In The Fault in Our Stars, Hazel ponders her unfortunate circumstances and isolates herself, so that other people do not suffer when she dies. Hazel believed that her life was like a “grenade,” meaning that she will cause harm to those who love when they miss her. Hazel’s attitude is changed when she accepts Gus’ love and thus her destiny. By the end, Hazel clearly feels that at least her death should leave a positive mark.
At first, Hazel viewed herself like a bomb, ready to blow up, so she isolates herself, counting the days until she dies. In the airplane going to Amsterdam, Hazel recited a poem called “The LoveSong of J. Alfred Prufrock” to Augustus, where he claimed his love to her. I should have been a pair of ragged claws/Scuttling
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Throughout Hazel’s and Augustus’ relationship, Hazel’s perspective changes in a positive way. Hazel is slowly accepting Gus’ love, but not fully, afraid she will hurt him. In the airplane right after Augustus claimed his love towards her, Hazel could not respond to him. “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. I couldn’t say anything back.” (154) Hazel realized she loves him, but she refuses to accept it. Hazel and Augustus went to Amsterdam where they revealed and accepted their love for each other. After Augustus and Hazel came back from Anne Frank House, they went to Augustus hotel room where Hazel stated, “I love you, Augustus Waters,” (206) and Augustus body relaxed underneath Hazel’s. Hazel did not care if the trip will risk her health and life even more, she still figured out a way to go with Augustus to Amsterdam. Hazel cherished and feels extremely grateful for the time she spends with Augustus. Augustus and Hazel went through a lot together. They shared their favorite book, author, and hated person. They both experienced pain and happiness with each …show more content…
At first, she was devastated when she found out that Gus died. But after Augustus’ death, Hazel looks back on their time together without any bitterness or need to change it. She loved the memories Augustus left and who he was; even though their relationship was short it felt eternal to Hazel. At the end of the book, the final words of the novel are “I do”, which symbolize marriage. Hazel means by saying “I do” is that she will remember and love Augustus for as long as she lives, and has learned that death is not the universal finality she had once considered it to be. Hazel’s and Augustus’ relationship will continue, even if they do not. Hazel has learned from Augustus death is nothing gold can stay. After the funeral, Hazel was getting ready to go to bed when she being thinking about her love towards Augustus and nothing gold can stay. During this time Hazel’s father went to talk to Hazel. Hazel’s dad showed that he understands how Hazel felt losing Augustus. Her early leaf’s a flower; /But only so an hour (3-4). “Nothing Gold Can Stay” represents Hazel’s and Augustus’s relationship. To Hazel, Augustus was “gold”, which symbolize the most beautiful things in life, but does not stick around very long. Augustus was that beautiful thing in her life, but her beautiful thing in life could not stick
The poem states that everything eventually comes to an end and that not even gold can remain unchanged. The poem explains this theme with many metaphors about everything that’s coming to an end. Freeman explains that “Even the poem's rhymes contribute to this sense of inevitability: Nature's gold we (or She) cannot hold; the flower lasts only an hour; the post flower leaf is like Eden's grief; the coming of day means that dawn's gold cannot stay”(2). The poem explains that everything has a natural cycle and that nothing lasts forever. When the poem states “nothing can stay gold”, Frost looks back at the flower and the time of day and implies that it all comes to an end.
Hazel’s Parents-wants hazel to make friends, very pushy, caring, loving , worried , scared to lose their daughter , father cries a lot, mother is the stability , supportive of Hazel and Gus, they just want to spend as much time as possible with her, very sympathetic when Augustus dies.
As Hazel is the only sympathy portrayed in the story –other than what could possibly be construed as sympathy from the ballerina towards Harrison; or otherwise is a deep desire for freedom– she also seems to be the only one who is truly human among them. George, too, may be sympathetic if he were allowed to, but Hazel is the one who truly stands up for what she believes to be right, even if she does not know it. An example of this is when Hazel says the following to George after she sees him in pain from his mental
The author develops this story in a way which creates a sense of loneliness for the reader. He shows this through Ellen's feelings, she wants Paul to come back, to feel
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...
The character Augustus strives to not allow the cancer become his identity, rather to be remembered for something bigger than his illness. Augustus changes a lot from when he is first introduced at the beginning of the book till the final chapters before his death. When Hazel Grace first meets Augustus Waters at the support group she describes him as an attractive, strong and normal boy. It’s later during support group she finds out that he Augustus, once suffered from cancer and is now in remission. He attends the support group only as a companion for his friend Isaac who is a few days away from losing his eyesight. As the support group discussions go on, Augustus is asked what his fears are and he replies “Oblivion” (Green, 12) Augustus wants his life to mean more, rather than to just be forgotten when he dies. After each support group meeting a prayer is said with the list of all the members who have passed away added at the end. “And we remember in our hearts those whom we knew and loved who have gone home to you; Maria and ...
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.
However, in this tale there were no happy endings. For, Hazel “hitsm with my mop” and had to flush him down the toilet “three times” and still, ended up
Firstly , in the beginning of the story shows Hazel’s motherhood effect on her daily life: “Hazel didn’t want to eat outside – the amount of suncream you had to put on a baby and the way he kept shaking the little hat off his head... – so not only would she have to do all the work, she would also have to apologise for doing all the work when she should be having a good time, sitting outside and watching blue-bottles put their shitty feet on the teat of the baby’s bottle while everyone else got drunk in the sun” (Enright, 2008, p.138). Not to mention, Hazel was exhausted from taking care of her baby instead of enjoying herself like the others did. Despite of that, she couldn’t because in Irish motherhood; a mother who is laid back and neglects the children is not considered as a divine role.
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
Hazel herself states, “ I understand the story ended because Anna died or got too sick to write and this mid sentence thing was supposed to reflect how life really ends...”(Green 50). Not only, does it symbolize how life ends, but particularly how Hazel's life might end. The reason she is always looking for answers about who Anna really is and how her life ends, is in hopes of finding the answers about her own life and about who she is besides her illness. This once again reflects the main moral of the story. Furthermore, imagery also plays a vital role in the development of the thematic message.
In Bright Star, Keats utilises a mixture of the Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet forms to vividly portray his thoughts on the conflict between his longing to be immortal like the steadfast star, and his longing to be together with his love. The contrast between the loneliness of forever and the intenseness of the temporary are presented in the rich natural imagery and sensuous descriptions of his true wishes with Fanny Brawne.
Augustus made Hazel think he was a smoker but he had a reason for his
...ir relationship Augustus shows Hazel how to live each day to its fullest. Another theme would be the courage within the characters. Hazel and Augustus are cancer patients and they are definitely tougher people because of it. The way they approach their close deaths takes a large amount of courage in itself.