In author John Green’s book Paper Towns, the lead protagonist, Quentin Jacobsen proclaims, “What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.” Upon his realization that the girl he loves and has attributed many appreciable traits, does not exist as he personified her in his head (Green 282). Accordingly, Niel Herbert mirrors the character Quentin in thought, when he discovers Marian Forrester is not the perfect, unblemished woman he ascribes her to be. The injury to Neil’s psyche when learning Marian is unfaithful to Captain Forrester is expressed as “he had lost one of the most beautiful things in his life…[t]his day saw the end of the admiration and loyalty that had been like a bloom on his existence.” For Neil, Marian is so ideal a woman that he cannot come to terms with her being both beautiful and deceitful. Contrarily, Adolph Blum witnesses Mrs. Forrester with Frank Ellinger in the woods, and not only does he resolve to keep her secret, he, in his youthful wisdom, understands that her improper behavior has no bearing on how pleasant she is or how well she treats
In author John Green’s book Paper Towns, the lead protagonist, Quentin Jacobsen proclaims, “What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.” Upon his realization that the girl he loves and has attributed many appreciable traits, does not exist as he personified her in his head (Green 282). Accordingly, Niel Herbert mirrors the character Quentin in thought, when he discovers Marian Forrester is not the perfect, unblemished woman he ascribes her to be. The injury to Neil’s psyche when learning Marian is unfaithful to Captain Forrester is expressed as “he had lost one of the most beautiful things in his life…[t]his day saw the end of the admiration and loyalty that had been like a bloom on his existence.” For Neil, Marian is so ideal a woman that he cannot come to terms with her being both beautiful and deceitful. Contrarily, Adolph Blum witnesses Mrs. Forrester with Frank Ellinger in the woods, and not only does he resolve to keep her secret, he, in his youthful wisdom, understands that her improper behavior has no bearing on how pleasant she is or how well she treats