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.
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
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This curiosity causes Augustus and Hazel to make a trip to Amsterdam to meet the author. During their trip, Hazel finds out the Augustus’s cancer has come back, which deals quite a huge blow to Hazel. Sadly, Augustus passes away. I chose a rollercoaster to represent the plot because it demonstrates how there are so many ups and downs in life. This takes us to the theme of the book.
I think the theme of the book was that you should always try to live every day to the fullest, as if it’s your last day. Don’t spend your time mourning, but rather, cherish it. Even though Augustus finds out before the trip that his cancer has relapsed, he decides to go to Amsterdam because he wants to make the most of his time left. I chose a dragonfly to represent the theme because the dragonfly lives most of its life as a nymph, flying only for a fraction of its life. The adult dragonfly only has a few months to do everything that it needs to and wants to do. It lives its life and leaves the world without any regrets.
The protagonist of the book is 16 year old Hazel Grace. She loves to read and watch reality TV shows with her parents. She also is very witty, considerate and has a dry sense of humor. In my opinion, the best symbol to represent Hazel would be a dog because dogs are intelligent, they can make you laugh, and they’re also really considerate. (They’re a man’s best friend!) Hazel is not
The first theme, war cannot change who a person really is at their core. Throughout the book there were several incidences where this theme was important, such as when Ben tries to make Ringer smile despite being in the middle of the end of the world, when Cassie and Sammy reunite, he goes back to his five year old self even though he was in boot camp for months, and lastly Cassie and Evan flirt
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.
No matter how old you are, you might know what It feels like to lose a loved one. Hazel Grace has never been anything but terminal, until she meets Augustus Waters, and that’s when her story is about to be completely rewritten. The novel is an emotional roller coaster dealing with first loves, terminal illnesses, secrets, passion and trust. In the novel, The Fault In Our Stars, Hazel Grace must go through what any person with a terminal disease must go through and beyond that: overcoming a terminal disease, love, and fear.
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 middle of a relationship, it’s about the moments you spend together. A quote in the book, on page 214, “Only now that I loved a grenade did I understand the foolishness of trying to save others from my own impending fragmentation: I couldn’t unlove Augustus Waters. And I didn’t want to.”
First off Hazel is this sweet, vibrant girl who just wants to live a life cancer free. But she learns things along the way that make her think “wow I actually kind of like my life the way it is.” Hazels has this swagger about her that is just natural she can state quotes from the top of her head, here’s one “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” I love the fact that Hazel thought about what she was getting into with Gus because she didn’t want to hurt him and worse than he
It has a significant connection with the author's life and teaches the lesson of “Carpe Diem” (that means seize the day), and that is what makes it a really excellent fantasy story. We believe that the author reach to this story as a way to criticize the fact that humanity tends to be boring all the time instead of being
In the incredible book The Fault In Our Stars, it's all about a girl named Hazel Lancaster who had lung cancer and was diagnosed as depressed. Hazel was told by her doctor that she should attend a weekly support group. Hazel met Augustus Waters at the support group and they both had a crush on each other. The group was held in a church basement that was shaped like a cross and had stone walls. Later Hazel and Augustus read the book Imperial Affliction. Hazel sent several letters to the author Peter Van Houten about what happens after the end of the story, but Peter never responded to any of her letters. Imperial Affliction was the only book Peter had written, all anyone knew about him was that he moved to the Netherlands after the book came out. Hazel imagined
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
Cancer affects Hazel in every little aspect of her entire life. Everything that happened, not only in this book, but also in her past has been tainted by cancer. Hazel’s greatest loves and fears come from her cancer. One of Hazel’s most explicitly shown fears, is the fear of hurting the world around her: “I’m a grenade, and at some point i’m going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties.” (99). Here Hazel blatantly states how scared she is of hurting others through this metaphor for death. When a grenade goes off it does two things, it destroys itself, and hurts others. Hazel is afraid of both parts of the grenade. Her fear stretches far beyond her own pain and suffering, it extends
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
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.
The book revolves around 16 year old Hazel Grace Lancaster, and 17 year old Augustus Waters. Hazel doesn’t lead an ordinary teenage life, she suffers of lung cancer. After a long time of struggling with her illness, her parents decide that