The Fault In Our Stars In The fault In Our Stars‚ by John Green‚ Hazel Grace Lancaster‚ is dealing with pain both mentally and emotionally. She deals with her pain by isolating herself from other people and it gives her the pain of feeling different and capable of diffusion. Her companion‚ Augustus Waters is helping her because he is a distraction from her not thinking about the pain she has. Also‚ her favorite author‚ Peter Van Houten’s book‚ can distract her through ways that can not be explained
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September 22‚ 2014 Word count: 1‚342 The Fault in Our Stars: A Story of Little Infinities “Sometimes‚ you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal‚ and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” –John Green Like any good book‚ The Fault in Our Stars is the kind of movie that should be experienced by all. It is a romantic comedy drama‚ based on the best-selling novel by award-winning author
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Plot Summary Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters meet at a Support Group meeting for cancer patients. Augustus is a friend of Isaac‚ one of the boys Hazel talks to at the meeting with cancer in his eyes. Augustus had osteosarcoma a year and a half ago‚ and as he describes‚ “I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up.” So he is doing well. Hazel still has thyroid cancer‚ which effects her lungs. Hazel and Augustus become really good friends and share a love for a book titled An Imperial Affliction
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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
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Loss of innocence is a typical coming of age theme which you can recognise in The Fault in Our Stars. Loss of innocence has to do with someone gains new experiences or learning new things and it can be good or bad. Hazel experiences many joys and heartbreaks throughout the book. Because of Hazel her cancer‚ she didn’t have really a childhood so she was already at a young age very grown up. In the beginning of the book is Hazel a lonely and depressed girl who still lives to keep her parents happy
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The Fault in Our Stars Chapters 5 - 10 A few weeks after Hazel and Augustus meet‚ they discuss An Imperial Affliction. They question the reason why Van Houten ended the book mid-sentence. Gus mentions that he got in contact with Peter Van Houten himself. At first‚ Hazel is confused and surprised but is interested in contacting him. She writes a letter to Peter and questions him about many things like Anna (the main character of An Imperial Affliction)’s mom‚ ‘Tulip Man’ and asks Van Houten if he
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around school. That is known as ignorance because believing the statement that is told without seeking any evidence is ignorant of the person. In The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson the idea of lack of knowledge and ignorance is represented. This is shown through the analysis of conflict. The Fault in Our Stars relates to Laura Fermi’s idea. This book is about a teenager‚ Hazel Grace‚ whom has cancer. She attends a support group because her mother felt she needed
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other books by John Green‚ including Paper Towns and The Fault in Our Stars. I think that most of his books that he writes are very similar in the fact that they usually have a teenage narrator. There is also a love story interconnected through the plot as well‚ but it is almost always disrupted by some type of tragedy. In Looking for Alaska‚ it was Alaska’s death. In Paper Towns‚ it was when Margo ran away. And lastly‚ in The Fault in Our Stars‚ both main love interests‚ Augustus and Hazel‚ have cancer
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The Fault in Our Stars is an emotional story of two star crossed lovers‚ and their insane lives. Hazel Grace Lancaster is a sixteen year who was diagnosed with lung cancer and goes to a cancer support group at her parent’s suggestion. One day while Hazel went to support group she noticed a new guy‚ a person she would have never thought would have such and effect on her life‚ Augustus Waters. On the outside Augustus looks like a normal healthy kid‚ but he has a just as much reason to be there as everyone
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In The Fault In Our Stars the phrase “without pain‚ how could we know joy?” represents a big part of the book’s meaning toward the reader because Hazel is always in pain‚ that pain led her to meet Augustus‚ meeting Augustus gave her joy. Furthermore‚ in the book it references to this specific quote‚ one way is when Augustus went to buy cigarettes by himself‚ he felt great pain because his cancer was really bad‚ but he was doing what made him happy‚ which was being independent. “Without pain‚ how
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