Literature Appreciation Q4 P5

      Paper Towns , by John Green, is a story about an adventurous girl named Margo, who goes missing, and leaves clues for her neighbor, Quentin, to find her. Quentin recently went into Margo's room, when her parents weren't home, to find clues. He found a book of poems by Walt Whitman, and he found highlighted words in the poem, "Song of Myself." The words that Margo highlighted suggest death, such as, "I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, / If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles." This part in the poem leads Quentin to believe that Margo may have committed suicide. He also does research on what a 'paper town' is, because that is what Margo called Orlando. He found that a paper town could also mean a 'pseudovision,' meaning an abandoned subdivision because they didn't have enough funding to finish building. He searches every abandoned subdivision within three miles of Orlando, and visits them. Quen...

      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...

      The Fault in Our Stars , written by John Green , is about a sixteen year old girl that was diagnosed with Stage 4 thyroid cancer, but eventually spread to her lungs. She has lived with cancer since she was diagnosed with it at the age of 13, taking an experimental drug named Phalanxiphor. While attending a weekly Support Group, Hazel meets a boy named Augustus Waters, an amputee and survivor of osteosarcoma. Augustus and Hazel become friends, although Augustus has a crush on her. They start to unofficially date, because Hazel thinks of herself as a grenade, eventually going to explode and hurt everyone close to her. Both teens have/had a disease, so they are qualified for a Wish at the Wish Factory, a place that grants wishes for sick children. Augustus saved his wish, but Hazel spent hers on Disney World. He decided to surprise Hazel with a trip to meet her favorite author, Peter Van Houten, in Amsterdam. She...