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John Green is an outstanding award winning novelist whose books have been read by many if not all teenagers. In his book Paper Towns, he writes about the numerous adventures and discoveries of Quentin Jacobsen, a rule abiding senior from Orlando, Florida. From the night that Margo Roth Spiegelman, an old childhood friend and Quentin’s neighbor, comes through Quentin’s window and asks for his help to solving the case of Margo’s predicted disappearance Quentin will be in for major changes in his life. Throughout the novel, Quentin unfolds his determined yet cautious actions when dealing with Margo; he plays a role in being a criminal partner and becomes a hound for clues from Margo; and he recognizes his disregard of who people are instead of …show more content…
When Margo was coaxing Quentin to assist her in committing pranks against her friends during the night, Quentin asked “any Felonies?” Margo replied with “remind me if breaking and entering is a felony” (Green 26). “No” he said, “No it’s not a felony or no you won’t help?” she asked (Green 26). “No I won’t help” he answered (Green 26). Although he was unwilling at first, Margo would sweet-talk him into joining in on her plans. Quentin would eventually follow through with Margo and do all of the insane schemes that she …show more content…
This was decided when Margo snuck into his window late at night. She asked him to be the designated driver and assist her because it would be a time crunch. “Q … We have to go” Margo said (Green 28). “And so I went” claimed Quentin as they had made their way out to his mother’s minivan (Green 29). Not only would Quentin help Margo get back at her disloyal but Margo would also encourage Quentin to get back at his nemesis, Chuck Parson. After a period of time the adventure would promote Quentin and his friends to become royalty at their school. Not only would Quentin accommodate Margo with her plans and help the long term social life of his friends, Ben and Radar, but he would also spend a crucial amount of his time piecing together the purposely put out and accidently found clues Margo left behind. “She wanted me to play out the string, to find the place where she stopped and was waiting for me, to follow the bread crumb trail until it dead-ended into her” (Green 117). He knew that there must have been a reason why she left and he was going to find out why and why she left the clues she

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