Character Analysis of Hazel Grace in The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

In The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Hazel Grace Lancaster is diagnosed with terminal cancer at the very early age of only 13 years old. Hazel identifies herself as the

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 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

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;

The first trait of Hazel shown in the early stages of the plot is his cluelessness. In the very opening scene, Fiver alerts Hazel in a panic that a great danger is to come over the Sandleford Warren. Without any evidence or proof, except for the minor fact that Fiver’s past predictions have been found truthful, Hazel goes to The Threarah with Fiver to inform him of this impending threat. “ ‘Well, sir,’ said Hazel rather hesitantly, ‘it’s because of my brother-Fiver here. He can often tell when there’s

        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.

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

Which Hazel proudly responds, “Gladly” (Ausubel 53). As a teenager, Hazel prefers rather to fantasize to herself than to make friends and experience the real world. Hazel lives by herself with her mother, and choses to wander off to go for a walk around the neighborhood while

A cancer victim can also live a happy life with a positive attitude and with the help of his or her family and friends as Hazel in the novel. SF Hazel Grace , a 16 year old girl who had a disease known as thyroid. SF She is still alive with the help of a lot of medication provided by Dr. Maria who is Hazel’s primary cancer doctor. Irrelevant Hazel Grace was a depressed and lonely person as she never came out of her house .She devoted her abundant free time to think about death.

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."

Hazel had terminal cancer, she was quiet, stayed to herself, read and watched TV a lot and didn’t want to be around people until she met Gus. Gus was a good athlete who

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

Cancer is a touchy subject and useily if you read a novel about cancer it is very sad and depressing Hazel makes a way to brighten the book up by some humor. In the book on page 86 it say “I imagined the tumor metastasizing into my own bones, boring holes into my skelton, suthering eel of insidious intent.” When Hazel says that quote she explains it in what she imagines what's happening in her body. When she explains what is happening in her body usually people would be scared. Hazel is dying slowly dying from cancer not a lot of people would react like she does in a funny sarcastic way .

Technically, Hazel is a miracle cancer patient because none of the treatments that she gets works on any other patients. So, she could be going around bragging about it but she doesn’t. She humbly minds her own business and encourages other cancer patients to keep staying strong by going to a support group. “You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you.

in their time there Hazel realizes she loves Augustus but she doesn't want to hurt him when she dies. when they finally meet van houten Hazel is shocked to find out that he's just a lazy drunk now and doesn't want to answer any of their questions only too find out that the assistant has been emailing for him.