A four-time New York Times bestselling author once said, “Please think about your legacy, because you’re writing it every day.” Even though we all want to make a mark on the world, sometimes we fall into the trap of the routine of a typical day and basically “take a day off.” While reading this amazing novel you will realize you need to make the most of everyday and sprinkle positivity on the world. The Fault in Our Stars is a must-read novel that teaches a valuable life lesson that holds true to all of humanity: a person’s legacy is created by others’ memories. In The Fault in Our Stars, the author uses conflict to teach that a person’s legacy is created by others’ memories. For example, the author reveals to us that a person’s legacy is created by others’ memories when Hazel says, ““I don't care if the New York Times writes an obituary for me. I just want you to write one,” I told him. “You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that’s an insult to me. I know about you.”” This means that even though Augustus Waters wasn't known like Superman or Batman, he was known by Hazel, and this was enough for her to know him for the small infinity that they held. Consequently, this shows that your interaction with others’ and the memories you share is your personal legacy. Additionally, Hazel states, “I was so frustrated with him. “But this is all you get. You get me, and your family, and this world. This is your life. I'm sorry if it
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.
Skeptical about the hype around The Fault in Our Stars? Well I was too. Partially because these coming-of-age novels always manage to poke fun at my comparably uneventful and boy-less life. However this book spread like wildfire, engulfing victim after victim till even the cynical book readers I knew were infected. It imprisoned them, hands cuffed to this book till the turning of pages blurred before my eyes. Soon I became hostage by this book as well. To my surprise, John Green creates a cleverly crafted story that explores the life changing, funny, and tragic effects of being alive and in love.
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.
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.
Is suffering necessary in our daily lives? Why do we have to suffer, why is it a part of our lives? These questions were always in the back of my mind while reading the novel The Fault in Our Stars. It is a tragic love story about two teenagers, who are both cancer recipients and their journey to falling in love. The two protagonists were constantly dealing with the theme of suffering. In the novel, the author John Green uses his protagonists Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters to develop the theme of ‘the necessity of suffering’ as he writes these characters to undergo the feelings of pain and suffering.
In The Fault in Our Stars, Hazel’s mother pushes her to get out of her comfort zone and attend the support group. That decision later changed her life. The other two books had encouraging roles such as: America’s mother and Shane’s cousin. Some other similarities include the main characters being in the same generation and all having unexpected contingencies. Additionally, all the books included an aspect of falling in love. For example, America competed for Prince Maxon’s love and Shane found love with one of his fans, Anna. Contrastingly, throughout each book the moods and attitudes were vastly different. As showed in Laughing at My Nightmare, Shane often keeps a positive demeanor and a humorous perspective on life. Meanwhile, Hazel has satirical and cynical dispositions; and, America has a rebellious attitude. All the books, had several points that can be discussed in comparing and contrasting. The previously stated examples were quite intriguing compared to the other
Chapter 22 -- He 's Blind for a Reason, You Know, Chapter 23 -- It 's Never Just Heart Disease…, Chapter 24 -- ...And Rarely Just Illness
John Green's novel, The Fault In Our Stars, follows the sorrowful story of a young girl and her struggle with cancer. Experiences in people's lives impact their identities as people, much like the main character Hazel Grace who sustains her battles against the adversities of cancer, death and depression throughout the book, strongly impacting her identity. Hazel Grace’s relationship with Augustus changed her life and taught her to appreciate all of life's aspects and to become more accepting as an individual.
In his novel, The Fault in Our Stars, John Green successfully creates a realistic yet tragic love story between two teenagers fighting a common battle against cancer. The Fault in Our Stars utilizes foreshadowing, dreams, and death to make this novel one-of-a-kind. Unlike many novels based on teenagers with cancer, the cancer stricken teen herself, Hazel Lancaster, narrates the story. Only 16-years-old, Hazel is forced to drag an oxygen tank around with her to breath, due to her incapable lungs.
Having a family to rely on and be supported by is said to be the most important thing to have in life. No matter where you go, you should have loving family members who will support and help you without question, if they are ever needed to. In the novel, The Fault in our Stars, the theme of having loved ones and being close to family members is heavily leaned on through the actions of illnesses and loss. The novel shows the theme through the actions of Hazel, Augustus, and their parents. As expected, each character has their own style of expressing their emotions, feelings, and thoughts in their dark times.
In the world, over 12.7 million people discover they have cancer. The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green is a compelling novel that presents the story of a sixteen year-old girl named Hazel who suffers from thyroid cancer that spread to her lungs. Throughout the book, Hazel is battling her disease, causing her pain and suffering. In The Fault In our Stars, Green illustrates suffering is apart of life, therefore being human is to have the ability to overcome pain and become stronger.
The Fault in Our Stars depicts the intertwining lives of two teenagers who suffer from cancer, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters, or Gus. Love blossoms between the two teenagers and deepens as the story progresses, as seen through their touching relationship with each other.
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.