In the book “Paper Towns” the author (John Green) uses the symbol of a minivan to represent home and friendship. One day Margo (Quentin’s neighbor/childhood friend) comes up to Quentin out of nowhere, and asks him to help her with getting revenge back to her “ex friends”. Quentin hesitates a little, but gets convinced. They have fun pranking Margo’s ex friends and soon they go their own ways and go back home. The next day Margo doesn’t come to school and is nowhere to be found. Quentin becomes so confused, so he decides to find her himself. He notices that she left little hints for him outside her house. He then decides to follow where these hints lead him. Quentin packs up for his trip and goes on his minivan. But his friends aren’t going let him go alone they also tag along to accompany him. Since Quentin and his friends ride in the van together and
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For example when Quentin was describing and talking about Margo’s disappearance he said that “Margo loved mysteries so much that she became one.” This shows Quentin describing Margo’s love of mysteries with her becoming like one of them, which is comparing it to her sudden disappearance. Another author’s craft that is being used in my book is, that the author described the relationship between Margo. For example on page 11 it says “ 1. I was incontestably in love with her, and 2. She was unprecedented in every way, and 3. She never really asked me any questions, so the only way to avoid silence, is to keep talking to her”. This explains that Quentin and Margo aren’t that close to each other but he wants to build a closer relationship. For now he’s just admiring her from afar.
Overall, this summarizes the author’s craft and symbolism that is being used in this book. As mentioned, the main symbolism of the minivan is friendship and home. It represents the family like relationship and journey that Quentin and his friends go through, throughout the
For example when Quentin was describing and talking about Margo’s disappearance he said that “Margo loved mysteries so much that she became one.” This shows Quentin describing Margo’s love of mysteries with her becoming like one of them, which is comparing it to her sudden disappearance. Another author’s craft that is being used in my book is, that the author described the relationship between Margo. For example on page 11 it says “ 1. I was incontestably in love with her, and 2. She was unprecedented in every way, and 3. She never really asked me any questions, so the only way to avoid silence, is to keep talking to her”. This explains that Quentin and Margo aren’t that close to each other but he wants to build a closer relationship. For now he’s just admiring her from afar.
Overall, this summarizes the author’s craft and symbolism that is being used in this book. As mentioned, the main symbolism of the minivan is friendship and home. It represents the family like relationship and journey that Quentin and his friends go through, throughout the