The Strings, the Grass, and the Vessel: Symbolism in Paper Towns
Words: 1555 Pages: 5 9310John Green's Paper Towns commences with a prologue that introduces the reader to Q, the novel's protagonist, and Margo. When Quentin Jacobsen and Margo Roth Spiegelman are nine years old, they find a dead man leaning against a tree. Margo soon finds out the man has committed suicide and remarks to Q, "Maybe all the strings inside him broke." (Green 8) As Q backs away from the body, Margo inches closer. Both establishing the personalities of Q and Margo, and […]