Augustus In The Fault In Our Stars

In John Green’s book, The Fault In Our Stars, 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster is diagnosed with thyroid cancer that has since spread to her lungs. One day at her cancer support group, she meets Augustus Waters, a 17-year-old boy with osteosarcoma, which resulted in him losing his right leg. Augustus helps Hazel navigate challenges, bringing light through her closed curtains. During a trip to Amsterdam, their connection grows more vital to the point where nothing can tether their love and friendship. While in Amsterdam, they meet their favorite author, who makes fun of their cancer.

In John Green’s book, The Fault In Our Stars, 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster is diagnosed with thyroid cancer that has since spread to her lungs. One day at her cancer support group, she meets Augustus Waters, a 17-year-old boy with osteosarcoma, which resulted in him losing his right leg. Augustus helps Hazel navigate challenges, bringing light through her closed curtains. During a trip to Amsterdam, their connection grows more vital to the point where nothing can tether their love and friendship. While in Amsterdam, they meet their favorite author, who makes fun of their cancer.

“You know… its kids’ stuff, but I always thought my obituary would be in all the newspapers, that I’d have a story worth telling. I always had this secret suspicion that I was special” (Green, 240). When Augustus and Hazel meet at his house after support group he shows her his medals and tells her the story of how he used to be a basketball player till the day he got diagnosed with osteosarcoma cancer, a type of bone cancer that spreads from one limb in the skeleton to another, which is why he has an artificial leg. Augustus also tells her about his family and sisters then asks her

Augustus first came to power after many years of bloodshed and civil war, and the Roman people longed for peace and the stabilization of society. It will be shown that Augustus achieved this goal through a series of religious, moral, and political reforms, and in doing so, legitimized and strengthened his own position in the transition from republic to empire.

Augustus Waters is a 17 year old boy who fears oblivion. In the novel The Fault in our Stars by John Green a girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster falls in love with a boy named Augustus Waters. Augustus wins Hazel over and they fall in love. They go on adventures and they never spend a day apart until one tragic event. Augustus, also known as Gus is a bold yet confident young adult. He acts childish, but deep down is pretty mature.

A ruler’s strength and longevity in power can be predicted by how content his people are with the system that is implemented by him. During the first century B.C.E., Rome experienced a period of political and social instability when Augustus came into power determined to bring social order, political stability, and most importantly, bring glory to Rome. In Aeneid, the epic poem translated from Latin into modern English by Frederick Ahl, one can see portrayed the legend of a righteous hero, deserving of his destiny as a conqueror and determined to establish a city; a story intended to portray Augustus’ role as a ruler of Rome and to revere the glory of the city.

Hazel grace is a dynamic character because she changes throughout the story. In the beginning, Hazel doesn’t want to get close to Augustus, because she was afraid he is going to be shattered when she dies. But towards the ending, hazel finds out it doesn’t matter if you die in the middle of a relationship, it’s about the moments you spend together. A quote in the book, on page 214, “Only now that I loved a grenade did I understand the foolishness of trying to save others from my own impending fragmentation: I couldn’t unlove Augustus Waters. And I didn’t want to.”

No matter how old you are, you might know what It feels like to lose a loved one. Hazel Grace has never been anything but terminal, until she meets Augustus Waters, and that’s when her story is about to be completely rewritten. The novel is an emotional roller coaster dealing with first loves, terminal illnesses, secrets, passion and trust. In the novel, The Fault In Our Stars, Hazel Grace must go through what any person with a terminal disease must go through and beyond that: overcoming a terminal disease, love, and fear.

