The Fault In Our Stars is a novel by author John Green. The story followed the leading character, Hazel Grace Lancaster, as the she battled cancer. Not simply did Hazel want to live the normal life of a 16-year-old girl, but she additionally struggled with what it would probably be like for her parents after she passed away. While Hazel attended a church support class for cancer survivors, she met a boy that was one year older than her, Augustus Waters. While Augustus had a kind of cancer that caused him to lose his leg in addition to wear a prosthetic, it also had a survival rate that was much higher compared to Hazel's. From the first day that Hazel and Augustus encountered, the two are practically inseparable. The basis of their relationship ended up being Hazel's beloved book, An Imperial Affliction. She required Augustus to read it and in return, he required her to read the book that was the basis of his favorite game. Hazel related to the character in the book, Anna, because she had a rare blood cancer malignancy. Augustus and Hazel bonded within the book because both of them had a burning desire to determine how the story ended, because the author stopped the book before providing the conclusion on what happened to every one of the characters. Augustus joined Hazel's quest for the book's author, Peter Van Houten, to deliver the answers which they needed. Augustus even relied on a wish foundation to help fly him in addition to Hazel to Amsterdam, the location where the author lived, to discuss with him in person. While Hazel was the one that was doomed to die, Augustus ended up telling Hazel of his recent scan; the doctors had found that his entire body was filled with cancer. Hazel spent the final months of Augustus's life... ... middle of paper ... ...rtant and have this grand legacy and when he realized his time was being cut-short by illness, he then played more video games than usual and obsessed over being fantastic and remembered in the time he had left. He did not completely lose his abilities (gas station scene) when he broke down physically and emotionally, that he realized some things he cannot help and control. Hazel taught him the "legacy" he had with the ones he loved was more important than fame and glory among strangers (wanting to be remembered). Sometimes an individual has to drop the idea of being “glorious” and accept what God / Fate / the Stars have given you. Life is at times beyond your control and both Augustus and Brutus died trying to control fate. Hazel used these lines in her own situation but concluded the opposite: “The fault for their dying of cancer is not their doing but fate's.
For cancer teens, that adage is true; they are likely to die before they become adults” (Corliss,2014). In young adult life, the teenagers think that adults cannot help them with their problems, that what they are going through is so unique to them and it has never happened to anyone else before. Given that Augustus does die before he becomes an adult shows that for some young adult's life can be so uncontrollable and not end up in a positive manner. They may not become the adults they wish to be or they may be forced to give up on being youthful. That even the brightest stars die out, but that you can still try to enjoy whatever time you have as a young adult and stop trying to control every aspect of your life. Corliss goes on to say that “ It allows Hazel and Augustus to pack the luster of a lifetime -- first love, trip to Europe, meeting a famous author, last love -- into what may be their only summer” (Corliss 2014). Teens experience a lot of things for the first time during their teen years, The Fault in our stars just gives us a glimpse. The cancer in this book may seem drastic because there were so many other things he could have written about that shows just how out of control teens feel. It just shows that people react to life experiences differently, in the
Resolution- A few days after contacting his former assistant she goes to visit Mr. Van Houten, she finds in open on the table. Once home she sends Hazel an E-mail. Augustus wanted Mr. Van Houten to at least answer Hazel's question and send them to her as his dieing request to him . In his letter to Mr. Van Houten Augustus talked about real hero's in the world like Hazel. Augustus talked of how he loved Hazel, how beautiful and charming she was. Hazel now knowing what Augustus last words and desires were in the end made her happier.
When was the last time you felt certain of your impending future? For cancer survivor, Hazel, the answer is never. In The Fault in Our Stars, sixteen year old Hazel lives with cancer and attends a support group where she meets Augustus, another young cancer survivor who changes her outlook on the world forever. He takes Hazel on an adventure of love, friendship, and pain, and together they yearn to have authority over their uncontrollable fates. Isaac, a blind teenager, and Hazel’s mom also play significant roles in her life. Similarly, in Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie strengthen their friendship through love and suffering, and they learn that humans have some control over their end destination. At the ranch they work at, Lennie and George have to choose how they want their lives to turn out, which directly impacts the choices they will make regarding the future. While John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men both establish motifs of friendship, games, and hands, they convey different universal ideas about humanity. In particular, Green suggests that humans cannot always manipulate every situation, while Steinbeck focuses on the ideas that men often have a choice in their destinies.
Hazel is a fiery little girl. She is strong-willed and openly opinionated, and believes that “when you got something on your mind, speak up and let the chips fall where they may” (Bambara 297). Although she is still very young, she has principles of what she believes to be wrong and right. She believes that her Hunca Bubba is not who he used to be since he has fallen in love and become engaged. Hazel feels betrayed by Hunca Bubba because when she was a little girl, he promised he would marry her. He is no longer Hazel’s Hunca Bubba; now, he is Jefferson Winston Vale. Hazel is befuddled with the entire situation. She is heartbroken that he seems to undermine the importance of his promise, by saying, “I was just teasin’” (298). He seems to be completely unaware that by breaking this promise, he has distorted Hazel’s entire outlook on trustworthiness. Hazel expresses her concrete belief that people should follow through with what they say, when she is commenting on the incident at the movie theater, “ I mean even gangsters in the movies say My word is my bond. So don’t nobody get away with nothing far as...
