Who is the real person behind the mask? In John Green's book, "Paper Towns," the theme is though it may seem like people may know a person very well, you might not know who they really are or people might not be what they seem to be. The theme is shown through many different characters but is mostly shown through the main character, Margo in the story. Some points describing the theme are that Quentin and his friends come to a realization of what kind of person Margo is from the inside, and how many possible different ways there could be of viewing at the individual, and Quentin coming up to a realization of the value of accepting other's flaws. In Green's book, all the characters comes up to a realization of accepting other's values and flaws. .
While Quentin and his friends were on a role to find where Margo is, they come across some places where it reminds them what kind of dare-devil Margo really is. All of them knew Margo but not in this kind of way. The quote supporting: "These are the things I cannot imagine, and I realize I cannot imagine because I didn't know Margo"" (Page 170). Quentin is at the pseudivision and is just thinking about how he knows the smell of Margo and how he could imagine what she did while sleeping there. But he questions why she would stay there out of all the places she could've gone. Though, Quentin knew all the facts about Margo, he had no idea of who she really was as a person inside, which ties into the theme because he knew Margo very well, but didn't know what went on inside her mind and who she really was. .
There could be many possible ways of viewing at an individual. Lacey and Quentin were talking about Margo and they come up to a point where they realize that Margo is a very complicated character. None of them knows who she really is. The quote supporting: "I thought of my Margo, and Lacey's Margo, and Mrs. Speigelman's Margo and all of us looking at her reflection in different fun house mirrors"" (page 185).