Paper Towns: Margo Roth Spiegleman

Paper Towns Whether it is musicians, actors, athletes, or figures of authority, everyone has somebody they admire and aspire to be like. Sometimes, these people aren't as wonderful as they appear through the media. It is easy for people to idolize celebrities and acquaintances, when they are far from deserving. John Green's book Paper Towns deals with this topic very well. The main character Quentin learns this lesson first hand. Quentin Jacobsen is a bit of a geek. One night, he is confronted at his window by his popular neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegleman. Margo is known for her carefree attitude, ability to get out of trouble, and wild adventures. She needs Quentin's help and his minivan to sneak out, visit SeaWorld after hours, and get revenge on some of the people who have wronged her. Quentin, dubbed Q by his friends, decides to accompany Margo and enjoys the thrilling night with the girl who has the life he dreams about. The whole night Q has questions he wants to ask Margo, but he does not get the opportunity to ask her. He plans to talk to her at school the
Quentin changes the most. He begins as a geeky teenager who wants his life to be exciting, unlike his day to day routine of school and playing video games with his friends. As the story progresses, he gets the excitement he was looking for, but he realizes it is not as great as it seemed. He had false hope that Margo was sending him on some great quest, but his hopes are crushed when he finds Margo. This was a necessary disappointment, as it taught him that sometimes humans make people out to be better in our heads than they are in real life. Margo changes as well. She chooses that she does not want to live the shallow life she had been, and she wants to do something meaningful, so she leaves to write and sort out her thoughts. The supporting characters change as well. Ben and Radar mature throughout the story and Lacey becomes less