Paper Towns by John Green is Edgar Award winning young adult literature about two friends who have drifted apart throughout the years and things don’t go as planned when the reconnect many years later. I chose this fantastic novel, because I am a fan of the author, John Green. The novel takes place in a Florida suburb. The antagonist of our story states that these suburbs are “paper towns,” because nothing in the town is real. The citizens don’t know what else is out there and are always worried about the future. A paper town has a double meaning. It also gives us a clue to where the antagonist hides out during the novel. It is discovered in the book that paper towns is a name for copyrighted maps. On these maps there would be towns that never existed that showed where the origin of the map was from. These towns became known as “Paper Towns.” The story follows two high school seniors coming up on their fast approaching graduation day. One night Margo Roth Speigalman climbs through Quentin Jacobsen’s window and asks him to come on her escapade of revenge. After their night of fun and vengeance Quentin thinks everything will change, but Margo Roth Speigalman has disappeared. Quentin feels that Margo wants him to find her and sets out on a journey to find his lost love. Quentin Jacobsen thinks that everyone gets a miracle. What was his miracle? Quentin’s miracle was that he lived next door to the most beautiful, enigmatic, and intelligent being, Margo Roth Speigalman. Since the age of nine, Quentin has been infatuated with Margo, but in an unexpected turn of events Margo becomes distant. At nine years old both children travel to their neighborhood park, Jefferson Park. There they find the body of a man named Robert Joyner who com... ... middle of paper ... ... interesting. Not to mention my love for John Green’s style of writing. Overall, I was left wanting more and turning the page every chance I got. John Green continued my love for his unique story telling with this new novel, has expanded my thoughts, and has helped me realize that my actions will come back to haunt me and might even hurt those I love. Paper Towns has taught me many lessons about life, love, and enjoying others while their still around and not to take any moment for granted. The characters were well developed. The plot was interesting, new, and gave a fresh new outlook to many things. Overall it was an expertly put together novel; a novel that I could read again and again. Like I said before, I fell in love with this book, the mysterious Margo, The quiet and shy Quentin, the outrageous Ben and Radar, and the words that brought them all to life.
The diverse alternation of point of views also provides the story an effective way to reach out to readers and be felt. The characterisation is effectively done and applied as Sam, Grace, and the other supporting characters play individual, crucial roles in the course of the story. All the elements of a typical young adult novel, consisting of a gap-filled relationship between children and parents, emotion-driven teenagers, and a unique conflict that makes the book distinct from fellow novels, combined with the dangerous consequences of the challenges the couple encounter, make the book different from all other of the same genre. The plot unfolds slowly giving readers enough time to adjust and anticipate the heavy conflict when it arises. It has gotten us so hooked but the only thing we could possibly dislike about it was the slow pace of plot. The anticipation was too much to handle and we were practically buzzing and bouncing to know how the story turns out as we read. It builds the anticipation, excitement, thrill, sadness, grief, loss, and longing in such an effective way to entice and hook readers further into the world of Sam and
middle of paper ... ... was a well written book it was very detail and good storywriter but the end didn't have a big enough bain. Like it just made it like a dull ending but all the way up to where Tim goes crazy on the Rebel's. He also kind of fueled you which is kinda good when u first read this tittle you think the British killed Sam when it was Rebel's.
Evaluation: I thought the book was very exciting and suspenseful like her other books. The book had very good detail and an interesting plot. I liked the twist when Juan and the girl’s father came upon Glenn walking down the road. I also liked how the author described the action in great detail. It made me feel like I was right there seeing it all happen firsthand. I don’t think that the author could’ve made this book any better than she did already.
Fans of the novel like the way you get to see inside Grace and Marty 's personalities, and the way that these two kids are just like any other, if not a little more unusual. You will find yourself glued to the pages until you have finished reading the novel. The adventures will make it so that you only breath about every once in a while and you will like the characters you are reading about, even if you are an adult. The novel is vivid in description and it is almost as though you are able to make a movie of things in your head. Some felt that they were along for the ride with the heroes, Grace and Marty, in this one and they enjoyed every moment of
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
Green drags the reader right into the text from the very beginning, and very skilfully keeps the reader engaged to the end of the introduction. With varied techniques to convey his message, Green is able to summarize the novel and grab attention in the few opening pages.
In the book Paper Towns by John Green, the reader learns many important themes. The main character Quentin tries to find his friend Margo, but he must figure out her clues. On the way to find her; he learns many lessons that become important to him. The themes of the story are don’t judge a book by it’s cover, real friends are forever, and always be yourself.
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.
account of success and its unhappy fallout, and a great look into New York City life
Moderata Fonte’s Venetian ladies debated the worth of women while cavorting in their fictional garden in 1605; Tempel Anneke met her unhappy fate in the 1660s. The seemingly enlightened and forward-looking feminist attitudes articulated in Fonte's text were absent from the Brunswick courtroom where the allegations against Tempel Anneke eventually brought about her death. The two accounts illustrate the differences in the attitudes towards women between European states during the 17th century. The differences are technically religiously based, however, they deal with the differences of the specific regional factors of the areas discussed. The differences explain why the attitudes of Fonte’s ladies and the persecutors of Tempel coexisted in roughly the same era. Fonte's ladies are Italian Catholics, and Anna's neighbors are German Protestants, therefore, the ideals of women are varied based on religious experience. Additionally, the theory of reason of state that came about with the consolidation of authority consisted of centralization and secularism that subordinated the social role ...
...s and John Green have used the literary techniques of setting, narrative perspective and minor characters in their novels to create awareness around how ordinary people are capable of extraordinary courage, effort and self-sacrifice. They have achieved this by using a setting that explores the difficulties that the characters face throughout the novel. Narrative perspective illustrates to the readers just how relatable and ordinary these characters are, and yet they perform astonishing acts of audacity. The technique of using minor characters also reveals the feats of courage that regular people make, so that it is clearer for the reader to understand the personality of each character. Sparks and Green have both done an insightful job of raising awareness to the acts of bravery the characters demonstrated which resulted in two incredible and heart-warming novels.
“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.
...st about the book is that the author introduced different characters with different paths that lead them to criminal activity. I also liked the fact that Mark gave the kids an opportunity to express their feelings and in some way escape the reality especially those that were sentence to 15 years in prison. I personally believe that Mark learned a lot more from his students than what the students learned from him. The books also helped me understand teenagers a lot better especially now that I started working at a group home I understand the different behavior each client have. It made me realize that each one comes with a different background and that is important to listen to what they have to say. Overall the book is great and mostly because is nonfiction. Is important to keep on mind that our goal with juveniles is to change their path way in a positive way.
Often people go through life without grasping the importance of their existence or the great impact other people can make on their lives. Once people are thrown into a situation that requires them to look beyond themselves and analyze the world, they recognize ideas that help them comprehend the confusing components of life and the contrasting personalities of others. John Green’s Paper Towns explores these ideas through the eyes of Q Jacobsen, who embarks on a journey to understand and locate Margo Roth Spiegelman, whom he as loved from afar, after she recruits him on a midnight campaign of revenge and then mysteriously disappears. Q’s search for the real Margo has helped me see that there is power in the way one views life and the people around them.
John Green is an American author, grown up in Orlando, Florida. He is known around the globe as the New York Times-bestseller of novels like Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns and The Fault In Our Stars. In addition, his books have been published in several languages. John Green was the 2006 recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, a 2009 Edgar Award winner, and has twice been the finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.