John Green

Paper Towns a book by John Green is about the journey Quientin a boy in high school goes on to find his missing friend Margo. When Quentin was little he moved to a new home and right across the street was Margo. He always had a crush on her but never told her. Once high school hit Margo basically forgot about Quentin until one night Margo came to his window and asked him for his help to get revenge on people who had treated her poorly. In that single night Quentin had never felt more alive in…

The book Paper Towns, by John Green, takes place in Orlando, Florida. One of the main characters, Quentin Jacobson, discusses his circumstances of the last weeks of senior year. During the last few weeks, he was reunited with an old friend, Margo Roth Spiegelman. They went off one night pulling off pranks on Margo’s old best friends who had backstabbed her. Gradually they became friends like old times. Unfortunately, Margo went missing and Quentin went out of his way looking for her leaving…

In John Colliers ironic short story “The Chaser,” the main character buys a love potion to make the person he loves fall in love with him. The seller of the potion warns the main character that this isn’t a real love and he will regret it. In the poem “Masquerade” John Mark Green, the speaker explains that we, as humans, become obsessed with the idea of hiding behind masks and the mask don’t reveal our true identities which make it easier for us to fall in “love.” Both the poem and the short…

Olivia Furber Ms.Johnston Grade 7 Literature Summer Reading Paper Towns One of the stories that I chose to read this summer was paper Towns, by John Green. The story’s genre is drama. the lesson in this book was that people have layers. They are not paper.The story takes place in an area called Jefferson park, somewhere near Orlando, Florida. One of the main characters of the story is Quentin, who’s last name is not mentioned in the story. Quentin is a teenage boy. Also, Margo Roth…

A LOT OF THINGS about Deere are as outsize as its big green tractors (the largest comes in at 560 horsepower). The company's growth, for instance: After 10 successive quarters of record revenue gains, Deere reported $32.6 billion in sales for 2012, another record. Its ambition is outsize too: It aims to hit $50 billion in revenue by 2018 and has seven new factories in the works. As for its tractors, bigger isn't always better. Some of the company's top-selling models are too large for growers…

The movie The Green Berets starring John Wayne was directed and written by him and Ray Kellogg in 1968. The film is about a group of Green Berets who are led by Colonel Mike Kirby, played by John Wayne, along with a skeptical journalist who go into south Vietnam to help with humanitarian effects and to stop the spread of Communism from the north Vietnamnese people. George Beckworth, the skeptical journalist, comes along with the Colonel and his group of special forces to see if these is a need…

Movies are a pastime activity that everyone can enjoy. They lend discussion topics to viewers, and in some cases, even create controversy. The movie, The Fault in Our Stars, was written by John Green and displays good quality that leads the viewer on an emotional rollercoaster while watching it play out. It displays various aspects throughout the movie that make it more enjoyable for the viewer. The quality of a movie is one of the most important things a director has to think about when he or…

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…

conclude'.” – Looking For Alaska. To write a summary and review on this book with only 800 words would be unfair, it’s not enough. So, here goes nothing. This is by far one the best books I’ve ever read. Sadness, guilt, anger, mischief, trust, love, John Green penned these in a way I’ve never encountered in any other books. I read this book in one siting; it’s haunting and compelling in the simplest of ways. This is a story of one boy’s journey to seek a Great Perhaps, a story about friendship…

The book is entitled Looking for Alaska and it is about a girl who suddenly vanished for an unknown reason. The author of this book is John Green. What I like about this book is that it values friendship, their characters are very relatable and it possesses a deeper meaning. The book really showed how to value friendship. In the book, the main character which was named Miles Halter was a new student in their school. He immediately found friends which stayed by him through good times and bad…