One may wonder whether they make as great as an impact on others as they may think. “Do I really matter that much? Who would notice if I’m gone? Will others be upset if I leave unexpectedly?”- These are common questions asked by one. Paper Towns, by John Green involves a plotline where Margo Roth Spiegelman is missing after a most adventurous night with Quentin Jacobson. Margo has obviously deployed a large scheme of where she has gone and where she is going. Decipher if one may be able to subtly, or largely connect to Margo’s much detailed description, evaluate her finale of a night, or predict how the long line of hints Margo left for Q, will conclude. Margo Roth Spiegelman is “the girl who loved mysteries so much that she became one” (Green …show more content…
35). She’s wildly adventurous and a large deal to her high school, in this story being set in her senior year. Margo has run away often and come home after her exciting ventures many times. Yet, she can be described as narcissistic (Pg 106; having an excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance). Margo slightly resembles the typical teenage girl, much alike Bella Swan, from Stephanie Meyer’s popular series, Twilight. She’s mainly cool and reserved, yet surrounded by her minimal circle of slightly less popular friends. She notes that they are fake and “paper” (Green 56), or basic and un-opinionated, as well as the residents of and the city or Orlando, itself. Her tentative standpoint in school is always unknown, and it’s not a large deal of fuss for her to go missing-in-action for a few days at a time.
In school, she’s seen as more of a self-centered individual who never really enjoyed anyone else’s company sincerely. Her strict personality is stolid as a stone, such as oneself might seem at times. ☺ Simile Margo’s last night was an incredible, wild, untamed one- in simple words. She had obviously schemed this for some time before hand- quite thoroughly to be honest. Her last night takes place about a month before their high school graduation, when she arrives at Quentin's bedroom window, fashioned in, in the middle of the night. She’s concocted a quest of revenge upon a group of people, of who she feels have hurt during the course of their high school career. There are eleven parts. She’s in need of a car, to help her complete the tasks- as well as a driver, thus, Quentin- her neighbor. To begin, they reach Wal-Mart for a list of items that they’ll need to complete the given plans. Margo and Q then visit her ex-boyfriend, Jase, and her best friend, Becca. Jase has cheated on Margo with Becca sexually, so to get back at them, Quentin calls Becca's parents to inform of their daughter currently having sex with Jase in the basement. A naked Jase escapes the house, avoiding the wrath
of Becca's dad, and Quentin snaps a photo of him. They proceed to break into Becca's home, graffiti a blue "M" for Margo on her wall, and leave a dead catfish in her basement to symbolize Becca’s betrayal. Afterwards, they visit Karin to leave a bouquet of flowers, for Karin informed Margo that Jase was cheating on her, and Margo disrespected at her while in disbelief. Following, Q and Margo venture to Jase's house, break in, and proceed to graffiti another "M", as well as a left behind fish. Lacey, one of Margo's best friends, is the next visited. Margo’s always felt that Lacey’s friendship has never been sincere due to her, because Lacey had often mocked her, along with the making of backhanded remarks of Margo’s physical attributes. So, the two break into Lacey's car, and purposely leave a fish under a car seat, with a graphitized "M" on the roof to wrap the entire present. ☺ Metaphor. The night is followed with sneaking into a SunTrust bank building, to see a panorama of Orlando. Margo refers to Orlando and their subdivision (Page 57, “a portion of land divided into lots for real-estate development”) as a "paper town". She defines this as "fake" and "not even hard enough to be made of plastic” (Green 57). Subsequently, Quentin chooses the school bully, Chuck Parson, to take revenge on; the two sneak into his house, and remove one of his eyebrows with hair removal cream. Their next break in is into SeaWorld, where they are caught for trespassing but are able to leave unharmed, thanks to Margo’s convincing attitude. They are returned to their beds by dawn. As eventful as the night may have been, it was a major first and last for Margo and Quentin, Q especially, because little did he know that after her guised adventure, he would be bereft of their friendship for some time. The following morning leaves Quentin puzzled and happy at the same time. Nostalgia overcomes him, although the night had ended just several hours before. Margo leaves many clues for Quentin to help him in his obsessive search for her. His two best friends, Radar, and Ben assist him in this. In their search they find a quote from one of her favorite books, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, / If you want me again look for me under your boot soles” (Green 142) (“to leave to a person or other beneficiary by a will). Q is led to unscrew his doorjamb to find an address to