Free Write- Favorite character

There's something about picking up your favorite book and instantly being comforted by your favorite character. For me, the book is Paper Towns by John Green. The book is about a girl who  after an adventurous night full of revenge, up and runs away. Leaving clues for her neighbor and childhood friend to find her. Except she didn't think he cared enough to actually follow the clues to find her. Love-struck he researches for weeks trying to find her. He finally does and he learns the truth about Margo Roth Spiegelman. Now, I'm not going to spoil the ending for you but I will say this; In the end the boy learns a lot not only about himself and Margo but about people and life in general.

Margo Roth Spiegelman happens to be my favorite character. Not because she actually runs away and gets away from her paper town but because she's adventurous, she stands up for herself, and most importantly; she's relatable.  Margo spent her entire high school career pretending to be something she's not, pretending to be friends with people she hates, pretending to care about what others think. Then one day she just snapped. Everything came crashing down. So she did what she thought was best, got revenge. Revenge on the people that had hurt her.To correct the wrongs. But in the end she did get her revenge, but she also hurt the people that really cared about her.

I think Margo is my favorite character not necessarily because of the things she does but because of the things she says. John Green did a fantastic job of creating a character that was outspoken yet secretive. Theres this quote in the book said by Margo and at that point her and the boy are standing at the top of a very tall building over looking the town and it's at this point, i believe, that you can really start to see the real Margo. “Here's what's not beautiful about it: from here, you can't see the rust or the cracked paint or whatever, but you can tell what the place really is. You can see how fake it all is. It's not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It's a paper town. I mean, look at it, Q: look at all those culs-de-sac, those streets that turn in on themselves, all the houses that were built to fall apart. All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm. All the paper kids drinking beer some bum bought for them at the paper convenience store. Everyone demented with the mania of owning things. All the things paper-thin and paper-frail. And all the people, too. I've lived here for eighteen years and I have never once in my life come across anyone who cares about anything that matters.” 

 All of John Green's books are wonderful and beautifully written but Paper Towns is one of the best books because Margo's character makes you think about your life and the people around you.

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