Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Where is Margo? (Hon English 1A)
Margo Roth Spiegelman is a character in Paper Towns. Quentin (the narrator and main character) has been in love with Margo since they were kids. Now that they are in high school, they have grown apart, but Quentin has remained hopelessly in love. They didn't talk for quite a long time until one night Margo broke out of her house and snuck up to Quentin's window, asking him to come with her on a night adventure that included breaking into Sea World, breaking into 2 peoples houses and one persons car. After that night, Margo disappeared. Quentin and his two best friends (Ben & Radar) have found various hints that they are trying to use to follow and eventually find Margo. The boys and Ben's girlfriend, Lacey, found an abandoned minimall that had evidence that Margo had been alive after her night with Q. One night, Radar and Q were in the minimall and found a map that Margo had not intended for them to find. It had 5 small holes that they used to find 5 locations. Q uses that information to find Agloe, New York. Agloe was a 'paper town', as Margo named it (a town that had been abandoned before it was actually built). For graduation, Q got a car, so the boys and Lacey all skipped graduation for a 19 hour drive from Florida to Agloe. Will Margo even be there? If she is, will she even be alive?
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Paper Towns seems like a very intriguing book! However it sounds very strange... I don't think I understand why someone would break into places and put themselves in an easy target for trouble. But, it sounds very adventurous and interesting and I will give this book a thought for my next choice reading book.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds very typical with the whole 'hopelessly in love character' and then a character who got over him, I like it! This book sort of reminds me of Where'd You Go, Bernadette? in terms of plot because Bea and her father, Elgin, go looking for Bea's mother Bernadette when she goes missing in Antarctica, and Bea has to piece together old emails and articles and things that involve Bernadette to discover where she is. Paper Towns seems interesting in a way like Where'd You Go Bernadette? was. I'll keep that one in mind.
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