Un-Margo

Q has decided to go back to the mini-mall to see if he could find any other clue in order to find Margo. The first thing he found that was different than last time was a calendar that had been moved and a travel guide with marked destinations; he keeps going and he finds Margo’s nail polish and spray can that she used on their night together. Finally, he found a little blanket that smelled just like her. Q was so happy because now he knew she didn’t kill herself, but nothing made sense to him because everything there was so un-Margo; he decided to stay there the night and wait for her to come. Nothing happened. Ben and Radar analyzed the places marked on the travel guide to see if they got any closer with the clues and they realized that she might be back for graduation day because it takes that amount of days to go trough those places. But Q isn’t convinced with that statement so he decided to search the term paper town again and found a different definition; it was a place in NYC were the population was considered 0, but there was a comment that said that currently the population was 1, and it was written by Margo.

“It is so hard to leave- until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world. (229).

Leaving something you love behind can be a very difficult and horrible decision to make, but once you do, you wont regret it. If it is hard to leave something you love behind is because you have grown memories behind it and created something you never want to forget about there. Leaving can be extremely hard because of the fear of loosing all the good memories you have experienced in there. But once you live you realize the memories will always be there no matter were you are.

                                                               LET IT GO

“The town was paper, but the memories were not.” (227).

As Q lives school on his last days he realizes that the place that he has always considered a boring place is actually a place that holds so many of his memories. Small things like seeing his classmates everyday to waiting for his friends to get out of band practice can be seen as a routine but once it ends, you realize how important that is for you.

Final Thoughts

As Q visits the mini-mall several times you can see how each he realizes he knows less of the Margo he thought she was. He never expected her living on an abandoned place like this or wanting to run away from home. He considers everything she is doing un-Margo, which means that has nothing to do with her and her “personality.” He later realizes that he isn’t the only one that doesn’t really know Margo.