Text to Text- Paper Towns
Paper Towns, by John Green, is about a daring young girl named Margo and her neighbor/childhood friend/secret admirer, Quentin. Margo Roth Spiegelman is known for running away from home and leaving clues for her family to find her, but this time, she left clues for Quentin. Before she "went missing," Margo came through Quentin's window one night asking for a ride. He didn't know it yet, but that would be the best night of his life. His main job was to drive Margo around town in his mom's Chrysler minivan for her to complete the eleven parts of her plan of revenge. She gets revenge on some people that wronged her by vandalizing the cars and property of her cheating boyfriend, and everybody connected to him. Margo disappears after that night, leaving clues for Quentin to find her. Her parents are more aggravated than worried, because Margo often disappears. It has been four days and Margo isn't back home in Orlando, which is unusual for her, so now it is up to Quentin to find her and bring her home.
Margo reminds me of a character from another book called Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli. Both girls are different from their peers and stand out from the rest. They both do things that most normal kids wouldn't do. For example, Margo often leaves clues when she runs away from home just for the fun of it, and Stargirl (Susan Caraway) is friendly to everyone, plays her ukulele wherever she goes, and even sings to all of her peers on their birthday. The two girls are both passionate people that are really good at what they do, and are very funny and smart. They know that they are different from everybody else, but they embrace who they are because they don't care what other people think. At the end of the book, Stargirl disappears, just like Margo does. Both girls are great examples of believing in themselves instead of relying on others' opinions, and that is a great quality to have.
I love the way that John Green made the main character a strong, adventurous young woman. Margo is truly unstoppable, and all of her peers know who she is and what will happen if they mess with her. She is a great example of a woman that can be independent and still stand tall, even if she doesn't have a man. It is a great twist to the story that the boy in the story has a crush, and not the other way around. This book is a great story about modern women, their independence, and need for adventure and exploring, not a fake paper town.
Margo reminds me of a character from another book called Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli. Both girls are different from their peers and stand out from the rest. They both do things that most normal kids wouldn't do. For example, Margo often leaves clues when she runs away from home just for the fun of it, and Stargirl (Susan Caraway) is friendly to everyone, plays her ukulele wherever she goes, and even sings to all of her peers on their birthday. The two girls are both passionate people that are really good at what they do, and are very funny and smart. They know that they are different from everybody else, but they embrace who they are because they don't care what other people think. At the end of the book, Stargirl disappears, just like Margo does. Both girls are great examples of believing in themselves instead of relying on others' opinions, and that is a great quality to have.
I love the way that John Green made the main character a strong, adventurous young woman. Margo is truly unstoppable, and all of her peers know who she is and what will happen if they mess with her. She is a great example of a woman that can be independent and still stand tall, even if she doesn't have a man. It is a great twist to the story that the boy in the story has a crush, and not the other way around. This book is a great story about modern women, their independence, and need for adventure and exploring, not a fake paper town.
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