It is wrongly considered that teen love does not exist, because most of young treat their relationships as just a game or a sort of getting experience. They do not really care for each other and the only thing they do is kissing, hugging and hanging around. Despite that, Hazel and Augustus are different, they are very candid teenagers, who fall in love deeply and forever. "True love is born from hard times", this encouragement from Waters' living room fully express their relationship, which differs from others' in consciousness ,sincerity, and attention. Hazel and Augustus are sincere in their feelings, because they do not have plenty of time due to their diseases to play with and imitate sympathy. First of all, Augustus is a very forthright …show more content…
They do not keep in secret their "insufficiency" and boldly show them to each other, because it is hard to surprise a cancer patient. In addition, Hazel tries to ensure Augustus that she understands him and does not consider their illnesses to be embarrassing. When she "found him mumbling in a language of his own creation"(Green, 239), the girl does not run away or stop all contact, she finds ways to help him and persuades that "[she has] pissed the bad ... It's no big deal". Hazel tries to not notice Augustus' transformations from a muscular hot guy to a weak boy and keeps treating him as a normal healthy person. Therefore, Augustus and Hazel are honest with each other, they do not keep secrets and share their cancer's …show more content…
Their love is not just an animals' passion , it is a deliberate choice. Firstly, Hazel does not cross a boundary into romantic relationship, still being friends with Augustus. She calls herself a "grenade and at some point [she is] going to blow up and [she] would like to minimize the casualties" (Green, 99). Hazel wants to keep him from her, because she fears they will get attached and be unable to let each other go, if she dies. It is very selfless of her to think about possible consequences and try to prevent them. Also, Augustus cares about Hazel and does not want to hurt her more than cancer does. For example, when Hazel stays in the ICU, Augustus admits "[he is] a good enough person to hope she died so she would never know that [he] was going, too". He is afraid to let her down and break her weak heart with the news that his cancer is back. Also, he puts a lot of thoughts into their spiritual connection. While reading a book, there is a strong similarity between the "universe" and Hazel. Father's phrase "the universe wants to be noticed" matches her state of mind, and Augustus catches this likeness and says, "We're as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it"(Green, 312). He wants to help this "universe" or soul, but it ends up injuring. Augustus wants to leave a mark, Hazel wants to be noticed, they perfectly compliment to satisfy each other's needs and both of them realize it. So, their
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
Hazel has a strong identity in the story, she has much self-confidence and is not afraid of letting everyone know that she is the best, “Now some people like to act like things come easy to them, won’t let on that they practice. Not me. I’ll high-prance down 34th street like a rodeo pony to keep my knees strong even if it does get my mother uptight.” p. 1 ll. 29-31. Thus her strong and proud personality, she still loves and protects Raymond and is not afraid of showing this either. At the end of the story Hazel’s view on other people changes, when she sees Raymond running parallel with her at the May Day race in his own unique style. She realizes that everyone is not just who she sees them to be, that there are more to people than you can
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
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.
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.”
This moral tone is reinforced by the behavior of his parents during the episode. Whilst inside the tent, Hazel hears his father remark appreciatively about the nude body: "Had one of themther built into ever' casket, be a heap ready to go sooner." After returning home, Hazel's mother realizes that her son has experienced something that he should not have, and confronts him about it. Though he does not admit what he has done, he proceeds to punish himself. It is inferred that Hazel respects his mother's attitude toward the matter. O'Connor seems to propose that Hazel must do penance for what he has done, or, on a larger scale, for witnessing vulgar displays of sexuality.
First off Hazel is this sweet, vibrant girl who just wants to live a life cancer free. But she learns things along the way that make her think “wow I actually kind of like my life the way it is.” Hazels has this swagger about her that is just natural she can state quotes from the top of her head, here’s one “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” I love the fact that Hazel thought about what she was getting into with Gus because she didn’t want to hurt him and worse than he
Augustus realizes that a lot of people let their cancer identify them, which it seems at first like Hazel does. Through the novel Augustus mentions multiple times how he wants his life to mean something other than cancer. “I fear that I won’t be able to give anything in exchange for my life. If you don’t live a life in service of a greater good, you’ve gotta
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
In conclusion, John Green uses the characters of Hazel and Augustus to portray the theme of ‘the necessity of suffering’. This novel has changed my perspective of terminal illnesses. Before reading the novel, I was not quite away of what it was like to live with an illness as severe as cancer, yet still carrying on with a normal lifestyle. Also, I was able to achieve insight about society’s view about cancer patients. Since Green has not ended the novel stating whether Hazel lives or dies, he stated in an interview that it was up to the readers to create Hazel’s ending with their imagination. I predict that Hazel will pass away. Her cancer was very severe and there were hints about Hazel becoming weaker. I would definitely recommend this book as it was an enjoyable, yet heart
“The marks humans leave are too often scars,” Augustus says. This means that we try to leave something behind to be remembered, too often though, it is scars. We want to be remembered, but whenever we get close to someone we leave a mark on them. Augustus Waters wants to be remembered as someone great and has made a mark on many people. Hazel Grace on the other hand has very few friends. Her goal is to keep the casualties to a minimum. She knows that one day the cancer is going to win and she doesn't want a lot of people to be there when the inevitable happens. Hazel and Gus's relationship has a couple of pauses due to Hazel not wanting to leave a mark on Gus that will later become a scar. Unfortunately, these scars come
Though sad this ending had meaning, because Hazel was the one trying to separate herself so she would not hurt anyone. But at the end she ended up being hurt when Augustus died, though his death was so predictable
Firstly, within the novel, it is clear that Hazel is a caring person and is fully aware of what her body’s condition does to her
Interestingly, Augustus got in contact with a charity that gives cancer kids a wish. Augustus decided to use his for the two of them to go on a trip to Amsterdam to meet Peter and Lidewij. In the midst of this, Hazel painfully experiences her lungs filling up with fluid causing her to be rushed to the hospital. She lives, however her personal doctors say she isn’t healthy enough to go to Amsterdam. During one of her cancer meetings, one of her doctors, Dr. Maria, says that Hazel should live her life, convincing
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