A review on Paper Towns by John Green

Though there are hundreds of books released this year that may recieve this recognition, "Paper Towns" by John Green is, in my personal opinion, indisputably the best book of 2015.

The novel narrates the story of a young boy, Quentin, and the search of his missing friend and love of his life, Margo Roth Spiegleman, after spending the last adventure together. It is a catchy, well-developed story that any young adult needs to read.

But what specifically makes this the best book ever? It may be the unique style the writer has to convey how the characters feel all along the story. The best-selling author managed his way to create relatable characters, a vivid atmosphere and a completely realistic plot. This might be the reason why it is so touching when describing common teenage struggles, and therefore, why millions of adolescents across the world choose "Paper Towns as their favourite travel book.

What is more, the readers feel so attracted to this story due to its symbolic title and the metaphors used, which helps you picture yourself in Margo's shoes. Maybe the reader will be doubtful about this, until the climax is reached. "Don't you see it? It's a paper town, with paper people living in their paper houses... burning their future to warm up today." This, and many other phrases are what makes the book stand out from a booksheld in any library, and why you should choose it.

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Essay on Ethics

Picture yourself in the most isolated place on Earth, accompanied by a group of people. You will be there for a very long time and you have to survive. Would you adopt an ethical behaviour when organizing this new community? Is it possible to make your decisions based on ethics and morals when trying to survive?
On the one hand, you would try very hard to accomplish this as you need it for your own health. If you don't follow similar rules as those in your everyday life, you won't be able to  to cope with your own mind. Thoughts are part of somebody's health. If I were in a situation like this, I would try to adopt the ethical laws of my previous community. Routine is something extremely important to pay attention to in these cases. This fact is shown in the movie "Castaway" in which the main character creates an imaginary person out of a ball to maintain his decorum.
On the other hand, we may say that it won't be possible to follow morals when trying to survive as our priority might be survival and not ethics. Our nature is the same than animals and, all that matters in the Animal Kingdom is to live for one more day. Many times this will lead us to extreme situations, as it is the case of the Uruguayan Rugby Team, whose plane fell in the middle of nowhere in Los Andes Mountains. So as not to starve to death, they had to resort to cannibalism, breaking the tacit ethical law as regards this issue.
To conclude, I firmly believe I would make a decision of this type based on ethics and morals. Unluckily, you can never know until you are in a life-threatening situation, as there are as many cases as people in the world.