Reputation Depicted In John Green's Paper Towns

In John Green’s Paper Towns, Quentin Jacobsen is a seventeen-year-old living in an Orlando-area high school known as Jefferson High. He has been in love with his childhood best friend, Margo Roth Spiegelman, his entire life. Quentin is an intelligent boy and Margo has a long reputation for being tough, cool, and popular. When they were only nine years old, he and Margo shared a horrific discovery that changed their lives forever. While walking through a park, they found a man named Robert Joyner who had killed himself. Since that night, he and Margo went their own separate ways. Fortunately, Quentin’s parents are therapists and other than that tragedy long ago, Quentin has lived a balanced and well-adjusted life with few risks and little drama.

In Part I, a few weeks before high school graduation, Margo appears at Quentin’s window in the middle of the night. She asks him to accompany her on an all-nighter of pranks. Margo is on a path of revenge that includes spray paint, blackmail, and breaking into Sea World for fun. She reveals that she is on a mission to get revenge on her cheating

Quentin, Radar, Ben, and Ben's new girlfriend Lacey, must meet Margo the day before she leaves Agloe forever. When they reach Agloe, they find Margo in an old barn, writing. After fighting furiously about Margo's selfishness for leaving, Ben, Radar, and Lacey storm out. Quentin and Margo learn that they love each other. However, they both realize with regret that their love was based falsely. They loved a 'fake' version of each other, a "paper boy" and "paper girl". Margo left in order to relieve everyone from the effects of her fake, public personality. Quentin, however, does not give up on Margo. They admit love for one another but they both realize that their values must inevitably lead them to individual