Margo's Hideaways
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Margo's Hideaways
For example, Margo complares her house to a prision. This is where she is the most paper version of Margo. She has very little of herself there except the surprising record collection and is the place she is most eager to leave behind. The next Margo building, the Osprey, was a condemed mini mall in a pseudovision. No one can enter through the front but the back has an access point that looks locked. Once inside there is barely anything left behind but the things no one wants. There are holes in the roof where you can see the stars. This is the place Margo spends most of her time. She considers herself in this building as the part time Paper Margo and makes most of her intricate plans there. The building is still prision like but is showing signs of breaking down. It is also where Quentin gets his first view of Margo as someone other than his idealized version of her. The last building, a barn, in Agloe is the most open and easy to get into. She even has a plexiglass office she created on one side of the Barn. This is the place Margo can be closest to her true self and even is extremely honest while there.
Do you agree that the buildings and their conditions are a statement of where Margo is in her personal journey of self discovery? Did you see the buildings symbolizing something else?
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This is SUCH a great connection. I didn't make the connection until you mentioned it, but I do think this was the author's intention.bluemel4 wrote:While reading Paper Town's I noticed a correlation between the state of the building Margo inhabited and where Margo's state of mind was while she stayed in them. The buildings were also an interesting way for Quentin to go inside of Margo's brain and try to understand her.
For example, Margo complares her house to a prision. This is where she is the most paper version of Margo. She has very little of herself there except the surprising record collection and is the place she is most eager to leave behind. The next Margo building, the Osprey, was a condemed mini mall in a pseudovision. No one can enter through the front but the back has an access point that looks locked. Once inside there is barely anything left behind but the things no one wants. There are holes in the roof where you can see the stars. This is the place Margo spends most of her time. She considers herself in this building as the part time Paper Margo and makes most of her intricate plans there. The building is still prision like but is showing signs of breaking down. It is also where Quentin gets his first view of Margo as someone other than his idealized version of her. The last building, a barn, in Agloe is the most open and easy to get into. She even has a plexiglass office she created on one side of the Barn. This is the place Margo can be closest to her true self and even is extremely honest while there.
Do you agree that the buildings and their conditions are a statement of where Margo is in her personal journey of self discovery? Did you see the buildings symbolizing something else?
I can definitely see her parents house as a prison, a place she wants to flee, escape from, and be free.
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I think that her school is another hideaway since nobody pays much attention to her at home. She managed to create this persona that other people can idolize. The only problem is that image isn't really her thus finding the need to breakaway and start anew.
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I always thought the barn in Agloe was the most significant, because at some point, being alone and being herself weren't enough for Margo. Maybe she didn't like who she was or regretted things she did, but she felt the need to get away. To Margo, Agloe was the place where she could grow into whoever she wanted to be. People didn't know her or have expectations, so she could control her image like at school. But she could also be herself, in this place where people hadn't yet passed judgment on who she was or what she had done. Agloe kind of took the best aspects of other places she had been.
I like this connection that settings correlated to Margo's state of mind. When I think about the mini mall, I think of how broken Margo must have felt...but then, Agloe for her would have been more than just a place of openness and honesty; it was a place of healing and new beginnings!
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I love the part about strings. . we all feel a responsibility a guilt feeling or a burden until we have the strings attached to a place or person. once all strings severed you feel lighter, liberated.
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