An Abundance of Katherines

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Imagine only dating an individual group of people. Only falling in love with a specific type of person. John Green portrayed this in his book, An Abundance of Katherines, published by the Penguin Group in 2006. This publication is a fictional novel directed towards young adults. John Green has also written Looking for Alaska, Will Grayson, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. An Abundance of Katherines was a success because of the detailed descriptions, the superior writing style, and the suspenseful cliffhangers. Colin Singleton, a child prodigy, was fixated on only dating girls named Katherine. At only seventeen years of age, Colin had dated nineteen girls named Katherine, in a row. Not only had Colin’s life been revolved around Katherines, but also around becoming a genius. Furthermore, he wanted to create the Theorem of Underlying Katherine Probability, a theorem that would predict the future of a relationship that is meritorious. Colin wants to make a difference and find his place in the world. “I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter” (Green 94). Colin’s best, and only friend, was Hassan Harbish. Hassan is funny, lazy, and obsessed with Judge Judy. Colin and Hassan’s friendship consisted of Hassan always being the voice and Colin always had been the brains. However, after his last break up with Katherine number nineteen Colin became depressed. All he wanted to do was lay around and feel sorry for himself. Therefore, Hassan had to step in to commiserate with Colin, and he decided that Colin needed to get his mind straight again and forget all of his past relationships. To do so, Hassan suggested they both go on a road trip, and after persuading their parents for permis... ... middle of paper ... ...readers on their toes from what was going to happen next. When Colin was depressed that he had lost yet another girl he loved, Katherine nineteen, Hassan showed up to commiserate with him. However, Hassan was not there simply to sympathize with Colin, he was there on a mission. “You have a very complicated problem with a very simple solution” Hassan said (Green 11). The reader had to keep reading to see what Hassan meant about the solution to Colin’s problem. The solution ended up being a road trip. Throughout the novel the reader finds out that one cannot stew over a negative situation, but instead, find the positive in a negative situation and move on to better things. In addition, people should always be themselves because we all matter, no matter what our differences. Works Cited Green, John. An Abundance of Katherines. New York: Penguin Group, 2006. Print.

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