Margo's revenge
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Margo's revenge
However, the more I think about it, I wonder if she took things too far with all of the vandalizing, and breaking and entering. What do you all think? Did the characters she took revenge on get what they deserved?
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Margo had to, in a sense, burn her bridges as thoroughly as possible. Otherwise she would risk allowing herself to go back once she ran away.
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Jesska6029 wrote:I agree that Margo is selfish, but this does not make me hate her. I actually really enjoy her character. I think she has to demolish everything in order to leave the people and the place behind her.
Jesska6029 that is exactly what I was saying. She needed to burn her relationship to her home town down to ashes. I did enjoy her character as well. She is selfish and flawed but that is what makes her a 3-D character and not just Quentin's obsession.
I can also relate to Margo. I was afraid of losing my friends my senior year of H.S. Instead of being an adult about it I rejected my friends, pushed them away and concentrated only on people I knew were going to the same college I was. I regret it. I know it was selfish and wrong but, it was the only way I could think at the time to navigate the hurt of leaving.
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I really could not help but find Margot off-putting. I found her interaction with Quintin to be self-serving. She made it seems as if she was doing him a favor by including him, but I think it was an attempt to see him one last time in the way she'd imagined in her story.
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It's kind of a classic miscommunication. Margo thought Quentin understood her intent without explanation because it is so obvious to her. I found that part of the book extremely frustrating. Margo and Quentin could not figure each other out because they lacked the ability to see outside of themselves.
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I agree with you that Margo acted like she was doing Quentin a favor, but it was really self-serving. I thought Margo was self-centered and childish.Deee wrote:I understood Margot's revenge on all of the people she chose, except Lacey. Although at the time, she thought Lacey was aware of Jason's betrayal and didn't tell her. Instead of talking to her friend, she decided to include her in her as one of the people she wanted revenge on. Of course, she justified that by saying Lacey has made her feel bad about herself.
I really could not help but find Margot off-putting. I found her interaction with Quintin to be self-serving. She made it seems as if she was doing him a favor by including him, but I think it was an attempt to see him one last time in the way she'd imagined in her story.
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Allowing Quentin to get revenge on Chuck Parsons was kind of sweet. I think Q deserved some vindication and Chuck got what was coming to him. I think that gained Q respect from Chuck because after that, they never had another incident. Also, Q was able to stand up to Jason when he sent that e-mail to repay those freshmen for what he'd done to them. Classic case of blackmail that actually worked. I think that also gave Q that last bit of confidence.
Although Margo was initially selfish, Q learned quite a bit from her. He learned how to stand up for himself, do things that weren't expected, explore and find himself and who he wanted to be as a person. Non-conformity has it's perks.
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However, while it may have been excessive it was also very fun to read about. The outlandishness is what made it interesting, and it served its purpose in reconnecting Quentin and Margo before she left town.
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