an old record store of which he then believes she took shelter in. Margo has also left another quote of her own in the store. It reads: “YOU WILL GO TO THE PAPER TOWNS AND YOU WILL NEVER COME BACK”(Green 149). Q discovers thumbtack holes in a wall and he and Ben dig through travel brochures to find a brochure of five thousand American cities. I can predict that Quentin with continue to pursue his long search until he reveals Margo’s location. Shortly after her disappearance, for a small while, Quentin believes that Margo has run away to kill herself. Upon informing Ben of his theory, Ben replies using the word, “cavalier”, (Page 143) which is “the act of showing a lack of proper concern; offhand”. The intimation (Page 154; “a hint/ suggestion, or clue”) of his theory is quickly shut down, and forgotten. Towards the end of my reading I noticed that I believe the plotline is building up to something great in the end. I think Q might travel to another subdivision to find Margo, but I’m not so sure. I predict that Margo Roth Spiegelman is leading Quentin Jacobson in a circle the size of Texas that will just end in a whale-sized disappointment that could’ve been deciphered much earlier than the time consumed. ☺ Hyperbole After understanding the following connections of Margo’s description, evaluation of Margo’s last night, and a prediction of what the insane line of tasks Quentin peruses will result in, one can fully comprehend the basis of the plotline John Green has published. The story’s plotline is a most addicting one with mysterious twists, much like Margo, herself. ☺ Simile
Our Quester : Quentin Jacobson (has always had a secret crush on Margo Roth Spiegelman)
One night Rodolfo overhears Sofia from the attic telling her mother that she is engaged; he is not happy about it but eventually comes to terms and accepts for Sofia to get married. Meanwhile he also tries to connect with his smaller daughter Ana Paula since he has come to realize that his relationship with his older daughter is non-existing. Eventually the family finds out that he has been staying in the attic and Miriam allows for him to move back into the guest room. They agree that he will live there until Sofia’s wedding day. During this time he begins to work on the leaks of the house and restores the house for Sofia’s wedding, meanwhile both Miriam and Rodolfo seem to miss each other and find connections again yet they don’t admit it to each other as well they both stop seeing their lovers. The day of the wedding comes and Rodolfo keeps his word and moves out to his own apartment. The divorce also goes through although it seemed they both new they were making the wrong decision. In the end Rodolfo gains the courage to take serenade to Miriam and they get together again. Sofia ends up getting the blessing from her parents to get married, Victoria gets a scholarship to go study journalism abroad and Ana Paula has gained more attention from both her parents. Rodolfo finds the perfect job that pays well and Miriam comes to feel like more than just a house wife, also they do end up
She always wanted to be the center of attention, she was prejudiced and believed things should stay the same, and she was very selfish. While she thinks she’s above everyone else, she feels that the world revolves around her.
Themes in literary works are central, recurring ideas or messages that allow us to understand more deeply about the characters. It is a perception about life or human nature that is often shared with the reader. In The Catcher in the Rye, there are several themes that can be found in the words and actions of the narrator, Holden Caulfield. The dominating theme in this novel is the preservation of innocence, especially of children. We can see this throughout the novel, as Holden strives to preserve innocence in himself and others.
Have you ever pondered about when growing up, where does our childlike innocence go and what happens to us to go through this process? It involves abandoning previous memories that are close to our hearts. As we can see in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, we listen to what the main character; Holden Caulfield has to say about it. Holden is an average teenager dealing with academic and life problems. He remains untouched over his expulsion from Pencey Prep; rather, he takes the opportunity to take a “vacation.” As he ventures off companionless in New York City, we are able to observe many things about him. We see that Holden habitually states that he is depressed and undoubtedly, wants to preserve the innocence of others.
Mystery is a literary genre that hooks the reader in with thrill and suspense. Mary Reilly is a 1990 parallel novel by American writer Valerie Martin inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson 's classic novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Faithfully weaving in details from Robert Louis Stevenson 's classic, Martin introduces an original and captivating character: Mary Reilly, a survivor who is scarred but still strong, familiar with evil but brimming with devotion and love. The novel Mary Reilly both compliments and complements Stevenson’s novel.
