Friendship means understanding, not agreement, it means forgiveness, not forgetting, it means the memories last, even if the contact is lost. The novel Paper Towns by John Green is the story of a boy named Quentin Jacobsen and the adventure he is drawn into by his childhood friend and secret love Margo Roth Spiegelman. With the help of his two best friends: Ben and Radar, and some puzzling clues that Margo left behind, Quentin embarks on an obsessive mission to find the girl who stole his heart and made him feel truly alive. However, taking your friends for granted leads to negative consequences. Misunderstandings, low self-esteem, and risk of friendships are the negative consequences that can arise from taking your friends for granted.
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After the series of events leading up to Margo’s disappearance, all Quentin had in mind was Margo. His love for Margo had him take his friends along on an obsessive mission to find her, but strictly on a schedule. Going behind on their schedule could result in them missing prom. However, when Quentin could not find Margo upon reaching Algoe, New York, Quentin did not give up putting their prom at risk. Quentin did not care whatsoever, but to Ben and Radar this was a red flag. Quentin’s selfish motives caused his two best friends to walk out on his mission. On top of that, Quentin’s ambitious desires of being together with Margo and believing she likes him left him heartbroken when hearing Margo say the words “Nothing ever happens the way you imagine it will” (Green 299). Quentin felt as though “These people leave us, or don’t love us, or don’t get us, or we don’t get them, and we lose and fail and hurt one another.” (Green 302). This goes to show that Quentin felt like he had created a mess because of his obsession over Margo which altered not only his relationship with his best friends but shattered his hopes of his relationship with Margo, thus making him undergo low …show more content…
What had been showcased in the novel were the negatives consequences that occur from taking your friends for granted. This includes misunderstandings between friends, having low self-esteem from the broken hopes and aspirations, and putting friendships at risk by selfish actions. It is important to remember that friends do not last forever as they can be gone the second you begin to undervalue their
After the series of events leading up to Margo’s disappearance, all Quentin had in mind was Margo. His love for Margo had him take his friends along on an obsessive mission to find her, but strictly on a schedule. Going behind on their schedule could result in them missing prom. However, when Quentin could not find Margo upon reaching Algoe, New York, Quentin did not give up putting their prom at risk. Quentin did not care whatsoever, but to Ben and Radar this was a red flag. Quentin’s selfish motives caused his two best friends to walk out on his mission. On top of that, Quentin’s ambitious desires of being together with Margo and believing she likes him left him heartbroken when hearing Margo say the words “Nothing ever happens the way you imagine it will” (Green 299). Quentin felt as though “These people leave us, or don’t love us, or don’t get us, or we don’t get them, and we lose and fail and hurt one another.” (Green 302). This goes to show that Quentin felt like he had created a mess because of his obsession over Margo which altered not only his relationship with his best friends but shattered his hopes of his relationship with Margo, thus making him undergo low …show more content…
What had been showcased in the novel were the negatives consequences that occur from taking your friends for granted. This includes misunderstandings between friends, having low self-esteem from the broken hopes and aspirations, and putting friendships at risk by selfish actions. It is important to remember that friends do not last forever as they can be gone the second you begin to undervalue their