emotions whatsoever. After meeting Augustus Waters, the love of her life, she confronts many unpleasant circumstances in which her identity protects her from the dangerous. Although society perceives one’s identity as their external attributes, The Fault in Our Stars conveys the message that an individual’s true distinctiveness is present during sacrifices and during moments of joy. Rather than harming one’s state, sacrifices stimulate one’s true individuality. When in a dilemma, one frequently resorts
Within the realistic story of “The Fault in Our Stars”, written by John Green, the author writes of a teenager named Hazel who has cancer and the experiences that she goes through primarily in her youthful years. The life of a cancer patient is a difficult lifestyle and Hazel undergoes an abundance of hardships, yet she also encounters some joyful moments along the time span from the introduction until the closing of the book. For some patients of disease there may not be a solid forever cure for
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
The nature of Hazel’s self evolves as her spiritual understanding of death develops as a result of influential factors like disease and friendship. In the movie The Fault in Our Stars, the protagonist Hazel Lancaster, a seventeen year old girl who is fighting stage four thyroid cancer demonstrates unimaginable strength and considerateness throughout the film while encountering events that help shape her identity. In the first few scenes, when Hazel was first introduced to the cancer patient support
fascinating novel The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, took his audience through an emotional rollercoaster with the characters, Hazel and Gus. Hazel dealing with a terminal illness, is trying to find her own way in the world not knowing which day will be her last. Luckily for Hazel she met someone who was worth waking up everyday and seeing what the next day has in store for her. Hazel will now know the comfort and conflict of herself, Gus, and even dealing with Van Houten. The character Hazel is one whom
she quotes the book on a daily basis. But, all those weary days change when she meets the charming Augustus Waters at a cancer support group. Now Hazel’s life takes an unexpected detour on the path to self discovery. Throughout the book The Fault In Our Stars, Hazel Grace Lancaster is portrayed by John Green as a witty, resilient and selfless young woman. In the book, Hazel has shown much of her witty personality. In one of the first pages of the book, Hazel introduces her humoristic personality
Life works in mysterious ways, the death of a love one can be hard but overcoming all these obstacles for your one true love would be worth it at the end. The Fault in Our Stars tells the story of Hazel Grace and Augusts Waters in her point of view. Hazel is a 16-year-old girl who spends her time watching shows, including her favorite show Americas Next Top Model. Dealing with thyroid cancer Hazel has always been isolated and keeps to herself she knows and understands she has cancer that’s her way
and keep reading the same book or lies on her bed. A quote from the book is, on page 1, Hazel says “… I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in my bed, read the same book over and over, and ate infrequently…” Hazel grace is a dynamic character because she changes throughout the story. In the beginning, Hazel doesn’t want to get close to Augustus, because she was afraid he is going to be shattered when she dies. But towards the ending, hazel finds out it doesn’t matter if you die in the
According to the fictional character of John Green’s critically acclaimed novel, The Fault in Our Stars, “the world is not a wish granting factory” (Green, 2012: 182). The following statement highlights the arbitrary nature of life by establishing a metaphor between the generalized “world” and the wish granting organization embedded within the novel. Correspondingly, it suggests that while this organization strives for the fulfilment of particular wishes of cancer patients, the world discordantly
sense of the word, I was surprised that they so frequently included some sort of visceral reaction to the book. Often there was little explanation concerning the particulars of the story and the author chose to focus instead on the fact that a main character made them angry or that the ending was unexpected or happy. It is difficult to determine which review has the greater authority. If an individual were simply trying to discern whether the plot would be interesting, then certainly a professional