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Hazel's Strongest Character In The Fault In Our Stars By John Green
The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green, is about Hazel Grace, a 16-year old girl with stage IV Thyroid cancer who meets the young cancer survivor Augustus Waters. Through their interactions Augustus brings and unforeseen light into Hazel’s life. Throughout the story Hazel’s strongest character traits are sarcasticness, stubbornness, and gratefulness.
Firstly, one of Hazel Grace Lancaster’s strongest character traits is being sarcastic. She loves to joke around and poke fun. For example, when Hazel is greeting a colleague she sarcastically states, “Isaac, hi, it’s Hazel from Support Group, not your evil ex-girlfriend (Green, 224).” Hazel frequently approached Isaac like this because when Isaac tragically lost his eyesight due to eye cancer, he

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