Peter Van Houten's The Fault In Our Stars

Hazel Lancaster attends a support group for cancer patients to please her mother and ends up meeting the boy she will fall in love with. Issac, the only person she likes in the support group, brings his friend Augustus Waters for support. Hazel and Augustus have a disagreement over Augustus’s fear of oblivion which Hazel explains that everyone will die eventually. After the session ends, Augustus approaches her and the two end up flirting, mocking the rug at the support group, and watching Issac and his girlfriend Monica make out. When Augustus places a cigarette between his lips and invites Hazel to his house to watch a movie, she is disgusted and rejects him. After Augustus explains his metaphor, she reconsiders and agrees to watch V for Vendetta with him. On their way to Gus’s house, Hazel experiences Gus’s horrific driving and learns that he only has his licence as a cancer perk. The two share their story about dealing with cancer while they hang out. After agreeing to read each others favorite books, Gus; The Prince of Dawn and Hazel; An Imperial Affliction, Gus drives Hazel home. Hazel receives a series of texts referring to the end of An Imperial
When Peter Van Houten responds to Gus via email, he explains how Shakespeare is wrong when he said the faults are in ourselves. Van Houten explains “Everyone in this tale has a rock-solid hamartia: hers, that she is so sick; yours, that you are so well.” (Green 111) He continues on, saying that if roles were reversed then the stars wouldn’t be as crossed; however, the nature of a star is to cross so the faults are not just within ourselves, but all around us. You have to read the book to understand what the title is referring to in the novel. The title is eye-catching because “The Fault in Our Stars” makes you wonder what faults are they talking