Fault In Our Stars Critical Analysis

Humans lives are always being impacted by others. Everyone leaves a mark on the world. The Fault in Our Stars, written by John Green, takes place in Indianapolis and in Amsterdam during the early years of the twenty-first century. The book is about Hazel, a seventeen year old, who has a life full of cancer. She meets Augustus Waters in Support Group and her life completely changes. Augustus and Hazel fall deeply in love with each other throughout the story and adventure to Amsterdam. People endure many hardships throughout the book.(one sentence here that hints at scars or pain). (Augustus says,) “The marks humans leave are so often scars. How do people receive “scars” throughout the book? People receives “scars” throughout The Fault in Our Stars, because Augustus impacts Hazel, Caroline affects Hazel, and Hazel’s mom changes Hazel.

The Fault in Our Stars depicts Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl diagnosed with terminal thyroid cancer. The book chronicles her relationship with Augustus Waters, who has also been diagnosed with cancer. Throughout the novel, Hazel constantly struggles with her identity in relation to her disease. She is conflicted whether to accept the prescribed image society has of her or to embrace her true inner self. Through a period of self-realization, she eventually comes to terms with and redefines her identity. Although society may define an individual’s self-image, The Fault in Our Stars demonstrates that identity is defined by the inner self, rather than external forces; in turn, that self-perception deeply impacts one’s perspective on life.

To begin with, this story takes place mainly in Indianapolis in the 21st century. The story also takes place in hospitals, support groups in churches, as well as each other’s homes. From this, I can understand when Hazel describes

There is a sense of rebellion throughout the story that reminds the reader of what it’s like to be a child. As a child I can remember talking back, and when something didn’t go my way I would pout and “give (them) some lip.” (Bambara 450) Having this sense of rebellion makes it feel like you can do whatever you want with no price to pay. However, this again shows the rebellious nature of Hazel helping the reader realize she is a child. Even when Hazel talks to the manager of the movie theater she is courageous enough to “…kick the door open…and sit down...” (Bambara 451)and demand the manager her money back. She even puts up an argument to get out of punishment with her parents when she knows she has done something wrong. The connectivity between these two ideas help

People with cancer often begin to define themselves based on their experience with their illness, this self-definition through one’s cancer is one that the characters fear in John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. The novel shows how the characters strive to discover their identities, but despite that are still identified by their illness. The novel also makes the argument that young people with cancer are not any more virtuous or different than other kids rather, they are just normal kids living with an illness. Augustus wants to be remembered and also be more than just a boy who battled cancer, but despite his efforts is still identified by his illness.

Throughout The Fault in Our Stars, John Green uses various ways to make the message “ Despite having a disability happiness still exists” Majority of the book is bittersweet because it talks about two cancer patients falling in love, which overall sets the mood of the book. The book as a dramatic sense to it because theirs deaths, tragedies, and drama all in one book As you read you find various metaphors in the book sending a message of their own. John Green's word choices in the book is very informal because it's a young adult novel, so it's much simpler words and simple sentences which just gets to the point. For example, the protagonist Augustus said “Goddamn , aren’t you something else” to Hazel during the support group session (Green 13). The tone of this is comic, but at the same time admiring because Augustus was showing a sign of acceptance to Hazel in a humorous way.

In The Fault in Our Star, Hazel is obsessed with a novel called An Imperial Affliction. An Imperial Affliction plays an important role in the novel and is symbolic in various ways, such as how it relates to Hazel’s own life. An Imperial Affliction is about a young girl named Anna, who has a rare type of blood cancer. The book ends mid-sentence because either Anna is too sick to write anymore or because she died. An Imperial Affliction plays an essential position in the novel and its plot. It is similar to Hazel’s life and Hazel, herself, is passionate about it and desires to know the ending to it. John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars, puts a metanovel in the book for several reasons. All in all, An Imperial Affliction plays a major role in the book, relates to Hazel’s life in numerous ways, and the author had countless reasons to place it within the book.

Subsequently, they write an email to Van Houten who lives in Amsterdam after they decide to go there to get answers to their questions. When Hazel and Augustus meet Van Houten, he was abrasively intoxicated. Van Houten offends Hazel and Augustus and refuses to give answers. Van Houten in the novel is an abusive

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

In both Everyman and The Fault in Our Stars, the characters are surprised when death coming unexpectedly. In The Fault in Our Stars, the mother’s kindred in the play, Hazel Grace Lancaster, has cancer. She meets a boy named Augustus Waters in Support Group and they hit it off after a short argument about mortal life. Gus is so worried about people having reverence for him and wanting to be remembered. Hazel Grace just thinks she should enjoy it with the people she has. Hazel Grace begins reckoning being with Gus at first because she doesn’t want to hurt him when she dies. They end up going to Amsterdam and go through a respite of not thinking about the cancer. While Everyman has committed many sins, Hazel Grace and Gus haven’t really sinned

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.

Dealing with growing up can be hard enough as it is, but having to cope with facing death and the pain it creates, makes life that much harder. The novel “The Fault in Our Stars” written by John Green is about various teenagers that have cancer and learn to seek relief from their pain that is caused by a terminal illness. The novel doesn’t proclaim outright that one particular method of dealing with pain is the correct way. However, it clearly indicates that there are some methods that are healthier than others. Some of these methods are; being honest and direct through reading novels, being fearful and through the help of support groups.

In the novel, “The Fault in Our Stars” has helped me in many ways like becoming more open minded about many things that I wasn’t exposed to before. The literary book, “The Fault in Our Stars” gives us an insight into two young teenagers' lives that have been diagnosed with cancer, but still live their lives to the fullest even though they have a limited amount of time. “You gave me a forever within the numbered of days, and I’m grateful” (260). John Green, through the characters of his book, infers that even if you have the shortest life, you can still create a meaningful one which would consist of care, love, and many other things that fulfill you or another

The two main places that involve the two main characters, Hazel and Gus, were Amsterdam and Indianapolis. Hazel was scared that she will one day hurt the ones who love her when she would one day die from her lung cancer. When Hazel had to go to the emergency room that one time because of fluids in her lungs, Augustus was scared Hazel might die. Then as we learn towards the end of the novel, Hazel ends up being scared of Augustus dying when his cancer came back. Hazel was angry when Augustus died besides being very upset. They were disappointed and Hazel got angry when they saw who Peter Van Houten really was. They both felt like they were cancer victims, but they made the best of it with each other by going to Amsterdam and other events. They had many safe times such as when they were at the Support Group and Amsterdam because there were no health related emergencies and they had a good time together. The dangerous times is when Hazel had to go to the emergency room due to fluids in her lungs and when Augustus got his cancer back.