Paper Towns John Green Quotes

In the novel Paper Towns by John Green the main character, Quentin Jacobsen, has lived in Orlando, Florida his whole life. Growing up Quentin lived with his parents who happen to be therapists. While being an only child, Quentin was able to develop his own personal routine. Quentin’s routine was simple, since he did not really have his own car to bring himself anywhere but, school and home. Quentin spent a lot of time at home either IMing with his friends or thinking of Margo anywhere he would go. Nonetheless Quentin thought he knew himself from the inside out until one adventurous night with Margo Roth Spiegelman. Quentin develops from a self-conscious and mundane character to someone comfortable in his own skin through his search for Margo; therefore, Quentin’s character helps to drive the thematic idea of identity searching by searching for Margo in return

In the beginning of the book Quentin believes he knows who he really is and expresses himself in one way by picturing himself in the future following the paths of everyone by going to college then getting a job. During part two of the book Quentin begins to find clues towards where Margo is located, he begins to realize who he really is not realizing that he is changing and being able to become happy with who he really is. When Quentin and his friends travel to Algoe, NY in part three and eventually finds Margo he begins to figure out how different they truly are by becoming happy with who he is. Quentin at the beginning of the novel thought he knew who he really is but in reality he had not started to look and accept who he is until he started his journey to find