The book, The fault in our stars, follows Hazel Grace an ex-cancer patient and her adventures with another ex-cancer patient named, augustus waters. Hazel meets Augustus in a cancer support group that Hazel’s mom makes her go too. Right after they meet they have a lot in common and they bond over books. Hazel recommends an Imperial Affection and Augustus recommends a book called The Price of Dawn. The two bond over each others recommended books, although Hazel’s book ends in the middle of a. Which Augustus is confused about because he wants to know the ending, and asks Hazel if there’s a sequel or if the author is writing a sequel. Hazel tells him that she doesn’t know because the author lives in Amsterdam and won’t respond to fan mail. A …show more content…
Dad was still clutching my arm. “And now you want him to go ahead and die so I’ll be back here chained to this place, letting you take care of me like I always used to, But I don’t need it,Mom. I don’t need you like I used to. You’re the one who needs to get a life.”
“Hazel!” Dad said squeezing harder. “Apologize to your mother.”
In the beginning of the book Hazel wouldn’t say anything like this to her parents, so in turn Hazel has changed throughout the book.
3. The most important event in the book The fault in our stars is when Augustus, Hazel, and Hazel’s Mom go to Amsterdam. This event was dire to the plot of the book because when they were in Amsterdam Hazel and Augustus’ relationship grew into something more than it was before the trip. For example, before the trip Hazel could’t kiss Augustus or tell him she loved him. On page, 153 when they are on the plane to Amsterdam he says,
“I’m in love with you,”he said quietly
“Augustus,” I said.” Then on 154 Hazel says, “It felt like everything was rising up in me, like I was drowning in this weirdly painful joy, but I couldn't say it back.”
However, throughout their adventure in Amsterdam Hazel falls for
Are humans natural born sinners? Are we content with our self-indulging human nature? Flannery O’Connor shows us through her stories that the worst quality in a human is selfishness. Through grotesque characters, O’Connor demonstrates the common theme of selfish human nature to display the ability it has to ruin/drive people crazy and that people only look to religion when they are desperate.
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...
...or George and Augustus cares for Hazel. George cares for Lennie and Hazel cares for Augustus.
These two books have two distinct main characters. The Fault in Our Stars’s main character, Hazel, is a girl who thinks that cancer has taken over her life but when she meets Augustus she finds her true identity. While Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower main character, was a boy who couldn’t come out of his shell. He was a wallflower and never participated in anything until he was admitted into a mental hospital and realized that he had to start living his life. Both characters dealt with a type of sickness. Hazel’s problem was more of overcoming cancer but Charlie’s probl...
At the end of the book when Augustus dies, Hazel has to realize that life must go on. She feels like she was robbed of her one true love. Even though what she feels is incredibly painful, she is there to support Augustus’s family. She realizes that she is not the only one hurting, even though she lost the love of her life.
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...
Cancer limits her chances at being a normal teenage girl with a normal life. As reluctant as she was to go to support group, she meets other teenagers going through the same stuff. Hazel gets to experience the flirting, adventure, and excitement of teenage life. She allows herself to be immature and careless. Gus’s death reminds her how unfair the world is but she doesn't regret her choices. In her eulogy at the funeral, Hazel says “I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.” (Green 260). This quote shows she doesn't regret becoming close to him; even with the unfortunate fallout she’s thankful for the time and experiences. Hazel matures because of her relationship. She got the chance at “normal” and love. Caring for someone with cancer helped her mature.
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.
“I love you, I’m going to stay with your father and Nia, she can’t survive out there,” she sadly said.
She was an ignorant person but yet a caring one who showed feelings of emotion for George. It also shows the true failure of equality the Government was trying to enforce. There is not all that much but a penalty and a throbbing fear holding George back from agreeing with Hazel. In conclusion there are several possibilities as to why Hazel's decision was made but one thing is for sure, the government has failed in their triumphant purge to create one impossible goal,
Augustus decides to use his wish from a foundation, and he takes Hazel along with her mom to Amsterdam. This is an amazing opportunity for Hazel Grace because she will have the opportunity to ask the author how the story ends. Hazel and Augustus have dinner together at a fancy restaurant. They have a great time during this trip, but the author is not what they expected him to be like. The Author is an alcoholic man. He tries to avoid pain by drinking instead of dealing with his issue; he wants to forget about the loss of his daughter because she also died young of cancer. Evidently the author suffered, and the loss of his daughter was something that affected him greatly. This part of the movie shows how parents suffer when they lose someone they truly love and how difficult it is to deal with something like this. Without reservation anyone that has the chance to be with the people they love should be grateful for having them by their
The Fault in Our Stars is the story of a girl named Hazel Lancaster who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer which spread to her lungs. She was pulled out of school...
“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
Augustus Waters: Augustus was an amazing basketball player, that is until he got cancer and an amputated leg that came with it. But Augustus doesn't let that stop him from living his life. He tries to have a regular life; going out with friends, socializing, and living life to the fullest. When Isaac drags Augustus to a cancer support group, he meets Hazel and is immediately drawn to her. He feels the need to talk to her. When
The novel starts off with a young 16-year-old girl named Hazel with thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs. She serves as the witty narrator and makes death seem like nothing to be afraid of. Augustus Waters, a 17-year-old formally diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, is in remission but has lost a leg due to his cancer. From the beginning, John Green makes readers feel suspenseful as to when or if Hazel is going to die and break Augustus’s heart. But when Augustus goes back into remission, a twist is added to the story and Hazel becomes the healthier partner in their relationship. Hazel and Augustus’s love is put to the test as Augustus’s health deteriorates more and more each day. Readers are sitting on the edge of their seats, as they must wait to see what the fate of this courageous couple will be.