Paper Towns by Lux DeMoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv Independent Reading Project en-us 2017-05-19 14:01:33 UTC 2023-04-05 10:15:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Paper Towns Podcast lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174310342 By: bwadah on Audioboom]]> 2017-05-29 23:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174310342 Exposition lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174310505 Paper Towns is set in Orlando, Florida and the main characters are Quentin, commonly referred to as Q, Margo, Ben, Radar, and Lacy. Quentin has known Margo since they were nine years old, but now, in high school, they never talk. Q has a chance to rekindle a friendship with his long time childhood crush and friend Margo when she knocks on his window in the middle of the night. They go on a midnight escapade to avenge Margo from the betrayal of her boyfriend, Jase. When the night ends, all Q can think of is how great his life will be now that they started hanging out again. A few days pass and Margo’s parents told Q’s family that Margo is missing.  Since Margo has disappeared before and is now a legal adult there is nothing anyone can do. She leaves obscure clues as to where she goes, but Quentin wants to search for her and feels like it’s his job to get her back. He begins investigating and finds clues, but he begins to think they are suicide notes.]]> 2017-05-29 23:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174310505 Rising Action lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174311678 Q learns Margo is alive, but still feels as if the notes left were suicide notes. He finds out she accessed a page on Omnictionary, a website in the book similar to Wikipedia. Q searches for a connection between the zip codes that she left as clues. The zip codes are all in New York, but he only looks for paper towns because he knew Margo had a passion for such places and so he found Agloe. He read all about Agloe and saw that somebody left a comment on the page with random capitalization (Margo’s trademark) saying that Agloe, a paper town, will have a population of 1 until noon on May 29. Q sets out to find her on graduation day and his friends insist he needs them on the 21-hour drive.]]> 2017-05-29 23:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174311678 Climax lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174313732 After a 21 hour drive, they finally arrive in Agloe and see Margo’s car parked outside a deserted barn. They enter and see Mago writing, but she only looks at them and continues to write. Margo greets Lacey first and hugs her, then Radar, then Ben, and finally Q. Q is disappointed because he expected something more, but the greeting he received was nothing out of the ordinary. They start to ask her questions, but all she does is insult them and say she is ungrateful that they found her. Everyone retaliates by telling her how much they regret wasting a whole month just to look for her. Radar even says “I think like the clues more than I like you.” and this surprises her. Apparently, Margo didn’t leave the clues for them to find, she actually didn’t want to be found. Margo begins to fight with Q saying he is only upset because she doesn't want to be him. She goes on to talk about how he thought once he showed up to rescue her she would fall in love with him, which is not the case. ]]> 2017-05-30 00:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174313732 lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174315250 2017-05-30 00:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174315250 lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174315561 2017-05-30 00:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174315561 Falling Action lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174315657 Q and Margo finally calm down and have a confrontation. She tells him that she thought of everyone and everything she left behind, but this was something she needed to do for herself. She goes on to tell him that her leaving was actually planned through an adventure story she wrote as a kid and him being her partner and when Jason cheated on her, it felt like all the pieces were falling and she got to live her fantasy adventure. After that adventure though, she knew she had nothing else to do there and that’s why she left. Q just listened and was very defeated. He realized he loved another Margo. Sure, he loved the Margo in front of her. But he admitted that he was imagining a slightly different Margo in his head.]]> 2017-05-30 00:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174315657 Resolution lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174316084 Margo being different didn’t hinder them from being friends and from liking each other. They admit that they both like each other and Margo invites Q to join her in her adventure, but Q declines. In the end, he convinced her to see him during the holidays and to keep in touch with the people she left, especially her sister, Ruth.]]> 2017-05-30 00:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174316084 lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174316429 2017-05-30 00:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174316429 Paper Towns lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174316508 By: John Green]]> 2017-05-30 00:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174316508 All Images from freeimages.com except book cover lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174383119 Bookcover: http://www.johngreenbooks.com/paper-towns/

]]> 2017-05-30 10:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174383119 lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174383596 2017-05-30 11:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174383596 lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174385404 2017-05-30 11:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174385404 lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174385502 2017-05-30 11:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174385502 Videos from YouTube lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174385548 2017-05-30 11:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174385548 lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174385593 2017-05-30 11:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174385593 Some of my favorite quotes from the book lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174441888 "What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person."
"That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste."
If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all

"If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all."

Quotes from goodreads.com
]]> 2017-05-30 15:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174441888 Reasons beyond the quotes lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174443464 These quotes are some of my favorites because they capture what the book is about from different points of view. Q is excited for college and all of the things to come in the future and treasures life. Margo acts different around certain people and pretends to be someone she is not. They each have different views on people and life.]]> 2017-05-30 15:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174443464 My thoughts on the book lux_demoss https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174444250 Paper Towns captures views from many different people and shows how they view life. The way they think of people and the future is completely different. Q needs college and a family to have a fulfilled life, while Margo needs adventure. Most people hate the ending of this book, but I think it is true to life and is the only ending that would make sense based on the context and plot.]]> 2017-05-30 15:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lux_demoss/4ge74nvpx6wv/wish/174444250