How familiar are you with cancer? Have you ever known someone who had cancer? For most people the answers are very little and no. Hazel Lancaster and Augustus Waters, the main characters in the novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, are teenagers who have been diagnosed with cancer. You might pity these young people at first because of their illness, but they’re both heroic characters, and just like Hazel says, “it’s just a touch of cancer”(217). Augustus and Hazel met each other through their cancer, and were inseparable until the very end. This #1 New York Times Bestseller, provokes a lot of emotion while dealing with a difficult and meaningful topic.
The Fault in our stars is about a girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster. She has
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cancer in her lungs. One day at a Support Group, Hazel meets a charming boy named Augustus Waters who had cancer in his leg and now has a prosthetic leg. They became close through their illness. Hazel shared her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, with Augustus and they instantly bonded over it. Together, they searched for the author and eventually found him, but he lives in Amsterdam. Augustus uses his Wish, which is given to children who are diagnosed with deadly diseases, to go to Amsterdam with Hazel. When they meet the author of An Imperial Affliction, he is not who they thought he’d be. Hazel and Augustus make the best of their trip and have a wonderful time touring and exploring. While in Amsterdam, Augustus tells Hazel that his cancer has returned and he doesn’t have much time left. After they return to Indianapolis, Hazel and Augustus spend every day together creating wonderful memories. SPOILER ALERT: the novel concludes with Augustus’ death, but he and Hazel will always be in each others’ hearts. There are many lessons we can learn from The Fault in Our Stars. One is to always live in the moment. The future is unknown so we must enjoy the gift of the present. Augustus and Hazel don’t know how much time they’ll have together because of their diseases, but they appreciate every minute. In the book, Hazel says “some infinities are bigger than other infinities” (260). Sometimes we don’t have as much time that we’d like with another person, but we shouldn’t worry about how much time is left, we should just be happy. Hazel and Augustus are given a small “infinity” but they still feel like they’ve known each other forever. We can learn from Hazel and Augustus to live in the moment, and stop worrying where our lives will take us. One recurring theme that is displayed throughout The Fault in Our Stars is the importance of family and friendship.
Both Hazel and Augustus wouldn’t be able to flourish without their friends or family. Their two closest friends are Isaac and Kaitlyn with whom they have regular teenage fun; whether going to the mall or playing video games. Although, Hazel sometimes feels awkward around Kaitlyn for treating her as a cancer patient, she’s still happy to have a friend. Hazel also become friends with Isaac who was Augustus’ close friend. They all help each other during the hard times of hospitalizations, treatments, or regular teenage drama. Their parents are also vital to them. Hazel’s parents care so much for her and worry about her life every single day. Augustus’ parents write encouragements all around their house to help him make it through the day. Hazel and her parents sometimes fight but quickly get over it. “I was tugging at my arm but he wouldn’t let go. All I wanted was an old-fashioned Teenager Walkout” (245). Like any other teenagers, Hazel and Augustus get really annoyed by their extremely overprotective parents, but in their hearts know that without their parents help and love they would not be able to get through the terrible
times. Although the ending is sad, The Fault in Our Stars inspires readers to live in the moment. This book discusses the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love. Middle school students can learn what it’s like for when you’re a teenager and have a sickness. It can also teach them to learn to be kind to all people even if they are sick. “This is a book that breaks your heart-not by wearing it down, but by making it bigger and bigger until it bursts” (The Atlantic). With a great movie and an even greater book, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars will leave you wanting more.
Not every teenage girl or teenager gets along with their parents. Everyone sees things in different way. the difference in the point of view provokes the narrator's response, because they both see in a different view that they think their parents is selfish and neglecting or don't care about them but really their parents are helping them.
Homesick is a novel that exposes many different relationships, the strength of relationships, and how they can endure tremendous pain. The various relationships between Alec and Vera, Alec and Daniel, and Vera and Daniel are considerably different because of the variation in generation represented by each character. Each relationship in this family has its strengths and weaknesses depending on the past of the relationships. The relationships in the novel Homesick are seen through all of the character's eyes, so we can see how each character felt about the other characters. These characters do not tend to say what they think, we can see this many times throughout the novel. These relationships can be observed by seeing how they act, speak, and treat one another.
