In the book Paper Towns by John Green I think that Quentin is an interesting character in the book. I think that Quentin has a want deep inside of him for adventure but is never able to express it because his parents are really smart and he was brought up in a really smart oriented family. I think that he is so in love with Margo because he knows how adventurous she is and he wants to experience the side of life that she lives in. I think that he wants to break away from the tight ropes and rigidness of his parents and be able to be free and be able to have an adventure. Even when Margo and Quentin were kids and they found a dead body Margo wanted to find out more and discover all about the dead man and even went on her own little investigation to find out why he died, whereas Quentin was afraid and wanted to run away from the body and tried to get it out of his mind.
I think that Quentin is that way because he was brought up that way but the more he grows up the more he wants to experiment with other things because he sees how bad he looks staying in his own little confined bubble. I think that when he was younger he felt that it was okay to be that way and his parents also contributed to that by always trying to make him smart and them being smart people influenced him to shy away from adventures. Even though it is okay to not be a huge adventurous person you shouldn't shy away from every adventure set before you. You have to step up and take a chance because it isn't a fun life to live if you are someone who just stays with the normal all the time.
Also on the other hand Margo who is willing to go on any adventure that comes her way that can be a problem too. In the book you find out that Margo has a habit of running away from her house and living on her own until she is found or comes back. That is dangerous and even though it is not okay to live a boring life Margo lives a dangerous life which is not a smart thing to do either. Sometimes you have to draw the line and say that this is not something smart to do and be smart to not do it. Margo though doesn't have that and she tends to run around doing crazy things that have no purpose. I think that her parents have some connection to that too. By the little i've seen of them they don't seem to care about her that much and they seem to want to fit into society so much that they don't want to have any fun and Margo being the complete opposite her parents put her down and make her feel out of place in the family. That is what makes her run away and do crazy things for attention from others she can't get attention at home so she decides that she wants it from other people.
Margo and Quentin are opposites and they both do things for different reasons so I think that they came together not just because the are neighbors but because they both want the same thing. But even though they want the same thing Margo does it for attention and compensation for her parents not respecting her. Quentin on the other hand does things because he is tired of living in his little bubble he wants to experience he world like Margo and I don't think that that is such a good thing because she tends to have some self destructive behavior. I think that both of them need to find a balance between their two extremes.
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