Summary Of Paper Towns Chapter 1-4

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 We Beat The Streets by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt with Sharon M. Draper, the tree doctors had to overcome the ghetto projects in Plainfield and Newark while growing up. First, They had to overcome money problems; money problems where a problem all the time for example in the chapter “ How much do you need?” His grandma gives Rameck, one of the three doctors money for a portfolio to be in a play. It was $150 that his grandma gave him to become an actor, but when he got to his house his grandma told him not to give the money to his mom. Ramecks mom did drug, she spent all of the money on drug and their power was out and his little sister needed food. His mom asked for the money to turn the power on but Rameck

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

Nothing to say, nothing to do, and nothing to see but people. In this imagery, one notices the description of a small town. One can generalize that those townspeople receive only themselves for entertainment, comfort, or practically anything. Thornton Wilder captures exactly the idea of townspeople in his play Our Town, where he examines three pillars to the lives of a 1900s town, Grover’s Corners, in three acts. First act, he observes the daily life of citizens, with all their familiarity and pleasantries to one another. Second, Wilder captures the pillar of love and marriage with two high-school lovers. Third and last, life’s fragility, timeliness, and flaws from the view of ghosts at a funeral provides interesting takes on the nature of

All towns, cities, and areas have their own specific traits. Small towns tend to be more like a family, while big cities tend to be more passive. Then there are the small areas where people do not make much money and struggle to get by. These areas tend to be more violent and more influenced by drugs and alcohol. This is the area that Andre Dubus III grew up in, in his memoir Townie. His parents were divorced and neither of them made much money so he and his two sisters and brother ended up moving from one small crummy neighborhood to another. In these neighborhoods he would get involved in the wrong crowds and end up doing drugs, drinking, and fighting. This became a way to show power. The most powerful people were strong and always came

After reading the case study Welcome to the new town manager, by Mary Jane Kuffner Hirt, I established three major problems the community of Opportunity needed to correct. These problems involved the water & sewer system, the balancing budget, & the pay-as-you-go method. The city manager, Jennifer Holbrook, must implement strategies that would correct these problems quickly.

The author of “Farm City”, Novella Carpenter, has written quite a good story telling her experience as a urban farmer in raising different types of animals and growing variety vegetables for daily consumption. However, I do not perceive her story as an interesting or well-written story since I encountered a few difficulties that jeopardize her credibility as a good writer. The main difficult that I encountered in her story is following her story plot since most of her story tend to go out of her main objective. For instance, in the second part of the story, the author told a story about how did she started rearing rabbit in her urban farm. The starting of her story was good because she begin the chapter by introducing the person who spark

Before getting into the background of what makes New York City the “Supreme” city it is considered today, it is imperative for all to understand the hardships faced by those who attempted to make a difference. Individuals ventured through the sacred gates with only promise of wealth and happiness to feed the ambition in their souls. Soon thereafter, Tammany was formed, to provide protection and bind the people of each borough. Being part of Tammany created a unified and compact community, which was what strengthened each neighborhood. Jimmy Walker, the Mayor of New York City between 1926 and 1932, grew up in a Tammany neighborhood. Understanding the struggles encountered by people in his community, caused

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.

Baltimore city, home to a wealth of people from all walks of life and how it became the city we know today. Founded by the British during the 1700’s as a port city, Baltimore has a significant historically impact from the American Revolution to the civil war. Originally named for Lord Baltimore of England. The city began its roots on Native American land, which unfortunately pushed the native Americans westward as the city began to grow. Baltimore was chosen as a city settlement as is has one of the most naturally protected harbors in the Americas. The Appalachian mountain range to the west protects the city from eastern moving storm fronts, and the Delmarva peninsula serves to prevent tropical storms or hurricanes

In both Sounder by William Armstrong and Our Town by Thornton Wilder, the characters are faced with loss near the end of the story. It is never said how the surviving characters cope and continue their lives. Some of these characters include both Rebecca from Our Town, who lost her mother and sister-in-law, Mrs. Webb, who lost both of her children. In Sounder, the second-oldest child, loses his father and dog. Each character probably coped in different ways, and each had to remember that life was not over and indeed did go on. They were hard to forget. “There’s something way down deep that’s eternal about every human being.”

The storyline is simple: SCOTUS candidate meets mayhem in DC. however this adventure story regarding Supreme Court pol Edmund Roland (“Rollie”) Madison and his generally ambivalent search confirmation unfolds with lots of twists and turns, not all of them political.

and artistic norms,” the “Village Bohemians”, settled in the port town to enjoy themselves and share their artistic creations. (Sarlós) Due to lack of congruent evidence or remains from those summer months, several myths have arisen regarding the Provincetown Players’ founding, leaving the group’s beginnings fairly open to interpretation. The only three factors in the groups’ birth beyond dispute are as follows: “the plays were first thought of as a profoundly therapeutic party-game for a small, close-nit group; the idea no sooner emerged than it materialized in the form of scripts; Jig Cook was spiritus rector before it all began.” (Sarlos) The Provincetown Players marked a new era of theatricality in the United States and developed a new

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