An Abundance of Katherines Author: John Green Year of pub.: 2006 Genre: Young-adult Fiction Student’s Name Date Per.

Exposition A boy maned Colin is dumped by a girl named Katherine for the nineteenth time. He is devastated. Colin doesn’t get why he’s always the one to get dumped. Hassan invites him to go on a road trip with him to forget about all his problems.

Rising Action Colin and Hassan go on the road trip and they get to a small town called Gutshot. Their tour guide, Lindsey, is dating a guy named Colin which they think is a really weird coincidence. Then Lindsey’s mom, Hollis, offers the boys a job, interviewing people around town and they accept it.

Climax Colin desperately wants to matter, and he at least wants to make a huge discovery, like the eureka moment and be thought of as a genius. So he works on what he knows, math and relationships, he tries to figure a theorem that would explain relationships. Meanwhile Hassan is with his new girlfriend Katrina and Lindsey is with her boyfriend Colin.

Falling Action Lindsey, Colin, and Hassan discover many secrets when they team up to spy on Hollis, Lindsey’s mom. They find out that nobody is buying from her factory any longer, so she’s working double-time to make sure she can keep the factory open. They are all shocked by the news but eventually, they make another shocking discovery.

Resolution After all of the secrets they have found out Colin and Linsey grow closer and share their secrets with each other. Colin uses his theorem to predict how long they’ll be together, and it comes out saying just four days. On the 4th day he gets a note from Lindsey breaking up with him. But it turns out to be a big joke from Lindsey, and Colin finally realizes he can’t use a math problem to figure out his love life.

Analysis Colin has an extraordinary understanding for the principles of math, vocabulary and grammar; however, he lacks the ability to maintain a successful relationship. Also for a while he was obsessed and would only date girls with the first name of Katherine. Throughout the story, Colin changes drastically from a young, devastated teen into a strong, confident man, with the ability to take on the world.

Evaluation John Green has many great books for teenagers to read all over the world. From all of the books he has published this might have not been my favorite book, but I really did enjoy reading it. I feel that many people could relate to Colin and this story in different ways. It also had a surprising ending to it.

Characters Colin Singleton: A former child prodigy who has dated nineteen girls by the name of Katherine. Hassan Harbish: A Muslim that really is into religion, but chooses to shrug off his responsibilities. He is also best friends with Colin.

Symbols Lindsey’s cave: This is Lindsey’s top secret cave in the middle of the forest and she describes it as “my secret hideout.” The cave symbolizes privacy where Lindsey could be completely herself. Dingleberries: A word made up by Colin and Hassan, to be used as a code to let the other person know that they have crossed the line with something.

Figurative Language Personification “That smile could end wars and cure cancer.”pg.32 This quote is thought by Colin, when he first meets Lindsey and sees her smile that is described by him as big as a war and beautiful that it can even cure cancer. Simile “Well, it sounds like a raccoon clearing it’s throat.”pg.65 Lindsey is making fun of how Hassan talks when she tells him this because she is basically saying that his voice sounds really bad when he tries to speak the language of the Qur'an.

Diction 1. “Missing her kept him more awake than coffee.”(pg.15) This is a good use of diction because it shows how much Colin cared about the past Katherines he dated and how he has such a hard time dealing with breakups. 2. “The future is unpredictable.”(pg.213) In this example the author is trying to show that Colin’s theorems won’t always work and how you need to play life how it comes to you.