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    Paper Towns John Green

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    The book "Paper Towns" By: John Green, is about two teenagers who go on a one night adventure around Orlando, Florida. Quentin is in love with Margo, the girl who has disappeared the next day. John Green's goal to set up the problem, he also uses symbolism, and descriptive language to let you imagine what's happening. First, one goal that I have noticed in "Paper Towns" is that John Green had set up the problem. Here is a sentence from the book, that expresses the goal that Green uses, "As mom

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    Paper Towns By John Green

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    The book, Paper Towns, written by author John Green, consists of three main character: Margo Roth Spiegelman, Jason Worthington and Quentin Jacobson. These main characters live in a world of status and it could take anything to lose it. The main antagonist of this novel is Jason Worthington. He is one of the most famous people in the high school that Margo and Quentin go to. He cheated on Margo with her friend, Becca. He is a very rude person who alwy 's bullies Quentin and so Margo is against this

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    Paper Towns John Green

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    Paper Towns written by award winning author John Green, is a captivating, intriguing, innovative, coming of age novel that had me hooked from the first paragraph. The novel follows the story of a teen boy - Quentin Jacobsen and his overwhelming obsession and love towards his ex childhood best friend Margo Roth Spiegelman. After spending a night together for the first time in nearly 11 years, Quentin then goes on to discover important life lessons after Margo simply disappears without a trace, leaving

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    In the novel Paper Towns by John Green there are three settings. One of the places is high school, another is Sea World, and the last one is Agloe, New York. The book starts off at high school. Quentin’s mom drops him off at school in the morning on her way to work. When they drive into the school parking lot they see teenagers laughing and hanging out with their friends. Quentin looks out his window and sees Margo and her friends sitting on her car. When he gets out of the car he walks over to

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    The novel Paper Towns by John Green is a New York Times bestseller loved by many teens and adults. Quentin Jacobsen is the narrator of the story and his crush is Margo Roth Spiegelman, even since he was a kid. They have quite a strange relationship. In part one of the novel, Margo convinces Quentin to go on a vengeful night out adventure. After they prepared for the revenge quest, Quentin says he does not want to get in trouble. He explains to Margo that he would like to have a good time, but not

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    Paper Towns John Green

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    SETTING In the book Paper Towns by John Green, the story takes place in Orlando, Florida. The author describes the setting as a suburban neighborhood in that is located in Jefferson Park in the beginning. Then the setting develops towards the outskirts of Orlando as Quentin Jacobsen begins his search for Margo. In the search for Margo, his clues lead him to a mini-mall that was abandoned in Christmas, Florida. However, as the journey continues Quentin he searches for Margo in areas called “pseudo

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    “A paper town for a paper girl” - Margo “All those paper people living in paper houses burning the future to stay warm” is just a look into a teen novel Paper Towns written by John Green and was released in 2009. Paper towns is a teen novel that outlines the relationship between two childhood friends but as they have grown up their friendship has grown apart. Quentin and Margo are now graduating high school when Margo feels she needs a change in her life. Taking Quentin her childhood friend on a

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    Paper Towns by John Green is Edgar Award winning young adult literature that conveys the theme of the complexity of humanity. The exposition for this novel characterizes on two characters Quentin Jacobsen, the narrator of the novel, who characterizes in shyness and suffocating relationship with his neighbor and lover, Margo Roth Spiegelman. Quentin is a normal high school senior whose life alters in the changing setting that takes place with disappearance of Margo. The rising action is presented

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    believe that a person is more than a person.” –John Green. This quote is one of the many that seems to reach out, grab you by the neck, and want you to see its deeper meaning. In the book, Paper Towns it approaches the subject of people being more than what they seem or what we believe them to be. This book definitely changed my way of thinking. Maybe Paper Towns can change you’re perspective on people as well! Paper Towns is a novel written by John Green. It’s about Quentin “Q” Jacobsen who is now

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    In “Paper Towns” by John Green, the author uses the elements of culture: setting, characters, and symbolism to illustrate the overarching theme of the novel. One of the main themes of the novel is chasing after what you want in life, no matter what is left behind. Green shows this through characters such as Margo. Margo acts as if she couldn’t care less if she was forced to leave her life behind. She left Orlando because she did not like the area, and to her, it was bound to happen eventually. Green

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