Paper Towns

Text to Text Connection: 
I believe Paper Towns can have a text to text connection with 13 Reasons Why. Yes there plots are very different but during the beginning of Paper Towns I realized that the two books have some in common. Such as in Paper Towns and 13 Reasons Why both of the books start of by mentioning some ones death. This also allows me to want to keep reading to find out what happened and how it connects more to the story. Also both of the deaths were suicides. This could be a symbol for the darkness in both of the main characters lives when the girl of there dreams isn't around. The girl who killed herself in 13 Reasons Why was the main characters crush. Also in Paper Towns the main character discovered this dead body with his crush. Also after these discoveries both of the characters drift away from the one they love and become distant but after awhile they reunite. The reuniting in 13 Reasons Why isn't just about getting together with the one you love its about excepting the problem that they had with each other and in some way, shape or form making it up to them.
                                                             
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Text to World Connection:
In Paper Towns my text to world connection involves suicide. In the first couple of pages in the book, Paper Towns it talks about Q and Margo going to visit the park and a man was laying on the floor with a gun near him. This is a major problem in today's society. "approximately 1,700 die by suicide each year" states Janice Shaw Crouse (American Thinker). Since this is such a big problem and it has been brought to my attention, I used it as my test to world connection.

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Text to Self Connection: 

I can relate to Paper Towns because in the beginning of the story it talks about how Q and Margo were really good friends and they slowly grew apart as they got older. This happened to me with an old neighbor once she moved away. When we were little we would always hang out and have the greatest time but as soon as she moved away I we slowly became less and less connected. We went on vacations together but that slowly stopped with the rest of our childhood friendship. Now all we send to each other is Christmas cards.