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In The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, Augustus reveals that you should take control of your own life. Augustus and Hazel Grace both have cancer and throughout the book they show how they navigate through their love for each other while being terminally ill. Even though Augustus has had hard times he learned not to let that stop him from doing what he wanted. The book itself shows to take control of your own life and not to take things for granted. For example, Augustus said, “ You put the killing thing between your teeth but don’t give it the power to kill you.” (Green, pg 20). He mentioned this while putting a cigarette in his mouth but not lighting it. This quote best describes the theme of the book which is that we all have control of our lives regardless of our circumstances, which shows in the situations where Augustus made choices for himself. …show more content…

Augustus shows that when he decides to go to Amsterdam even though his cancer had returned. He goes to amsterdam with hazel to meet the author Peter Van Houton from the book “The Imperial Affliction”. He knew how much this meant for hazel and for himself because he really enjoyed the book. He never decided to tell hazel his cancer had returned because I believe he didn't want her to feel bad for him or for her to end up not going because of his circumstance. Both hazel and augustus wanted to hear the ending of the book since Peter Van Houton didn’t finish the book, and that kept them wondering. Hazel really inspired him to write a email to Peter and ask him questions and if they could meet up with him. I don't think augustus would have done that all on his own considering he liked reading books about

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