Paper Towns: Quentin Jacobson

Quentin Jacobsen Throughout the novel, “Paper Towns”, which is written by John Green, our protagonist Quentin Jacobsen undergoes significant character development which is largely influenced by his interactions with his neighbor and childhood friend Margo Roth Spieglman who eventually goes missing. Quentin is initially described as a timid and quiet individual however, as the story progresses, his character grows and becomes more courageous and is determined to find Margo at all costs. His relentlessness in his pursuit of Margo highlights his character growth as he is confronted with various challenges that he is forced to overcome, but in doing so, is forced to do things that he would never in his life imagine doing. Initially, Quentin, or

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.

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).

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

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.

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.

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.

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

• The novel start at Suburban in Orlando, Florida when Quentin and Margo the main characters in the novel became neighbors. They also go to same High School which is the Winter Park High School where they are senior high school students. Since Margo looks so beautiful, Quentin admitted to himself that he likes Margo. One day they saw a dead body in the park named Robert Joyner, who is a divorced man that commits suicide, since then Margo realizes that she wanted to be more adventurous, to explore many things, and to solve more mysteries.

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.

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

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

John Green’s novel Paper Towns is a story of a modest math geek, Quentin Jacobsen and his adventurous neighbor Margo Roth Spiegleman. Margo climbs through his window one warm Florida evening to summon him on an all night adventure that would change him forever, and his sleep schedule. Through each page, John Green artfully weaves carefully crafted messages to support the theme of “friends help friends through the good, bad, and the ugly”.

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