Paper Towns by John Green

Situational Archetypes

• The Quest: Finding out where Margo Roth Spiegelman went
• The Fall: Quentin finally realizes Margo isn't all he thinks she is

Character Archetypes

• The Mentor: Dickinson, T.S. Eliot, and EliWhitman's Poems
• Nature Helpers: Radar, Lacey, and Ben
• The hero: Quentin Jacobsen

Color Archetypes

• Green: Grass, but also Death
• Brown: Earth, all the dirt and bunkers
• White: Pure that slowly turns to death and loss of innocence

Situational Archetypes

• The Quest: Finding out where Margo Roth Spiegelman went
• The Fall: Quentin finally realizes Margo isn't all he thinks she is

Number Archetypes

• 3: the title "paper towns" is used 3 different times
• 4: quentin, ben, radar, and lacey all go on the journey

Archetypal settings and symbols

• Water: They went to seaworld after their adventures
• Caves and tunnels: all the bunkers Margo stayed in
• Trees: Found dead guy under a tree

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