Paper Towns: Character Patterns- Archetypes

     I am currently reading Paper Towns, by John Green, and I am around one third into the book. Even though I am only one third into the book, a lot has happened, and a lot of characters has been introduced. Quentin Jacobsen has always had a crush on Margo Roth Spiegelman, but one day she opens up his window and enters into his life. She wants him to drive her around for her ingenious campaign of revenge. He follows her, and they fulfill her plan of revenge. They give revenge to Margo's ex-boyfriend, who was cheating on her, and even some people who haven't even done anything bad to either Margo or Quentin, like Chuck Parson. They waxed off one of his eyebrows and put a lot of Vaseline on the doorknobs. On top of all of that, Margo vandalized his house with a big spray painted "M". With what has happened so far, I can decide which characters are each archetype, but they may change later on in the book, so I might be wrong.
     First of all, the hero in this story is one side Quentin Jacobsen. This side is the courageous and non fearfull side. I say this because he sacrificed his night, his good reputation for the future, and he sacrificed his car to help Margo with her plan for revenge. That is how he displayed self sacrifice. Also, he displays self sacrifice by just going with Margo, because he can get caught and get in bad trouble. They broke and entered many people's houses, and they did many illegal things, like vandalizing things. Quentin also isn't perfect at all. He isn't really good with girls, and lots of these things that Margo was doing, Quentin tried to refuse because he didn't think he would do it well, or that he would get caught. At the end though, he gets convinced to do it, and he displays courage.
     Also, the mentor in this story is Margo. She is the one who is guiding Quentin where to go for her ingenious campaign of revenge. She also knows a lot and resembles wisdom. She planned all of her ideas out so that she can execute her plans of revenge smoothly and not get caught. Even though it is for evil, she still is guiding the hero and she still resembles wisdom. Another reason why Margo resembles wisdom is because she makes such interesting points and smart points about the world in general. One example is when Margo and Quentin are on the top of a really tall building overlooking the whole city and seeing everything and she said, "Here's what's not beautiful about it: from here, you can't see the rust or the cracked paint or whatever, but you can tell what the place is really is. You see how fake it is. It's not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It's a paper town. I mean look at it, Q: look at all those cul-de-sacs, those streets that turn in on themselves, all the houses that were built to fall apart" (57). She also executes her plans so smoothly like she knows what she is doing, and that she has done it before. That is how she resembles experience.
     Also, the shadows in this story are all the victims of Margo's plan of revenge. Some of the victims include Chuck, Becca, and Jason. I say this, because they represent the darker side of human nature because they are the ones, (mostly the ones), who started the fights between Margo and them, and they all did something bad, in one way or another, to deserve the revenge that Margo has planned for them. Also, they create tension in the story, because if they catch Margo and Quentin sabotaging their lives, then they can get them in trouble, and ruin their future. The readers are on the edge of their seats, seeing if the victim catches Margo and Quentin.
      Finally, the shapeshifter in this story is the other side of Quentin. There may be someone else who comes up in the story that would be the shapeshifter, but so far, the other side of Quentin is the shapeshifter. The other side of Quentin is the side that doesn't know if he wants to help Margo with her plans, and is uncertain if he made the right choice for helping her. Like when Quentin threw Jason's shirt out the window. He was uncertain if he made the right choice of sabotaging him, so he just was nice.
     In conclusion, even though I am only one third into Paper Towns, by John Green, I can already tell who the archetypes in this story are. I am not 100 percent sure that I am correct, so I'll just have to read on and see if I am correct. So, I believe that the hero is one side of Quentin, the mentor is Margo, the shapeshifter is the other side of Quentin, and the shadows are all the victims of Margo's plan of revenge. I can't wait to read on and see if I am correct.