She would mostly be alone and sit by herself being buried in books or watching cartoons. In high school she attended a program for troubled adolescents and from there she received a wide range of support from helping her get braces to helping her get information to attend community college. (59) Even with this she was already too emotionally unstable due to her family issues and felt like she couldn’t go through with her dreams to travel and even go into the art of culinary. She suffers from psychological problems such as depression and worries constantly about almost every aspect in her life from work to family to her boyfriend and just hopes that her life won’t go downhill. (60) Overall Kayla’s family structure shows how different is it now from it was in the 1950’s as divorce rates have risen and while before Kayla’s type of family structure was rare now it is becoming more common. This story helps illustrate the contributions of stress that children possess growing up in difficult homes in which they can’t put their own futures first they must, in some cases, take care of their guardian’s futures first or others around them. Again, this adds into the inequality that many face when it comes to being able to climb up the ladder and become successful regardless of where one
Parent/Child relationships are very hard to establish among individuals. This particular relationship is very important for the child from birth because it helps the child to be able to understand moral and values of life that should be taught by the parent(s). In the short story “Teenage Wasteland”, Daisy (mother) fails to provide the proper love and care that should be given to her children. Daisy is an unfit parent that allows herself to manipulated by lacking self confidence, communication, and patience.
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.
According to Psychological Today,“Psychologists find that human beings have a fundamental need for inclusion in group life and for close relationships.” Without people that others need for fundamental reasons, the effects can change them as a person. In Of Mice and Men, the two main characters, George and Lennie, are working at a new ranch. They meet new people and try not to get into trouble. However, not everyone is included in the group. Some are left out and may become lonely. George and Lennie on the other hand have each other in a compelling friendship. In The Fault in Our Stars, Hazel, a girl with cancer, has been impacted by the one and only Augustus Waters. They are both cancer victims and end up falling for each other. They go on a trip to Amsterdam and meet Peter Van Houten, who is getting a little lonely. Throughout the novel, they are at their strongest and weakest points in life and need each other to get through it. Of Mice and Men and The Fault in Our Stars are similar in how they demonstrate themes such as the negative effects of loneliness and the value of friendship.
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.
People with cancer often begin to define themselves based on their experience with their illness, this self-definition through one’s cancer is one that the characters fear in John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. The novel shows how the characters strive to discover their identities, but despite that are still identified by their illness. The novel also makes the argument that young people with cancer are not any more virtuous or different than other kids rather, they are just normal kids living with an illness. Augustus wants to be remembered and also be more than just a boy who battled cancer, but despite his efforts is still identified by his illness.
Thyroid cancer is one of the main conflicts in John Green’s novel, The Fault in Our Stars. Hazel Grace, the protagonist, has papillary thyroid cancer that has metastasized to the lungs. Her disease precludes her from carrying a healthy relationship with her love interest, Augustus Waters, and the reader sees how difficult it is to live a normal life with such a life-threatening disease as cancer. There are many different causes as to why people contract thyroid cancer even though it only accounts for 1% of all cancer in the United States (Sarge 1). Furthermore, there are four subtypes of thyroid cancer with different intensities: papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic. Each type of thyroid cancer comes with a different type of treatment care such as chemotherapy, thyroidectomies, and hormone therapy (Sarge 2).
The author uses imagery, contrasting diction, tones, and symbols in the poem to show two very different sides of the parent-child relationship. The poem’s theme is that even though parents and teenagers may have their disagreements, there is still an underlying love that binds the family together and helps them bridge their gap that is between them.
Taking a class in Death and Dying never sounded like a fun endeavor, but I still enrolled in the class with the hope that it would help me better understand how people deal with death. I have had a positive experience with this course, and was lucky enough to solidify some of the themes we discussed in class while reading The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. The story follows a young girl named Hazel Grace, who has a fatal form of cancer. The book follows not only her view of the story, but also involves her family, her cancer support group, and a boy named Augustus.
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” Even before she admits it to him, Hazel is totally and completely taken up by Augustus Waters. She can hardly control it, just like other people can't stop liking her. Cancer is irrelevant at this moment—and it's pretty amazing. Hazel falls in love with Augustus so quickly i think that it foreshadows carelessness and ignorance to what will happen next. I also believe it foreshadows what Green could be trying to get across to us throughout the book at the climax of the novel. This quote could also represent
“The Fault in Our Stars” based on a novel by John Green, tells a story about a 17 year old Hazel Lancaster who suffers from thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs, but thanks to an experimental treatment the growth of her tumors have been stopped. Due to her problems with breathing, she has to have a permanent access to oxygen and carries an oxygen tank with her. Due to her loneliness, her mother along with her doctor decide that she should attend a support group for young cancer patients. During the meetings she makes friends
They will hold our hands on our first days of new adventures, and wipe our tears when our delicate worlds are rocked. Some will be our friends of the moment, and some will stand by our side, on our sports teams, on our graduations, at our weddings, and during our retirements. While our parents help and support us while growing, our friends will grow with us. These valuable attachments are cherished and needed, and their emotional embrace will always comfort us. With these friends we enter the world of education, our basis to survive in the outside world.
Hazel Lancaster Grace: She is diagnosed with Stage 4 Thyroid cancer with metastasis forming in her lungs, but has managed to live with her disease owing to doses of an experimental drug called Phalanxifor