Margo Roth Spiegelman is not the normal antagonist in a teen drama. Although Margo isn't exactly the “villain” in this novel, she is still the antagonist. She is gorgeous and has a popular and jock boyfriend, Jase. She wants others to view her personality as the typical popular girl. She doesn’t keep her adventurous attributes hidden from her friends, even though she is very secretive. She doesn’t fully show others her actual personality, Margo doesn’t want anyone to know that she's quite a mysterious person and not the outgoing person they all think of her as. Margo lives life to the fullest; she doesn’t like to stress over her future, as there is “no time[...]”(33) for her. Margo wants to be different from everyone else, she does many things that go against the norms of today’s society, she strongly believes in “random capitalization[...]”(32). …show more content…
She very easily and often points out the imperfections of society. Her tendency to find flaws in today’s society doesn’t give her the opportunity to look at herself and realize how much of a one dimensional “paper” figure she has become in front of society. Margo shows a false personality to society, she doesn’t show her true self. This shows how unreal Quentin’s love for Margo really is, he falls in love with whats on the outside, what she projects out to society. Margo says she finds judging people off their looks “ridiculous[...]”(41), but she still falsely portrays herself to society. Society has no other option than to judge her based on what she shows them, which is a very one dimensional image of herself. All in all, Margo is definitely not the typical antagonist in a teen drama, although she might project herself as the typical popular girl who has the good looks and a popular boyfriend. Under the fake image that is shown to society, Margo Roth Spiegelmans character in Paper Towns contradicts many stereotypes for the antagonist in a teen
Throughout the novel Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, several topics across the novel contribute to the overall theme. From identity, conformity to bullying, the topics of Stargirl cover everything under the Mica sun. Conformity is touched after everyone in Mica Area High School is described as conformists, blending into one another. Identity is challenged by Stargirl as she breaks away from conformity. Bullying makes its debut after the kids at MAHS reject Stargirls quirky ways. Overall, the Stargirl novel puts a fresh take on the underlining theme most people aren’t true to themselves unless they are confident.
Lacey, the last main character in Paper Towns, is a kind-hearted person who helped Quentin during his road trip to Agloe. In the book, Lacey describes Margo, “‘I honestly never thought of her as anything but my crazy beautiful friend who does all the crazy beautiful things,’” (Green 185). In the quote, Lacey talks about Margo, like she was her friend and cared about her, even though Margo
In the book, Paper Towns, there are many people that cause conflict like Chuck Parson, Jase Worthington, and Margo's parents. Throughout the story, these people cause small conflicts. The real person who is always in the center of conflict is Margo. Even though Margo isn't really a "villain", she is the main person that causes all of the conflict in this book. She is very well-known at her school, and she is dating the popular jock, Jase Worthington. Everyone knows Margo Roth Spiegelman.
Even as the “peace and love movement” arose, a series of murders occurred in Tucson, AZ. Charles Howard Schmid Jr., a 23-year-old man, brutally murdered numerous girls and made national headlines. A creepy predator was Oates 's inspiration to create the unscrupulous character: Arnold Friend. Oates creates the perfect picture of a 1960’s typical teenager that gets caught in the middle of the revolutionary era; and eventually becomes a victim of Arnold Friend. Connie is a 15-year-old girl who lives an ordinary life; confused about the girl she is, and the woman she is becoming. Being a teenager is not an easy thing overall, for any girl, in any era. Furthermore, she lives in a fast-paced, transitional
The book Paper Towns by John Green is a story about going past the imagination to actually know somebody. Quentin, who is convinced he is in love with the wild and adventurous Margo, goes on a journey to find her when she ran away. Through this journey, he finds a new Margo, the real Margo. Instead of imagining the Margo of his dreams, who is perfect and daring, he sees a different side, like looking through a fun house mirror. Using the theme of perceptions vs. reality, John Green shows readers through Quentin that you have to dig deeper in order to know and understand someone.
Through the juxtaposition of three young adult novels with struggle for power in the father/daughter relationship and the myth of universal teenage rebellion are present, the argument of “all teenagers are rebellious” is ruled obsolete and untrue. The combination of looking through the Feminist Lens and Youth Lens reading of Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero, and This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp, contributes to the revelation that these female characters who may be perceived as rebellious teenagers are not rebellious at all, but instead redefine the word “rebellious” by gaining power over their own destiny instead of submitting to their parents’
James' manipulation of appearances in Daisy Miller as well as other character's notions of these appearances provides us with a novella of enigmatic and fascinating characters. Daisy, the most complicated of these ambiguities, is as mysterious as she is flirtatious. James gives her a carefully constructed enigmatic quality that leaves the reader wondering what her motivations were and who she truly was. He structures the novella in such a way as to stress the insights that the supporting characters provide into Daisy's character, weather accurate or erroneous. Despite their questionable reliability, they allow James to make commentary on both European and American cultures and social class.
