AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES

COLIN

• Dynamic
• Obsessed with Katherines
• Worried about being a prodigy
• Finds a non-Katherine
• No longer worried about being a prodigy

HASSAN

• Dynamic
• Refuses to go to college in the beginning
• By the end of the book he signed up for 2 classes
• Has a revelation about his laziness
• "Not a terrorist"

LINDSEY LEE WELLS

• Dynamic
• Meets the boys in love with TOC
• Learns that people aren't who they seem
• (Symbol:Archduke's grave)

HOLLIS

• Static
• Meets the boys and is pleased to meet a star
• Partial to Colin because of TV show

COLIN'S PARENTS

• Static
• Happy with Colin
• Worried about his sadness
• Trust he's doing the right thing

HASSAN'S PARENTS

• Static
• Mom likes Colin
• Allows Hassan to go on trip
• Dad insists he gets a job

TOC

• The Other Colin
• Static
• He is a jerk to everyone in the beginning
• He cheats on Lindsey and beats up Collin and Hassan
• TOC is a static jerk

KATHERINE 1/19

• The first Katherine Colin dated
• Source of obsession
• Static
• Broke up with Collin when she was K-1
• Broke up with Collin when she was K-19

PLOT

• K-19 dumps Collin
• Collin and Hassan go on a road trip
• They stop in Gutshot, Tennessee
• They meet Lindsey and get a summer job
• Ask everyone in Gutshot about their story

PLOT

• Collin and Hassan get into a fight
• They make up and go hunting with TOC
• They get chased by a pig and hornets
• Find TOC cheating on Lindsey and expose him
• Collin finishes the theorem

LITERARY DEVICES

• Foreshadowing
• Collin puts the recording device in his pocket before hunting
• He ends up using the device with TOC
• Flashbacks
• Collin has flashbacks to different Katherines throughout the book

SYMBOLS

• Archdukes grave/Hassan's phrase
• The archduke isn't actually buried there
• Both symbolize how people aren't always who you think they are

Literary Analysis
I don't think people should read this book because the plot line is all over the place with too many events and no true climax. It also has no true lesson or meaning. There are very few literary devices and none of the characters are explained very clearly or in depth. This is definitely not John Green's best work.