The Fault In Our Stars Character Analysis

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

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;

Hazel grace was remarkably negative during her cancer battle. A quote from the book is, on page 99, Hazel says “I’m like. Like. I’m like a grenade, Mom. I’m a grenade and at some point I’m going to blow up. I just want to stay away from people… because there’s nothing I can do about hurting you” She was saying that she is going to die and she wants to stay away from people so they don’t end up being hurt.

In conclusion, John Green uses the characters of Hazel and Augustus to portray the theme of ‘the necessity of suffering’. This novel has changed my perspective of terminal illnesses. Before reading the novel, I was not quite away of what it was like to live with an illness as severe as cancer, yet still carrying on with a normal lifestyle. Also, I was able to achieve insight about society’s view about cancer patients. Since Green has not ended the novel stating whether Hazel lives or dies, he stated in an interview that it was up to the readers to create Hazel’s ending with their imagination. I predict that Hazel will pass away. Her cancer was very severe and there were hints about Hazel becoming weaker. I would definitely recommend this book as it was an enjoyable, yet heart

In the young adult novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, the protagonist overcomes many obstacles throughout her battle with cancer as she changes significantly throughout the course of the novel. Hazel Lancaster changes from a passive and antisocial teenager to an independent young women who learns to live life to the fullest through the influence of Augustus Waters. Before she meets Gus, she struggles with loneliness and depression (though she will not admit it). Later, as her relationship with him blooms, she becomes more confident as she overcomes the obstacles they take. After Augustus’s death, she is left a courageous and strong adult.

“Stay gold , Ponyboy. Stay gold…” is what Johnny says to remind him that no matter what happens and what struggles he goes through and no matter how rough it gets to always be him.See Ponyboy is a greaser, and a greaser normally has a very rough upbringing. Not only did they have enough struggles just living on the east side but there was another group who was the total opposite, they’re name is the Socials, Socs for short. In my perspective the greasers had it rougher than the Socs, because the Socs would always try and fight with them, and Socs called them names and picked on them. People also underestimate them and think that they would never get anywhere in life. he Socs had it rougher because people expected them to be perfect and to be a certain way, and because they are Socs people automatically have favoritism and don’t really care what they do. “... They gave in to him all the time. He kept trying to make someone say ‘No’ and they never did.

Could you imagine living in a place that was always divided, and the blame for problems always being thrown around everywhere? The Outsiders, a novel by S. E. Hinton is the story of two groups of people: The Socs, which is short for Socials, and the Greasers. In the story both of the groups are surrounded in conflict between each other and soon leads to many bad decisions made by the groups. The character who is telling the story is a Greaser named Ponyboy whose life is very challenging as he goes through the rivalry between his gang and the Socs. Both groups face life and death situations as they encounter many battles between each other, while one or the other always end up on the top. In the novel, The Outsiders, the Socials are the cause for all the brawls and hostile attitude between each other.

So the cancer patient’s perspective should be the most interesting. “Depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.(Cancer is also a side effect of dying. Almost everything is really.)”(Green 3) this means that Hazel believes she is going to die and she doesn’t want to fight the cancer because she has no motivation to do so. Hazel knows that love has a lot to do with this whole situation “ as he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” (Green 125) With Hazel falling in love with Augustus made her forget about the cancer she had at times. As the cancer patient you must find things to do to keep your mind of the cancer. The thing Hazel did most the time was spend time with Augustus. “They don't really pay attention to me, except when they need my blood or something. I wouldn't even be alive, if it wasn't for Kate being sick.” (Picoult 33) . even though Anna isn’t the cancer patient she is still being treated like one because of her older sister Kate who is the one battling Cancer. “Kate hugs a pillow to her stomach, and tears keep streaming down her face. Her pale hair is stuck to her face in damp streaks; her breathing’s too tight”(Picoult 11). This shows that Kate doesn’t really know how to handle that she has cancer and she thinks no one loves her. Kate is ready to stop fighting and just give up at that

Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters play the role of love stricken main characters who help each other in long-lasting ways throughout their many journeys. However, Hazel and Augustus are not the average teenage love birds of John Green’s heart wrenching teenage novel, The Fault in Our Stars. When the two of them first meet in the Heart of Jesus at support group, Hazel is battling lung cancer and is reluctantly attending support group to fulfill her parents wishes of her making friends and living as normal of a life as a teenager with cancer can. Augustus also has battled his fair share of Osteosarcoma which in trade, cost him a leg. Little did the two main characters know, Augustus’ cancer would soon return.

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.

When readers read, The Outsiders, there are many diverse characters that they can either be obsessed with or utterly hate. When this book, the Greaser, Ponyboy Curtis is by far if not least one of the best characters in this book and be a readers BFF. On another note, Cherry would be the perfect example as frenemy. Cherry was not loyal whatsoever as a Social, she was confused and betrayed her group, although, it did benefit a better cause. A character who would be a readers enemy is Bob. He threatened Johnny and Ponyboy when he encountered them on Greaser territory.

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.

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 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.