The book I am currently reading is "Paper Towns," by John Green. This book is mainly about a boy named Quinten Jacobsen who isn't the out going and adventurous type, until a girl named Margo Roth Spiegelman moves next door to his house when he was nine years old. When they were little they were great friends, Quentin saw Margo as a mystery, which is why he fell in love with her. She lived for adventure, while Quentin liked to play things safe so they grew apart. Until one day Margo showed up through his window and showed him a night that he will always remember, they broke some rules and viewed life in different ways. But Quentin soon finds out that after that night he won't see Margo for a while.
Every character in every story you can possibly think of has their own personality that the authors of those various books describe them as through the text in the story. They don't just describe the characters physical description, but they also describe them by the way they act, feel, and treat others. For example, in this specific book Margo is the girl that everyone loves to talk to and about, if something happens in her life then everyone at the school knows about it. They all see her as a pretty girl who loves adventures, but there is more to her than just that, she loves mysteries, so you can tell that she loves to keep people thinking about what will happen next since she runs away for serious periods of time; doesn't tell people the truth sometimes; she treats people nicely but if they hurt her than she gets revenge. They say she is a mystery, but is she really? An example of this is, "Margo always loved mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one." This shows that no one really knew the real Margo, of course people knew somethings about Margo, but she was still a mystery that people still tried to figure out even though. She kept people thinking.
Quinten Jacobsen is different, he's known as a nerd. He gets bullied and only hang outs with his friends Ben and Radar. Some girls think he's cute, but he can't see that through his unconditional love for Margo. Before Margo climbed back into his life all he would do is play video games with Ben and Radar; sleep and study; a play things safe, but that all changes and then he starts to act with more confidence; talk to people (Lacey) that he rarely talks to; goes on an multiple adventures on a search for Margo, but he still sort of an introvert and doesn't care for the traditions of high school (prom). He feels various emotions, but mainly he is hopeful, determined, and sometimes he feels a little powerless due to the task in hand, but he never gives up on the ones that he loves. He treats others kindly, but he does go off on his friends due to frustration. An example of this is, "I hit at the dirt with my heels of my fists, and then pounded it again and again, the sand scattering around my hands until I was hitting the bare roots of the tree, and I kept it up, the pain shooting up through my palms and wrists. I had not cried for Margo until then, but now finally I did, pounding against the ground and shouting because there was no one to hear: I missed her I missed her I missed her I miss her." This proves that Quintin has changed so much due to Margo and he feels so much for her that he will do anything to find her again, but doesn't care for the dangers of it.
There is more characters in this book besides Margo and Quintin that are described in the text but I wanted to focus more on them two. Margo and Quintin have more in common than you think, but the way the author describes them both is so different, not just with how they are describe physically but also by how they act and feel. All in all there is more to these characters and all the characters in this book.