For instance, throughout the sequence, though she is intoxicated, Margo is pictured being quite docile; projecting her voice loud and far so that all the party guests may hear. Her fiery demeanor causes her many of her guests and friends to look upon her as if she’s being unnecessarily rude. However, when compared to the soft-spoken, reserved manor of Eve, Margo’s hostile nature seems to overcome the atmosphere. This contrast between the two women illustrates the common misconstruction that strong, powerful women are hostile and mean because of their success and control. By omitting much of the background sound in this scene, this misconstruction can clearly be seen as well as Margo’s fading security that her guests, friends and colleagues are rooting for her, rather than
Margo is just another victim of the concept of rebirth; for a new star to rise, the older one needs to disappear. Phoebe 2002 analyzes such matter, “But it is her former existence (young self) she must shed in the black waters of Lethe in order to proceed as a ‘fulfilled woman.’ ‘The fading fragrance of the dying rose’ is how Baudelaire said it’” (46). Margo is so mesmerized by the youth and future she possessed.
Leaving town gives her a fresh start and a way to stand out among others. Margo is already different from the stereotypical teenage girl. She believes in the use of random capitalization and often runs away from home, but always returns within a few days. Most of the town, including Margo’s parents, believe that she is just looking for attention so they don’t seem too concerned. These examples show that she does things just to be different from others.
Quentin Jacobsen (Q) has been madly in love with Margo Roth Spiegelman since they moved in next to each other and were childhood friends. While they grow up that drift apart. Quentin goes to school and meets his friends as they are considered the “nerds” of the school but Margo is one of the most “popular” girls in school. In the same day Margo is at Quentin’s bedroom window wanted his car so she can complete her 11 part revenge plot which she also wants help from Quentin. Her first target was her ex-boyfriend Jase and ex-best friend Becca as her boyfriend was cheating with her best friend. Margo and Quentin, put a dead catfish in Becca’s room after they call her father to tell him that Jase and Becca are downstairs, they get a photo of Jase
As the protagonist of the film, Margo Channing’s destructiveness is primarily self-inflicted. She feels vulnerable about her age and is certain that she is an expendable actress in the theatre. Margo takes her frustrations about her age out on Bill, when she misses the reading with Miss Caswell and slyly asks Bill if he is leaving her to go see Eve. In this way Margo is her own harshest critic, and this self-damaging attitude leaves her vulnerable at times in the film. Margo’s wardrobe throughout the film (namely at the Sarah Siddons award and at Bill’s birthday party) is more risqué than Karen’s, perhaps to show her want to hold on to younger fashion trends. This destructive nature is not caused by Bill, who loves Margo unconditionally, but
Margo Roth Spiegelman is a very insecure person in her secret life. Nobody knew who Margo really was. She had chestnut hair, blue eyes and wore dark red nail polish. She was very popular, but inside she didn't enjoy being friends with the popular group, she would rather hang out with Q, Ben, Lacey, and Radar.
Margo Roth Spiegelman is a mystery. She doesn’t tell anyone about her true self and leaves everyone guessing. I don’t think even she knows who the real Margo is. She is the schools it girl. Everyone wants to be Margo. She is very adventurous. Margo doesn’t want to be stuck living in Orlando for the rest of her life. She thinks it is a paper town. I think that people will love that when she does something she is determined and she goes all out. I also think that people will love trying to figure here out and on the other hand others won’t because she is just too complicated to even try to
John Green has utilised the genre of mystery/romance by using the main characters personality’s and qualities to outline these two genres. Quentin is romantic because he goes on a massive road trip and misses out on once in a life time experience in high school just to find Margo. Margo is mysterious as she vanishes without telling anyone and leaves clues which are easy enough to follow and are a sign of being okay. The story flicks back and forth between these two genres about mystery and love. Green has made use of dictation by writing in first person. This creates a thought that Quentin is telling a story in the moment and John Green is writing it down there and then. In the story understatements have been used to allow us to think deeply into the phrases. The phrase “I will miss hanging out with you” was told by Margo the night before she left. This gives sense that she will not see him which gets us thinking she may be leaving because of what she stated, but Quentin takes it differently. He thinks as they are in different social groups at school they won’t be able to hang out any more. Imagery has been created throughout the story due to when Margo explains the city as “paper people in paper houses” we imagine fake people on paper in houses. This could also resemble drawings or creations as Margo has a creative mind. The author also used parallelism this occurred when Margo and Quentin discovered more about themselves at the same time. They also both realise what they want in life at the same time as well. The style of John Green’s writing is he incorporates deep thoughts and intellectual language and concepts while also including how teenagers think and speak to entice them to read the story. All these techniques have been utilised by john Green and to make the story better. I still believe the book is really good because he has incorporated