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The Fault in Our Stars
John Michael Green came into the world on August 24, 1977. He was born to the parents of Mike and Sydney Green in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has one younger brother, Hank Green. He attended Lake Highland Prepatory School and Indian Springs School as a child and adolescent in Indiana. He graduated from Kenyon College in Grambler, Ohio with a double degree in English and Religious Studies. After graduating college, he became a chaplain for children with critical illnesses. He initially planned to become an Episcopal priest, but while he was spending time with ill children, he was inspired to write. After ending his chaplain occupation, he took up a position as an assistant at Booklist, a company that rates books for newspapers …show more content…

Hazel was diagnosed with thyroid cancer with mets in her lungs at age thirteen and almost died because of it. Thanks to a new medical drug, she survived the near-death experience, but not the depression she experiences. Now at sixteen, Hazel lets her illness and her sadness become her life. Every descision she makes is determined by her mood and health. Hazel's mother notices her depression, and takes her to a cancer support group. There, she meets other kids who are fighting cancer and a boy named Augustus Waters who is a leg amputee at the support group for his friend, Issac. Augustus catches Hazel's eye, and immediately makes a connection with him, despite her …show more content…

Green has a known pattern for creating stories with interesting plots that conveys some sort of message in them. The message he tries to convey through The Fault in Our Stars is to always live for the moment. A person does not know when the world will end, or when we die. The world must live by this principle because everything could come to a close tomorrow. Green did an excellent job of implying this message through his novel. When Hazel found out about how Augustus's cancer had spread, she took up every bit of time with him that she had left because she did not know when he would pass away. Green's other purpose for creating this novel was to give the world an entertaining story about two young teenagers in love whose relationship is beautiful and compelling. Green exceeded the reader's

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