Ready Reference Treatise: Paper Towns

By Raja Sharma

“Paper Towns” by John Green was first published on 16th of October 2008. It is the author’s third young adult novel. It is a coming-of-age novel.

Quentin “Q” Jacobsen is the protagonist of the novel. He searches his childhood love and neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman. Ben, Radar, and Lacey are Quentin’s friends. Having completed their search of missing Margo, they find out more about the real Margo.

Ready Reference Treatise: Paper Towns
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Overview
Chapter Three: Major Characters
Chapter Four: Complete Summary
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Oct 24, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311676504

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Chapter One: Introduction

Paper Towns by John Green was first published on 16th of October 2008. It is the author’s third young adult novel. It is a coming-of-age novel.

Quentin Q Jacobsen is the protagonist of the novel. He searches his childhood love and neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman. Ben, Radar, and Lacey are Quentin’s friends. Having completed their search of missing Margo, they find out more about the real Margo.

The novel was first included in the school reading lists, but it became controversial because several critics pointed to its sexual content. According to the author, he was inspired to write the novel through his own experience and knowledge of ‘paper towns,’ while he was on a road trip through South Dakota.

The book was adapted into a highly successful movie. It was ranked at number five on the New York Times bestseller list for children’s books. The novel won the Edgar Award for best young adult novel in 2009.

It is a novel in three parts. The three different parts are titled The Strings, The Grass, and The Vessel. These three are specific metaphors. The third part of the novel has been divided into subsections. Each section is given to the hour of the characters’ road trip.

The author has repeated the concept of ‘paper towns’ several times. John Green had heard of many paper towns as a former Orlandoan.

When Green was in his junior year of the college, he and his friend came across a paper town called ‘Holen.’

Paper Town is a highly interesting, informative, and thought-provoking story.

Chapter Two: Plot Overview

The novel is set in and around a fictional subdivision named Jefferson Park. It is located in suburban Orlando, Florida. Quentin Q Jacobsen is the narrator and protagonist of the novel.

The story revolves around the narrator and his neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman. During their childhood, Quentin and Margo find out the dead body of Robert Joyner one day. It transpires that Robert Joyner was a divorced man who had committed suicide in that park.

The narrative flashes forward to the present time Quentin and Margo. Now they are studying at high school. However, they have grown apart from each other. One month before the graduation from high school, Margo appears at Quentin’s bedroom window. She has black face paint and clothes.

It is the middle of the dark night. She is on the mission to taking revenge on a group of students who she believes have hurt her over the course of her high school career.

It transpires that Margo’s mission has eleven parts to it. Margo needs the help of someone. She desperately needs a car to help her complete her mission. She is