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    Paper Towns Book Analysis

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    1) The document provides a detailed summary and analysis of the John Green novel "Paper Towns". It describes the plot, characters, themes, and narrative perspective of the book. 2) The main characters are Quentin Jacobsen, who narrates the story, and his mysterious friend Margo Roth Spiegelman, who disappears on the night of their high school graduation. 3) Key themes explored include chasing what you want in life, valuing friendship, and the challenge of truly understanding other people.

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    1) The document provides a detailed summary and analysis of the John Green novel "Paper Towns". It describes the plot, characters, themes, and narrative perspective of the book. 2) The main characters are Quentin Jacobsen, who narrates the story, and his mysterious friend Margo Roth Spiegelman, who disappears on the night of their high school graduation. 3) Key themes explored include chasing what you want in life, valuing friendship, and the challenge of truly understanding other people.

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    Paper Towns Book Analysis

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    BOOK ANALYSIS

    IN
    READING AND WRITING

    “PAPER TOWNS”
    JOHN GREEN

    Submitted by:
    Sonny Boy A. Sajonia
    11-Accountacy, Business and Management

    Submitted to:
    Ms. Karlene Savedra
    Paper Towns

    By John Green

    Paper Towns means different things to Q at different points in the story. But in real life, the
    phrase 'Paper Towns' is about copyright. Mapmakers create fictitious entries in their maps to
    make sure that no one else is copying them. It is through this that he eventually finds Agloe, a
    town that was fake but then made real by virtue of having been put on a map, and in doing so
    finds Margo. There are different definitions of “Paper Towns” for each section of the book, each
    representing a different way of his imagining Margo. Paper Towns does not fight into a literary
    genre because it has components that fits into it and the novel falls into the genre of mystery and
    young adult literature.

    Paper Towns is written from the first-person perspective of Quentin Jacobsen. Quentin narrates
    most of the story in real time. He explains what he is thinking and doing at each moment. Early
    in the book, when Quentin flashes back to his childhood, he tells his story in the past tense but
    again always from his direct and conscious experience. The author never enters into the internal
    mental lives of the other characters in the book. Everything is interpolated through Quentin's
    point of view. However, one important feature of the book is Quentin's attempt to reason about
    the mental states and emotional states of others, especially and overwhelmingly his ability to
    imagine Margo's inner mental life. Ultimately Margo reveals her thoughts to Quentin, but they
    are all presented through Quentin's perspective. Green chose Quentin as a narrator for a very
    specific reason: He "wanted the reader to be conscious that s/he is only seeing Margo through
    Q's eyes, and that Q—at least for much of the novel—knows absolutely nothing about the girl he
    says he loves". Since this is a mystery, and Margo Roth Spiegelman is  the mystery, this puts us
    in a position to learn about Margo, to try to, in essence, "solve" the mystery right alongside
    Quentin.

    The way the characters act communicate like normal people make them believable. In my point
    of view, Quentin Jacobsen is the most believable character in the book because most of the
    things that happened to him are real experiences of teenagers these days and when I was reading
    the book I felt like I was him. Quentin was bullied by Chuck Parson and that makes him
    sympathetic and one of the author that address as a social isues. Also when he went to find
    Margo assuming she left the clues for him to find her but it turns out that Margo left the clues
    just to let Quentin know that she’s okay.

    Quentin act as a genuine, normal, somewhat nerdy, but essentially well-adjusted kid. He likes
    things to be neat and simple, making him the complete opposite of Margo. Quentin had a crush
    on Margo since they were kids, but the distance he kept from her created a perfect image of her
    in his head that turned out not to be real. His desire to find her after she goes missing drives the
    events of the story. As for Margo, she is a stereotypical cool girl. She is the girl “who loved
    mysteries so much that she became one”. Margo acted like a rebel because she wanted to have
    fun and search for herself.

    The arrangement of the book makes the storyline flawy and understandable. The author also
    create their lines consistent and character’s personality the same to easily gain the ideas of the
    story. The plot and subplots are interesting beacuse the trail of clues gives the book a driving
    force, something that makes you want to read on. It balances the comedy and the diary-like
    stories with the mystery, brilliantly, by mixing them together. The story symbolizes the object of
    map that lead Quentin to Margo. Quentin soon realize that since Margo loves mystery, it leds
    him to view the map and connects all the dot of Margo’s puzzle, to know where she is currently
    residing,
    While Quentin and his friends were searching for Margo their friendship became stronger. This
    (friendship) is one of the main theme of the story. Another theme of Paper Towns is chasing after
    what you want in life, no matter what is left behind. This theme is shown through many of the
    characters. Margo expresses this theme as she doesn’t care if she has to leave everything behind,
    she knows that she doesn’t want to be stuck in Orlando for the rest of her life because she hates it
    there. She knew she had to just leave everything all at once of she might not be able to do it. Ben
    also proves that he will chase after what he wants, by not giving up on trying to get a date with
    Lacey. He knew it would be risky and he knew he may get made fun of, but it’s what he wanted
    to he didn’t worry about anyone else. Finally, Q leaves his family and friends at his graduation,
    he misses his graduation, in order to find Margo because that is what he wanted out of life in that
    moment.
    In Orlando, Florida where Margo and Quentin lives, their friendship started to work and bloom.
    It is an indication that Margo is not alone in her journey, in her life because she have Quentin
    and friends. They prove this by searching Margo with her clues and such. Sacrificing everything
    just to find her is an evidence of valuing the friendship that being shared. In the future, I think
    that Margo will find herself, return home and reunite with Quentin. Quentin will propose to
    Margo and after that they will live happily with their children.
    Green said that the great challenge of adulthood is imagining other people complexly and
    understanding that their grief and joy and suffering is as real as our own. We must try to
    understand a person who they really are, rather than who others believe that they could be.
    Living in the story, our lives would be like a rollercoaster, full of ups and downs with mix
    emotions but don’t forget to enjoy the ride. This book is different from the books I read because
    it is a mix of humor, suspense and mystery. It already has a movie, but I think the book is better
    than the movie.

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