If there were one word to tell what the theme of the book was it would be innocence. How we are all innocent at some point, how to try to keep our innocence, and how no one can keep their innocence forever. We all fall from our innocence. Adam and Eve fell from grace and innocence and set the tone for all of our lives. Throughout the whole book Holden is trying to make people keep their innocence and he wants to hold onto it himself. What he needs to learn and does learn through the course of the book is that no one can keep his or her innocence. We all fall at some point, but what we have control over is how hard we fall.
Paper Towns, written by John Green is an award winning novel narrated by a high school senior, Quentin Jacobsen. Ever since Quentin was younger, he had been secretly in love with his neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman. As they got older, they grew apart and went into different social groups. Quentin is shy and level headed, and hangs out with the band nerds. Margo is adventurous, outgoing and mysterious; she is also the most popular girl in school. Quentin's ordinary life got flipped upside down when one night Margo unexpectedly climbed through his bedroom window for a miraculous adventure. The next day, Margo disappears and Quentin is eager to find her.
The color green can signify many things in the every day life, people may think of it as “go” or as something positive. F. Scott Fitzgerald is an author known to use a lot of symbolism in his writings. In his famous novel, “the Great Gatsby”, Fitzgerald uses the color green to represent various things. His use of the color green represents mostly what Gatsby desires most in life, but he also includes it to represent little things that need thinking to figure out.
confused and immature lady; she doesn't know what or who she wants in her life. She mentions
To truly comprehend the themes in "Young Goodman Brown" you must first understand the influences on Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing. According to the website Hawthorneinsalem.org, Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, son of also a Nathaniel Hawthorne, was actually a descendant of John Hathorne, one of the judges who oversaw the Salem Witch Trials. Because of Hawthorne's Puritan upbringing, much of writings are moral allegories set in colonial New England. Hawthorne returns again to Salem in "Young Goodman Brown" and deals with the theme of the loss of innocence. This theme works to argue the benefits and consequences of Goodman Brown's beliefs before and after his encounter with the devil as well as the beliefs of the Puritans as a whole.
...sed society with religious overtones throughout the poem, as though religion and God are placing pressure on her. The is a very deep poem that can be taken in may ways depending on the readers stature yet one thing is certain; this poem speaks on Woman’s Identity.
... Therefore, instead of losing mental stability because of old memories, one should try to embrace sanity and perpetuate it in life. Moreover, the poem emulates society because people fantasize about looking a certain way and feeling a certain way; however, they are meddling with their natural beauty and sometimes end up looking worse than before. For instance, old men and women inject their faces to resemble those in their youth, but they worsen their mental and physical state by executing such actions. To conclude, one should embrace her appearance because aging is inevitable.
“If people were rain, I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane.” This quote from John Green's Looking for Alaska perfectly describes the relationship between the main characters in Paper Towns. After spending many years loving his childhood friend and neighbor Margo, Q realizes that she isn’t who he thought she was. On an intense hunt to find Margo and her truth, Q learns that people aren't fake and fragile like paper. Stimulating and relatable messages, wonderfully free-spirited characters, and an intensely deep and intriguing plot makes John Green's Paper Towns a thought-provoking, wild, and moving novel about the complexity and perception of humans.
Readers become focused with the intensity and strength of the writer. Margaret Atwood pulls the reader in by bring her art and words to visual life. She makes you think about what she is saying and it then becomes a picture. Pictures lurk your mind as you read the award winning books such as, “The Blind Assassin,” a Booker Prize winner in the year 2000. Her books are bought and read all around the world. Her work has been published in more than thirty-five different languages including; Japanese, Turkish, Finish, Korean, Iceland, and Estonian. (Atwood, “Negotiating With The Dead”) She is an amazing person and shows her strength threw her work. Atwood is an award winner of stories and poems’ like, “Morning After in the Burning House,” and “Murder in The Dark” (Atwood, “Negotiating with the Dead”) She was born to write, and a writer she became.