I am currently reading the book Paper Towns by John Green. The book so far seems to be about the love of the main character Quentin, towards Margo another supporting character in the story. Yet with this love that Q (Quentin's nickname) has for Margo it comes with complications, such as when Margo leads the main character into doing things to get back at her own enemies. Even though Margo and Quentin finally get back at their enemies, what comes around goes around. Their enemies get them back which is the enemies justice that is achieved for them.
When Margo and Quentin go on their drive in the night to get revenge on the people that hurt them, or that they disliked the most, they serve justice for themselves because they get to inflict the punishment that is deserved upon their enemies. For instance Quentin gets his justice against his bully Chuck Parson. Chuck has done many mean things to Quentin, Chuck onced forced Quentin to call himself a faggot by bending his arm backand hurting Quentin. This shows that Chuck has inflicted self embarrasment among Quentin,and also he inflicted pain by doing this. Chuck has had countlless times making Quentin humiliate himself in front of people and has hurt him in many ways.Yet Quentin recieves the justice that he deserves by performing a prank that finally gets the self humiliation that Chuck deserves. Quentin obviously felt a sign of revenge against Chuck because it describes Quentin smearing vaseline on the door handles(part of the prank), with a lot of effort and heartless emotion towards Chuck.This shows how much Quentin has felt about Chuck for a while. Therfore Quentin recieves the justice he deserves.
The justice that Quentin recieves,is also turned on him becasue of what the victims of Quentin and Margo. The day after many things happen in school thatt Quentin goes to, all of a sudden a group of kids start shooting people with pee filled waterguns, they also vaandalize the girlbathroom with derrogatory words. It becomes anonymous who does it at first,but then the main character realizes that it's all the work of the people they got their revenge on last night. This shows how the people in the story get their revenge back, and their justice by ruining the livesof other people which is awkward because Margo is the they would be harrasing because she left notes stating that it was her that did these prank on them, but she runs away therfore leaving the public vulnerable to their revenge scheme. Yet they sort of get their revenge by releasing it to the public, it's a sort ofjusttice in the sense that they made a great disturbance in Quentin.
In conclusion, justice is served whether in small or big ways in the book. When Quentin and Margo get their justice when getting revenge on their enemies,and when the enemies get thier revenge back. Justice isproved to be unclear whether it is done positively or negatively.
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