Eulogy For Augustus

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Love is eternal for Hazel and Augustus Love is eternal for Hazel and Augustus, even Augustus was dead, their love still exists. The first time Hazel met Augustus, she found out that was a big mistake. Hazel believes cancer patient doesn’t deserve a love, because a cancer patient will hurt others who loves the him/her, a cancer patient cannot fall in love, or has others’ love. When Hazel tried to get closer with Augustus, she realized a cancer patient do deserve the love, and that is the best love in the world. Augustus was special for Hazel, and Hazel also was special for Augustus too. Hazel’s show up made the last days of Augustus’s life became hopeful and joyful. After Augustus’s death, Hazel still loved with Augustus, she still liked her …show more content…

The second argument and the third argument are about the eulogy that Hazel and Augustus gave to each other, they wrote a eulogy to each other in order to speak in their funeral, they all know the end of story, but they still used this “extraordinary” way to show their feeling to each and their love, these two argument will the most important part of arguments to prove my thesis, and all of these arguments will be …show more content…

When Augustus said, the love is just a shout into the void, he just wanted to say, “I know it is difficult to say, love, when I am a cancer patient, my love is “fragile”, I cannot give you any promise like a normal person. But, I’m still in love with you.”. Also, Augustus said, “and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we’re all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust,” (John, Pg208). Augustus understood, one day, both of them will forget each other when one of them die because oblivion in that time represents they are moving on. It is obvious, whatever Hazel and Augustus, one of them will die before another, this is inevitable, therefore, oblivion also is inevitable too. Hazel and Augustus cannot escape this “tragedy”, everything they said or done for each other will disappear, they were unable to change the result of their love. In this case, Augustus still chose to fall in love with Hazel, he liked his choice. For this quote, why it can show up their love is eternal? Clearly, when Gus said he knew their love just a shout into the void, their love is eternal. The void is a word can be defined in any personal understanding,

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