Entry Two: An Abundance of Katherines

Character Complexity:

Colin Singleton: What Colin wants is to be a genius, not just a washed up, has been prodigy.

Hassan Harbish: Hassan is real easy going and goes with the flow and loves helping people.

Lindsey Lee Wells: Lindsey loves her life in Gutshot, Tennessee and wants to live there for the rest of her life until TOC (the other colin) cheats on her.

Themes:

The main theme that has appeared in the book is Recognition. Readers find out that Colin wants recognition and to be a well-known genius. Lindsey also wants some lasting presence as well. The third part of the book contributing to recognition is the gravestone of Archduke Franz Ferdinand because I have now realized that the grave is actually Lindsey's grandfather. He wanted to be remembered so he requested for that name to be on his gravestone.

Structure:

One element of structure in An Abundance of Katherines is that it is written in third-person. This is different because most of John Green's books are written in the first-person. Another element of structure is the use of footnotes. He uses footnotes throughout the book to explain things to the reader. The third and final structure is the great use of dialogue. John Green uses a lot of dialogue in this novel.

Entry One: An Abundance of Katherines

Characters:

Colin Singleton: Colin is the main character in this novel. A rather strange trait of his is that he has dated 19 girls named Katherine. Another problem for Colin is that he needs to be praised and recognized.

Hassan Harbish: Hassan is Colin's best friend. He is smart but lazy. He helps Colin with any problems that occur. Hassan triggers the trip to Gutshot, Tennessee

Lindsey Lee Wells: Hassan and Colin meet Lindsey in Gutshot. She has many sides and changes depending on the audience she is speaking to. She is dating a jock named Colin that Hassan renames TOC (the other colin) to differentiate between the two.

Setting:

The setting of An Abundance of Katherines is Gutshot, Tennessee. The most important part of the setting is that in this town is the tourist attraction called The Last Resting Place of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This grave sight is what brought Colin and Hassan to the town of Gutshot, Tennessee. In this town, the boys meet Lindsey and her mother Hollis. Hollis owns the main factory in Gutshot, where the town profits most from because of the production going on there.

Conflict:

I am unsure of the conflict of this novel.

My prediction is that Colin Singleton will date Lindsey and something will happen to or with the grave.

Question: How much does Colin dating Katherines come into the story?

Connections: I have no connections to this book yet.