Theme Of The Fault In Our Stars

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

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

The external conflict clearly shown is cancer. Even it is what brings Hazel and Augustus together, it is the beast that is killing Hazel in the inside. Her cancer is a curse that makes her lungs so weak and forcing her to carry her burdens in the force of an oxygen tank on wheels. It also conflicts with Gus and Hazel's relationship, limiting their time together.

Hazel tells Peter to get help and sober up so he can write another book. Hazel eventually learns that the ending Augustus wrote to Imperial Affliction he sent it to Peter so he could put that in Hazel’s eulogy when she dies. Peter sent the words that Augustus wrote to her and it stated that this world is inevitable, but we choose who we allow to hurt us. Augustus states he’s happy with it and hope Hazel is too. Hazel says she is too.

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.”

Hazel had terminal cancer, she was quiet, stayed to herself, read and watched TV a lot and didn’t want to be around people until she met Gus. Gus was a good athlete who

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 had met Augustus Waters at a Support Group for cancer patients. Hazel had thyroid cancer that had spread to her lungs, and Augustus had osteosarcoma, but was cancer free due to his leg being surgically removed. At the end of the meeting for the group, Augustus invited Hazel over his house. They both traded books, Hazel gave Augustus An Imperial Affliction and Hazel received The Prince of Dawn. And, as Augustus states, “I’m only on a rollercoaster that goes up my friend,” applies to Hazel and Augustus’ relationship as well. Their romance took off from that point on.

Therefore, Hazel becomes attached to Augustus, which she tried to avoid doing all along. However, Hazel does not want to hurt Augustus because she is ascertaining that she will die soon due to her lung cancer. Although this may be true, Augustus is still in love with Hazel and is unadulterated or impacted by her cancer. Augustus says to Hazel “I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things” (153). Although Hazel feels the same way towards Augustus, she does not tell him that she loves him because she still feels

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

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

“I don’t cry because we’ve been separated by distance, and for a matter of years. Why? Because for as long as we share the same sky and breathe the same air, we’re still together” (Donna Lynn Hope). A Thousand Boy Kisses is about two young kids growing old to find the love of their lives. Throughout their relationship, they had many challenges but faced it as adults. The Fault in our Stars is about a teenage girl; Hazel Grace, battling thyroid cancer with the support from Augustus, and her family. In A Thousand Boy Kisses, I am able to appraise the love the two main characters have for each other. In The Fault in our Stars, the two main characters find their identity.

Hazel Lancaster meets Augustus Waters at support group and later they fall in love. They go on a trip to Amsterdam where they connect even more than they ever have before.(Green) By meeting Augustus, Hazel realizes she has a good life and maybe a better future. Hazel learns that the love of her life is dying, she wants to make every moment matter. Hazel finds out Augustus is dying. She wants to make every last moment he has the best time of his life. Augustus gets out in a wheelchair but Hazel still tries to make him happy.(Green) Hazel is crushed to learn that the person she loved most is spending his last moments in a wheelchair, but still tries to make him happy. Augustus happiest moment is meeting Hazel and knowing this she thinks about her life. Before Augustus dies Hazel realizes that the happiest moment in his life is meeting her and being able to spend his last moments with her, and now that Augustus is gone Hazel has a new appreciation for life.(Green) The only man she ever loved is gone and she now has a new appreciation for life and is going to make the most of it.Making someone’s last moments the best time of their life helps them live life to the fullest so that they experienced life in a very unique and positive

“I just want to stay away from people and read books and think.” (Green 99) This is an example of Hazel not wanting to hurt other people around her. It is her goal to be as passive as possible in order to not be responsible for any pain inflicted on others. Hazel’s fear of getting close to anyone is that her eventually death will be much harder on those who she leaves behind. But she continues on and finally realizes that it doesn’t matter if she is a grenade because when you love someone you love them inside and out. Augustus’ character is very different than Hazel’s as he is always found trying to leave his mark on the world, while Hazel struggles to grasp and understand the importance of this. “That’s the one thing about pain,” Augustus said, and then glanced back at me. “It demands to be felt.” (Green 63) This was Augustus’ way to say that even though you may be brave through all of this, it doesn’t mean that you cannot still feel overwhelming pain. This can make you realize that by keeping your distance from others is not always the best answer. Augustus is very persistent in pushing the relationship forward with Hazel even though at first she is reluctant to get to close.