Cancer: The Fault In Our Stars By John Green

This story is about Hazel Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl with cancer, and when she meets Augustus Waters, a previous cancer patient who had his leg amputated to stop the cancer in his leg. In the beginning, Hazel’s mom makes her go back to a cancer support group for teens. She goes and meets Augustus Waters. While hanging out at his house the evening they met, he wanted her to read his favorite book, which was an action book. She agreed on one condition, he has to read her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction. He likes the book but does not like how it ends in the middle of a sentence, without knowing what happens to the characters

I chose to write an essay about the “Topic of Cancer” by Christopher Hitchens. In this short autobiographical essay, Hitchens discusses his experience with Esophageal cancer. Just one day after lanching his book “Hitch-22” Hitchens was made aware of his illness, where he later describes the news as “taking me from the country of well, to the stark frontier.” It was then he chose to write about his experience for the purpose of documenting the changes that he, and his body were about to go through with chemotherapy, and also for the purpose of contemplating his current situation. The reason that I chose this story is because of my own personal experiences that I have had with many loved ones in my life. There is one case in particular that stands out in my memory, among the rest. It was when my friend of many years discovered that he had a very rare form of brain cancer. Soon after undergoing chemotherapy, he lost his battle. There are many people that believe chemotherapy at any stage is the best, and often times, the only way to cure cancer, yet others claim that chemotherapy is not the answer at all. A close analysis of recent statistics can settle this debate.

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

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.

For this project, I decided to read “The Fault in Our Stars,” a novel written by John Green. This book is about 16 year old Hazel Grace, who is diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She attends weekly Cancer Support Group, where she meets Augustus Waters, a “very intelligent and hot” boy who is currently in remission. They both take a liking for each other, their relationship growing and developing throughout the book as they fight cancer together. Along the way, Hazel learns many important lessons about life.

“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

Topic of Cancer by Christopher Hitchens is a powerful tale of a person diagnosed with cancer. Hitchens likens having cancer to a trip through a strange town with a strange dialogue. He says this best by saying “I see it as a very gentle and firm deportation, taking me from the country of the well across the stark frontier that marks off the land of the malady.” (Hitchens) I am fortunate not to have a personal experience to measure the one of Mr. Hitchens but I do have several second hand experiences from the death of my Great-Grandmother, My Grandmother and my best friend Alice. I truly believe cancer is one of the lonely roads anyone must ever travel but like the Author adrift in Tumortown those close to the people involved ultimate have a piece of themselves live or die with them.

The book The Fault In Our Stars by John Green is about a teenage girl named Hazel who has had a type of lung cancer since she was thirteen years old. Hazel had always felt pain throughout her life, weather it was emotional or physical pain because of her cancer, or losing important things to her. After Hazel met Augustus though, her thoughts about life began to change. In this book, the author used a lot of figurative language and some symbolism to show the reader exactly how the Hazel and other characters were feeling, so the reader could almost feel what the character was feeling.

and she fell in love with Augustus Waters. They supported each other in any situation as given in the book. There was less change in behavior in Augustus after SF he met Hazel but when Hazel met Augustus every- thing changed like her behavior and attitude. SF She felt like a normal person living an ordinary life.

Hazel Grace. An average teenager except she has caner. She is hooked up to an oxygen tank to help her breath. She is told by her mom to go to a support group and so one day she did. While at support group she meets Augustus Waters who is there to support his friend Isaac who is bline in one eye and is going in for surgery soon for the other eye and then he will be completely blind. After support group while outside Augustus approaches her and ashes her is she wanted to come over and watch a movie. Augustus had his leg amputated due to his cancer which now he is cancer free. Hazel and Augustus were talking about their favorite novels and then Hazel introduced Gus to "An Imperial Afflcition" and Gus introduced Hazel to "The Prince of Dawn."

They would understand the more mature themes in this book like, disease, relationships and death. Since it tells the story of older teens I think that older teens would understand it more and enjoy it more. Teens should learn more about real life problems like cancer. By reading this book they can learn more about problems that kids their own age deal with. ¨Augustus Waters died eight days after his prefuneral, at Memorial, in the ICU, when the cancer, which was made of him.¨ (Green 261) Overall, would rate this book a 10 out of 10. The book had very interesting characters like Gus, Hazel and Isaac. Although there were happy points there very also sad and serious points. At the end when Hazel read Gus’s letter it really touched me. I enjoy books I can connect with and this book. I feel in love with Hazel and Gus’s relationship from the start of when they first met. ¨Augustus Waters pushed himself out of his chair and walked over to me. His gait was crooked like his smile. He towered over me, but he kept his distance so I wouldn't have to crane my neck to look at him in the eye. ¨What's your name?¨ he asked. ¨Hazel.¨¨ (Green

When something is valuable to you, you do not like sharing about it and it sharing about it means you have to share your feelings, thoughts, and emotions with someone else. The book presents her life, as the main character Anna also battles cancer. However, she does not hesitate sharing this with Augustus because he already knows what it feels like to battle cancer. One of the many reasons that Hazel feels a connection with this book is due to the fact that her favorite book describes what death feels like without dying. Anna, the main character in An Imperial Affliction, says that she is "the side effect," which Hazel agrees to. Hazel feels as the book is only meant for her, as she understands how Anna might have felt when battling cancer. She is able to relate to the character so much that she is believed that the author is the only person who can truly know what it feels like to leave your family behind when you die. Hazel reads the book over and over again, as she is able to escape the reality and live a life through

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

Their relationship drives the plot forward because the story is about how they fall into love and support each other through hardships; it drives them to go see Mr Peter Van Houten together and to care for each other even as Augustus is dying. The story also explores the theme of dying as their relationship struggles to keep afloat with Gus suffering from terminal cancer, and Hazel has to deal with grief as she copes with her partner’s death. Most importantly, their relationship highlights the theme of love. Hazel and Gus are devoted to each other up till the very end of the story, as seen from… Their relationship illustrates the enduring and touching power of love.

The book revolves around 16 year old Hazel Grace Lancaster, and 17 year old Augustus Waters. Hazel doesn’t lead an ordinary teenage life, she suffers of lung cancer. After a long time of struggling with her illness, her parents decide that