Theme Of Grief In The Fault In Our Stars

Augustus makes an impact on Hazel’s life. Augustus and Hazel meet at Support Group and grow a close bond. Augustus and Hazel fall deeply in love throughout the story. When Augustus’ cancer sprung up again, he asked Hazel to write him an eulogy. In Hazel’s eulogy she says, “My name is Hazel. Augustus Waters was the great star-crossed love of my life. Ours was an epic love story, and I won’t be able to get more than a sentence into it without disappearing into a puddle of tears”(Green 259). This shows that when Augustus dies he will leave a (mental) scar on Hazel, because Hazel will deeply miss Augustus when he dies. Augustus transformed 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.

In The Fault In Our Stars, the protagonist, Hazel Grace Lancaster is a very complicated girl that is put in a difficult situation. Hazel has been diagnosed with a fatal case of lung cancer, and as a result of that, she also is diagnosed with depression by her mother. At this point, Hazel starts to wonder if her life will ever have a purpose; that is until she meets Augustus Waters. Augustus is a smart, tall guy with mahogany hair who Hazel thinks is out of her league. Little does Hazel know that Augustus will change her life entirely.

She desperately starts to look for this last testament with hope that she could have changed something. Later comes depression; in the finding and hunting for Gus’s last testament she feels frustrated and slowly starts to depress. Until that spark of flame ignites her and she reaches the last stage of grief, which is acceptance. She finally finds the last testament which ends with this: “You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world but you do have a say in who hurts you, and I like my choices, and I hope she likes hers. Okay, Hazel Grace?”. (Green. 313) With her response being: I do. Peter Van Houten became a monster after he lost his daughter to Leukemia. He is a symbol of what you can become if you do not overcome grief. John Green was wise when incorporating him to the novel because he put him as a species of foreshadowing tool of what could have happened if Hazel would not have accepted Augustus’s death. She saw that and she accepted

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.

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.”

Augustus realizes that a lot of people let their cancer identify them, which it seems at first like Hazel does. Through the novel Augustus mentions multiple times how he wants his life to mean something other than cancer. “I fear that I won’t be able to give anything in exchange for my life. If you don’t live a life in service of a greater good, you’ve gotta

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

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 of life and living. Augustus is a 17- year- old boy that loves to play video games, and is very charming. Augustus got his leg amputated due to cancer, but that does not stop him. A Walk to Remember shows Landon Carter perspective of Jamie

She realizes that when she finally passes, she will being leaving people mourning with the grief of her death. Realizing this has made Hazel less social, which has led her to not have many friends. Hazel does not want a lot of people to be hurt when she dies. She shares this idea with her parents “I’m a grenade and at some point I’m going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?” (Green 99). Throughout the book, Hazel learns the ups and downs of friendship. By the end of the novel, Hazel befriends Isaac and maintains a loving relationship with her boyfriend Augustus

“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world... but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.” Instead, Hazel is grateful for the little infinity, a forever within numbered days, that she had with

I think I need to know why the creator decided to end the book with Augustus Waters dying if the one who was more sick was Hazel. I also need to know why Peter Van Houten, who was Hazel's favorite author, didn’t want to answer her questions on the book that she had read. Since he was the only one who understood how it was like to be dead, but not be dead, why was it so hard for him to answer her questions when she went to Amsterdam just to see him. I would also want to know why Augustus didn’t tell Hazel when he got his cancer back, there must be a good reason for why he didn’t tell her.

Secondly, through the perspective of another character, Augustus has his own way of taking care of his family and loved ones in his amount of depleting time. Like Hazel, Augustus feels the need to make the important people in his life better when times are gloomy. Quote, “I’m hopeful I’ll get to attend as a ghost, but just to make sure, I thought I’d-well, not to put you on the spot, but I just this afternoon though I could arrange a prefuneral, and I figured since I’m in reasonably good spirits, there’s no time like the present.” (257). Spoken by Augustus to Hazel, this request by Augustus can be broken down to him simply understanding and accepting he does not have much time left. He wants to let everyone he cares about to know what he has left to say and for everyone to say their last words to him, saying their goodbyes, and ensuring them that he does hear what they all have left to say. He also keeps his happy mood because he knows if he can remain positive, it would

Hazel flawlessly describes her pain at multiple points in the book. One definition is, “Even then, it hurt. The pain was always there, pulling me inside of myself, demanding to be felt” (Green 142). Pain is an underlying condition that damages one from the inside out and hides itself until it’s expressed. Pain can represent itself physically, mentally, or psychologically. In this way, it destroys a person; it doesn’t matter how or where the pain started. All humans experience pain and suffering, creating the concept that pain is humanly impossible to avoid. At some point, people must overcome pain to survive which is what Hazel is trying to do with her cancer. Overcoming suffering is a difficult process, especially when it’s always there, however one must cope with pain to live.

Their relationship drives the plot forward because the story is about how they fall into love and support each other through hardships; it drives them to go see Mr Peter Van Houten together and to care for each other even as Augustus is dying. The story also explores the theme of dying as their relationship struggles to keep afloat with Gus suffering from terminal cancer, and Hazel has to deal with grief as she copes with her partner’s death. Most importantly, their relationship highlights the theme of love. Hazel and Gus are devoted to each other up till the very end of the story, as seen from… Their relationship illustrates the enduring and touching power of love.