Paper Towns

Paper Towns Paper Towns is an American drama, mystery and romance film that is entitled the same novel, Paper Towns by John Green. The film is about a boy named Quentin, who has the time of his life when he joins Margo, a girl he has loved for many years in an all- night adventure. Margo, who later on disappears, leaves clues for Quentin and his friends to follow on their journey of a lifetime. What makes this film so different from other “cliché teen in High School” films, it the ending.. That what’s characteristic and makes this movie unique is that it doesn’t have the typical end, it’s not the typical boy gets the girl end. It is more about experiencing life, the film seems to tell us that there is more to than life than just a girl, there is more to life than high school. According to the film, living life is not about the destination, but about the journey. Everything in high school is just temporary. When everything is over and they finally start a new chapter in life, things like popularity, boyfriends, homework etc. Do not matter anymore. When they graduated from High School,…

Paper Towns is a coming of age novel set in Orlando, Florida. It was written by John Green in 2008 and features high school students as they coming to terms with growing up and learning about the diversity and complexity of humans. By exploring how the characters learn the book connects to its audience and gives them the chance to reflect on their own lives. The novel begins in a subdivision called Jefferson Park. The narrator Quentin “Q” Jacobson and his neighbour Margo Roth Spieglman, both…

strive for or experience daily into one movie. Romance, laughter, a journey, some hardships, and connecting. A film released in 2015 defined as a romance dramedy, yet the directors decided to push the boundaries and make it bigger than a typical romance comedy. This movie was quickly glossed over and thrown to the side by the public but deserves treatment as more than average. Jake Schreier's Paper Towns has created beauty out of hardship with flying colors and should be considered a top movie. …

The book Paper Towns by John Green begins with young Quentin “Q” Jacobsen and Margo Roth Speigelman who live in the subdivision Jefferson Park which is part of Orlando Florida. They’re neighbors and are also very good friends. The book starts out with them going to the park where they find a dead man who has shot himself. After they leave the park and get back home, the novel moves forward in time to when they are in high school. Q and Margo have grown apart and do not talk much anymore. One…

In 2008, author John Green published his book Paper Towns. After reaching number five on the New York Best Times Sellers List and receiving the 2009 Edgar Award for best young adult novel, the Young Adult Book popular amongst the younger generation received it film adaptation on July 24, 2015. Both the book and film center on a group of High school Students who live Florida. The main characters in this story include Quentin Jacobson (protagonist), Margo Roth Speilgleman. From a young age,…

Independent Reading Task Paper Towns by John Green Paper Towns is an award-winning novel by John Green. The novel is a story set in a small town in Orlando, Florida. The story is narrated by and follows the main character, Quentin. As the reader follows Quentin we learn about how he thinks and more importantly how much he likes a certain girl, who he hasn’t spoken to since they were kids. But one night, she leads him on an adventure until dawn and then disappears the next day. The focus of this…

Paper Towns Book Report The novel "Paper Towns" by John Green focuses on the narrator Quentin "Q" Jacobsen, and his neighbor, the "magnificent" Margo Roth Spiegelman. Quentin Jacobsen is a seventeen-year-old who lives in a subdivision in Orlando called Jefferson park along with his childhood best friend, Margo who he has been in love with his entire life. Quentin is an intelligent boy who likes to stay in the comfort zone, and Quentin is not part of the “it” crowd he is…

love and fascinated with her. Paper Towns is the story of Quentin, finding himself through finding his childhood and high school crush, Margo. He had always loved her because she had something unique and special that he couldn’t find in another girl. When she disappears after a night of pranking that she exclusively invited him to, he goes on a search, following a trail of clues she had left behind. However, some of the clues she left hinted her suicide so his search turned into a time bomb with…

In the novel Paper Towns, John Green, writes about the friendship of Quentin Jacobsen (a.k.a “Q”) and Margo Spiegelman who end up becoming neighbors in Florida at the age of nine. And they have managed to stay best friends all the way to their last year of high school. One night Margo convinces Q to help her get revenge on the people that have betrayed her. So he helps. The next morning, Q does not find Margo at school and realizes that she has run away. Eventually, Q and his friends are able to…

Small Town Communities Living in a small rural community like Ellendale has been a great influence on my life. The small town life has been fun and makes me want to come back. The ability to ride bike from one side of the town to the other is also another convenience of living in this community. The support for local sports teams in small towns is also very good. Families and people who don’t have kids playing still come and cheer on their hometown team. It creates a very good relationship…