his heart. The plot functions along with the main conflict, which is Quinten against the society. The first example of this conflict is demonstrated early in the novel. After Quinten helps Margo play the pranks on her ex-friends, Margo disappears the following

Throughout the book Paper towns, the author expresses many themes upon the characters. The main and most commonly show theme is identity. Your identity is made up of how you see yourself and how other people see you. Very few teenagers have a well understanding of their identity. People are not always who they seem to be.

Paper Towns In the novel, Paper Towns by John Green, Quentin “Q” Jacobsen goes from having a normal boring life to having life changing experience, all because of Margo Roth Spiegelman and her love for mysteries. This is how it all began, “The way I figured it,everyone gets a miracle. My miracle was this: out of all the houses in all the subdivisions in all of Florida, I ended up living next door to Margo Roth Spiegelman.” (3).

In the novel Paper Towns, John Green develops themes which contribute to the exploration of adulthood, teaching young readers about the fascinating journey of coming of age. John Green is the New York Times bestselling author of Paper Towns as well as, Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. All of these books explore the topic of coming of age. Before coming up with the title Paper Towns Green considered the titles, Chasing Margo and Margo Roth Spiegelman: An Incomplete Life, he decided on Paper Towns as the rest of the titles were really pretentious (Johngreenbooks.com). The idea of a Paper Town’s are present in the novel three times, each showcasing the different ways Quentin

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