Paula answers “Did anyone else feel a bit of...”

delaney asked this question about Paper Towns:

Did anyone else feel a bit of disappointment at the end?

Paula No, it was the perfect ending for a coming of age novel. It was foreshadowed from the very beginning and even throughout the novel as there is consist…moreNo, it was the perfect ending for a coming of age novel. It was foreshadowed from the very beginning and even throughout the novel as there is consistency of thought in Q's character that demonstrated that he is nothing at all like Margo. Margo did essentially help him expand his understanding of himself which cemented that there really could only be one ending to this book unless Margo became someone else. Throughout the novel there were seeds planted such as the understanding that you have to accept people as they are and not who you want them to be that highlighted Q's emotional growth and maturity and by the end of the book I felt as a reader that Q's last few weeks of high school are the catalyst for his readiness and self-confidence to to go out into the world on his own path.(less)

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