“Big Blonde” tells the tale of former wholesale dress model Hazel Morse as she drinks herself into the arms of many men and eventually to a suicide attempt. Throughout the story we see Hazel having many relationships with many different men all who want nothing more than for her to be a good sport. The first we are introduced to is her husband Herbie Morse. The two wed only six weeks after meeting and start a life together. Pleased by her new o...
The reader sees how detached Hazel appears to be from other women in this story. She can’t understand why they are allowed to be sad but when she appears sad she’s told to smile and how nobody wants to hear about other’s troubles. In fact there are only three women who Hazel holds conversations with at all in the story. The first is her neighbor who lives across the hall while she is married to Herbie. In Mrs. Martin she finds herself an escape from her trapped and unfulfilling life. They drink and play cards with a group of men referred to as “the boys.” This appears to be the only real friend she has through the entire story although they have a falling out based on the men in their life. The next woman is Mrs. Miller whom upon an exchange in the bathroom leads Hazel to the pills she will use in her suicide attempt. The final character is Nettie the colored maid who nurses Hazel back to life after she tries to take her own life. This appears to be a way for the author to explain the tension among women at this time. All the women in Parker’s story are trying to maintain the appearance that society has allotted them. Were some might think this would draw women together in fact made them further separated because they were all afraid of showing the crack in their own “good sport” personalities.
Which slowly escalating to two souls finding each other and connecting on their biggest issue. Hazel and Augustus have shown us that relationships are meant to develop. In John Green’s melodrama The Fault in Our Stars helps us see a bigger picture on different people connecting in a higher lever. This is important because how would the book be different it this weren't to occur, we can even relate this back into our own personal life to understand people better. Hazel and Augustus as a person both wouldn't be the same they both helped each other out, they were both together building a stronger bond every time thanks to their huge similarity of
Hazel is the main character and narrator of "Gorilla, My Love," by Toni Cade Bambara. She is between the ages of ten or twelve years old and an African American girl living in Harlem, New York with her family. While riding in the car with her grandfather, her uncle Jefferson Winston Vale, aka Hunca Bubba, and her little brother in the beginning of the story story's, she learns that Hunca Bubba, is in love and plans to be married. This angers Hazel, and she thinks back to an Easter Sunday when she and her brothers went to the movies.
She is seventeen years old at the beginning of the novel ( Green 3). She attends a cancer support group where the members introduce themselves by saying their name, age, diagnosis, and how they are doing. When Hazel introduces herself, she says, “I’m Hazel. Sixteen. Thyroid originally but with an impressive and long-settled satellite in my lings. And I’m doing okay” (Green 5). Her introduction shows that she identifies herself by her disease. This is seen again when Augustus asks Hazel what her story is:
On the boat, Hazel remembers her first life, before she was brought back from the dead. They head up the coast and encounter the army of Polybotes. The get
In 2014, John Green’s famous novel The Fault in Our Stars was brought to life with a film adaptation. The novel tells a story of two star-crossed lovers, Augustus Waters (portrayed by Ansel Elgort) and Hazel Grace Lancaster (portrayed by Shailene Woodley). The novel is written from Hazel’s point of view. However, there is something different about this love story than others. Hazel and Augustus are both cancer patients. Fans of Green’s work were ecstatic to see one of their favorite novels on the big screen. This was the first of Green’s works to be brought to life.
Augustus bites the dust a week after his prefuneral. Hazel gets a call from his mother amidst the night telling her. Hazel calls Isaac to let him know. Her guardians stay with her till morning, then provide for her eventually alone. She considers how her last days with Augustus were used in memory, however now the joy of recalling is gone since there's no one to recall with. It's more regrettable than any agony she's accomplished from growth, and she supposes how its similar to being pummeled by unlimited waves yet being not able to suffocate. She calls Augustus' phone message, endeavoring to return to their mystical "third space," however she discovers no solace in it. She checks Augustus' online profile, and sympathies are as of now heaping up. She envisions Augustus' philosophical investigation of one remark about him playing b-ball in paradise. Goaded by the stereotypical remarks, Hazel impulsively posts something incredulous of an alternate commentator. At that point she reviews Van Houton's thought in a letter that composition covers, not revives. At last, Hazel goes out to the parlor sofa, where she and her guardians embrace one
This book actually impacted my view on life a bit. Life is a fragile gift and this book made me wonder if I am using my time in all the wrong ways. We should all work to be using our days as best we can and try to be happy regardless of our sadness. As we all know that’s not as simple as it sounds, which makes the strength of Hazel and Augustus extremely inspiring and even eye-opening. When I compare myself to these two characters I hope I can be more like them.
The quote suggests that unfortunate events happen not because of destiny but because of the fault in characters. The three main teenage characters in this book suffer from a fate, which has in no way been caused by their actions but rather their destiny. Unlike the other characters Augustus fights to not let his destiny impact his choices, he strives to be seen as more than his illness. Augustus goes through the same struggles as any normal teenager and also the struggles of a cancer patient. Though his fate won the battle, till his death he fought being defined by his illness.
The Fault in Our Stars also uses many themes in order to teach life lessons to young-adults reading this book. For example, John Green shows that love conquers all things, even cancer and death. Although Augustus ends up facing death, Hazel’s love for him is true and it will ne...