Summary: An Abundance Of Katherines

In the book, An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, Colin Singleton experiences many emotional and mental changes. In his recent song, “Sign of the Times,” Harry Styles sings about how one must not dwell on the past: “We gotta get away from here.” (Styles L18.) The message that Styles works to deliver is that while it can be tough to take something special off of one's mind, they must try to forget about the past. The quote from “Sign of the Times” relates to the quote from An Abundance of Katherines because in the beginning, all Colin could think about was his relationship with K-9. His best friend, Hassan helps him forget about her throughout the story. He helps him realize that missing things or people will always be part of you but
instead of feeling sad about it, Colin should cherish the fact that new memories (and relationships) are being made. In addition to forgetting about the past, the road trip in this story represents that worrying too much about the future will do no good. Colin does not come to this realisation until the end of the story when he thinks to himself, “you can’t stop the future from coming.” It is tough for Colin to adapt to this lifestyle because all he wanted to do was create a theorem that could predict the future. “Remember everything will be alright” Living in the moment requires trust in the fact that everything will turn out in a positive way.