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    John Green, Author, Producer, YouTuber, Director, etc. He is the author of our generation and has written for the minds of the millennials. Paper Towns, one of his many books can be compared to many of his other writings, including Looking for Alaska. Many of his characters in his stories have similar traits and personalities, which makes reading his work even more interesting, but yet conflicting. John Green makes his characters come to life in his writing, by making them seem similar in ways that

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    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

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    monotonous life. Margo departs at an odd time, leaving perplexing clues along the way. 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

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    In life, there is always that one person who is two faced and acts different around every person, and their best friend sees who they actually are on all sides. In Paper Towns by John Green, Q is the best friend of Margo and he sees who Margo really is, this causes Q to change and become fearless and brave in his relationship with Margo. Q and Margo were best friends when they were kids and Margo lived across the street from him. Margo was always the person to take risks and do anything

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    ​ “It’s a paper town. I mean, look at it, Q: look at all those streets that turn in on themselves, all houses that were built to fall apart. All those paper people, living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm.” (Green, p57) Quentin is also known as Q in the story, falls in love with his neighbor Margo after they take a late night trip to go and play pranks, getting revenge on old friends and break into SeaWorld, as Margo wanted. She’s not the typical girl, she has a passion for

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    “It’s a paper town. I mean look at it, Q: look at all these cul-de-sacs, those streets that turn in on themselves, all the houses that were built to fall apart. All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm.” (Green, 57)The novel “Paper Towns”, by John Green is about a boy named Quentin Jacobson, who has spent a life time loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar, so when she cracks open a window into his life, he follows. I think

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    In the novel Paper Towns by John Green, Quentin (also called Q) is an average teenager with a not-so-average neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman. Since Margo moved to the neighborhood and discovered a dead body while with Q, she has been different. She tried to piece together the puzzle as a kid, later becoming a puzzle herself when she goes missing after a night out with Q. Margo is known for leaving clues behind on her many adventures that she’s gone on, and she usually returns even though no one ever

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    Mya Stewart Mr. Bergmann English 2 P 11 October 2017 Paper Towns by John Green Paper Towns by John Green is in the genre of a daring mystery of teenage kids dealing with the solution of a crime, or unraveling secrets in Jefferson Park, Florida. There are five main characters in Paper Towns. Quentin Jacobson or “Q” is the narrator of this book telling us his story from his point of view ready to graduate and head off to Duke for college. Q grew up with Margo but now is known

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    Paper Towns by John Green is a somewhat romantic young adult novel. The novel’s overlying central idea is that people are not made of paper. They have dimensions; unexposed sides to themselves that the world may never see. A person can never truly be known, because the human mind is a complex thing, filled with nooks and crannies never to be exposed. Quentin, a nerdy high school senior, is, and always has been, infatuated with his next door neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman. Quentin describes

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    Paper Towns, a novel by John Green and a film directed by Jake Shcreier, follows the story of a boy named Quentin “Q” Jacobsen and his quest to find the missing Margo Roth Spiegelman, the love of his life. Despite being neighbours Margo and Q haven’t been friends, have barely even talked, since they were nine years old, despite Q’s unrequited love for her. Until one night at Margo’s persuasion the two embark on a midnight journey of revenge. The next morning however Quentin wakes to find that Margo

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