Turtles All the Way Down

Turtles All the Way Down is a young adult novel written by John Green. This novel is about a girl named Aza Holmes, and it describes her struggle with OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder. The...

One of the morals Turtles All the Way Down teaches us is that we are stronger when we share our struggles with others. If you recall, sixteen-year-old Aza struggles with both anxiety and obsessive...

The book explores the actions of two friends, Aza and Daisy, in the wake of a billionaire's disappearance. The first main event that occurs is the two girls trespassing upon and exploring the...

Turtles All the Way Down culminates with the gruesome discovery by Daisy and Aza, freshly reunited after their argument and Aza’s stay in hospital, of the runaway Pickett’s body. They are alerted...

There are a few clues that they find in Turtles All the Way Down that help them find Mr. Pickett. The Picture In chapter 3, Daisy and Aza go across the river by Pickett’s golf course searching for...

Much of the novel’s plot involves the search for Davis Pickett Sr., a billionaire who has gone missing. Ava and Daisy get involved in the search because Daisy wants to claim the reward. The plot...

Aza's father dying impacts her anxiety largely because it removes the person who would best understand it from her life and family. Aza's anxiety and OCD are ongoing problems throughout her life....

John Green's Turtle's All the Way Down is rich in the use of simile, particularly in order to explain an individual's lived experience and emotions. One such simile touches on love, a central theme...

One loss that Aza, the protagonist, experiences is the death of her father, who passed away before the novel’s action begins. She mentions one aspect of the mourning process: attending a camp for...

One could argue the central conflict in John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down is the disappearance of billionaire Russell Pickett. And indeed, this conflict drives the story, as Ava and the people...

Aza begins the story as a teenager who is afflicted with debilitating anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder that controls every aspect of her life. In fact, she is so preoccupied by her mental...

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green is a story about a high schooler named Aza who suffers from anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Aza is constantly fixated on germs to the point of...

Turtles All the Way Down is a 2017 young adult novel written by John Green. The plot centers around the protagonist, Aza Holmes, a 16-year-old student who suffers from OCD and anxiety. Aza grieves...

While reviews and summaries of Turtles All the Way Down often describe Aza Holmes as suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder, Aza herself does not use that term in the novel. According to Aza,...

Turtles All the Way Down is primarily a novel of ideas. Some of the themes it explores are mental health and illness, love, friendship, agency, death, pain, and the power of language. These themes...

A simile is a literary device in which two unlike things are compared for effect using the word “like” or “as.” Numerous similes can be found in Josh Green’s novel. In the first chapter of Turtles...

The overall setting of John Green’s novel is Indianapolis, Indiana. The time period seems to be approximately contemporary with the novel’s 2017 publication. Among the numerous specific settings in...

Noah Pickett is Davis's little brother. He's 13. Noah and Davis are the sons of billionaire Russell Pickett. He's missing, and there's a $100,000 reward for anyone who finds him. He's a very...

A helpful approach when looking at how a character changes throughout a story is to compare who they are when they are introduced to who they are as their part in the story concludes. While Davis...

One way to compare John Green’s novel Turtles All the Way Down to the Mumford & Sons's song “Hopeless Wanderer” is to think about how the melody relates to the novel. The music itself, separate...

Although this set of questions calls for a personal response, the following points should help you to answer. First, Turtles All the Way Down is generally regarded as being exceptionally...

The primary problems that John Green addresses are the strength of friendship when it is tested, and the challenges of living with mental illness. The characters of Aza and Daisy are best friends...

In writing a review and critique of John Green's Turtles All the Way Down, you will clearly be influenced by the aspects of the book (particular characters, plot, themes, images) which appealed to...