Julius Cesar, the Dictator of the Roman Empire adopted his grandnephew, also known as Octavian in his will. After Cesar was assassinated Augustus wanted nothing more than to “claim his inheritance and to avenge his slain “father”(Cole&Symes).” This vengeance left constant warfare that came to an end after the victory at Actium. At this point in time Rome was no longer a republic. Augustus ruled for four years as an independent citizen then accepted his title as “emperor.” Augustus was the first roman emperor and led Rome’s transformation from republic to empire. Augustus never claimed the title as emperor for himself, but rather tried to lead the country as best as he could, while still leaving limited power to the people. Augustus

Third, Hazel is a person to admire since she’s humorous. Specifically, Hazel talks about her diagnosis with Stage four thyroid cancer when she was thirteen. “(I didn’t tell him that the diagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratulations! You’re a woman. Now die)” (Green 24). This shows Hazel is a person to admire since she is humorous because she jokes about the irony of her becoming a woman to soon be basically diagnosed with character and most likely dying instead of being depressed or self-pitying. Lastly, Hazel is a person to admire since she is smart. In particular, when first conversing with Augustus in the car, she mentions that due to her condition, she had to drop out of from high school, and she can’t go back since she already has taken her GED so now she taking classes from the local community college. This shows that Hazel is a person to admire since she is smart because although, she has dropped out of school, she was still able to take the quite tough test, GED, in order to do so, and seems to be fine taking college level classes at her age of sixteen. Therefore, Hazel is funny and smart, making her a person to admire. In conclusion, the main character in The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Hazel Grace Lancaster, is an admirable

Augustus makes an impact on Hazel’s life. Augustus and Hazel meet at Support Group and grow a close bond. Augustus and Hazel fall deeply in love throughout the story. When Augustus’ cancer sprung up again, he asked Hazel to write him an eulogy. In Hazel’s eulogy she says, “My name is Hazel. Augustus Waters was the great star-crossed love of my life. Ours was an epic love story, and I won’t be able to get more than a sentence into it without disappearing into a puddle of tears”(Green 259). This shows that when Augustus dies he will leave a (mental) scar on Hazel, because Hazel will deeply miss Augustus when he dies. Augustus transformed Hazel

Augustus accepts the fact that he has cancer. He has the mindset as “I have cancer so I need to accept it and enjoy the rest of the days I have”. For an example, he puts an unlit cigarette is his mouth explaining it is a metaphor. “They don’t kill you unless you light them,” he said as my mom arrived at the curb. “And I’ve never lit one. It’s a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don’t give it the power to do the killing” (Green 20). He is also confident is his ability to be a good friend. His presence exhilarates the entire room. He shows up to support group because Isaac requested him to go with him. “My name is Augustus Waters,” he said. “I’m seventeen. I had a little touch of osteosarcoma a year and a half ago, but I’m just here today at Isaacs’s request” (Green 11). He is a good friend to Hazel as well, Hazel feels comfortable around him and is able to tell him whatever. Gus is confident in his

My college titled “The Fault In Our Stars” depicts Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters, characters from the novel “The Fault In Our Stars” by John Green. Displayed throughout are several images that represent the physical and emotional relationship between the two main characters Hazel and Augustus. For an example, the picture showing an hourglass saying “time kills” shows that Hazel and Augustus know that one of them will die soon. They’re realists, and come to the realization that they only have a limited time together because of the cancer inside both of them. I also placed some quotes onto the collage that depict the novel and the relationship. “It’s a metaphor, you see: you put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don’t give it the power to do its killing.” These items are a few of many visual representations explaining the novel “The Fault In Our Stars”.

At first, Hazel and Gus were merely acquaintances. In the first chapter, where they meet, Hazel is only mildly interested in Augustus’ “metaphoric resonances”. When he puts a cigarette into his mouth, Hazel is thoroughly disgusted and she feels that “there is always a harmatia”, which shows that she is repulsed by his behaviour upon their first meeting. As the plot develops, they become much closer friends, as seen from Augustus regularly inviting her to his house and finding common interests in her book, talking about the book and often quoting from the book in their conversations, for instance: ‘Augustus nodded at

Despite the adversity they face, the characters in The Fault in Our Stars identity lies within their inner selves, and is not defined by societal expectations. Hazel expresses her frustration with the lesser standard that is expected of cancer patients, saying “According to Maslow, I was…unable to feel secure in my health and therefore unable to reach for love and respect and art…which is utter horseshit: The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick” (Green 213). According to society, cancer patients, and those who are not “secure in their health” are restricted from experiencing life at its fullest. The outside world sees Hazel in singular terms, as “a cancer kid”, unable to reach for greatness;