wanted to do with your life‚ so you probably did something that was out of the ordinary. John Green expresses this theme in both his books "The Fault In Our Stars" and "Paper Towns". Both books have entirely different story lines but seem to have this theme in common. Lets first talk about the differences between both of the books by Green. "The Fault In Our Stars" main characters are Hazel Grace a teenager and Augustus Waters also a teenager. Hazel and Augustus both have a life conflict that is effecting
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The fault in our stars The main character in The Fault in our Stars is Hazel Grace Lancaster‚ who is a seventeen-year-old girl with terminal cancer. Her life is quite dull‚ everyday repeating same routine. She is home-schooled‚ so she rarely leaves the house. She reads a lot‚ especially this one book called An Imperial Affliction‚ written by her favorite author Peter van Houten. It isn’t until she meets Augustus Waters that her life changes. It’s when her mom forces her to go to a support group
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Zachary Madison Mrs. Rich G 11/21/14 Figurative Language in The Fault in our Stars Authors use figurative language because it helps the reader describe the character or the place. Such as symbolism; this defines an item in a story. It could be a picture of something or it could be something. Metaphors are a figure of speech containing an implied comparison. John Green‚ author of The Fault In our Stars‚ uses figurative language; including metaphors and symbolism to define various aspects of Hazel
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Across the globe‚ The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is becoming a phenomenon that teenage girls enjoy immensely. The contemporary young-adult novel is about two teenagers who have cancer and fall deeply in love. Fighting their battles‚ Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters share their interests and go through heartbreak‚ love‚ and explore Amsterdam together. Readers relate to the book on many levels. The Fault in Our Stars is a brilliant novel that gives people a taste of what the world has
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The Fault in Our Stars: A Tragic Love Story Her name is Hazel Grace Lancaster; she was first diagnosed with cancer in her thyroid when she was 13 years old and then it slowly progressed to her lungs. She couldn’t stand up for very long and stairs were basically her worst enemy‚ but she was a fighter. When she was 16 years old‚ her parents forced her to go to a support group. Hazel hated the idea of going but she went anyway‚ and that was where she first met Augustus Waters. Augustus was a cancer
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The Fault in our Stars by John Green is an outstanding novel and one of Green’s best works. It tells a modern story about a girl named Hazel trying to live like a normal teenager. However this is not the easiest thing in the world for her because wherever she goes‚ she must carry an oxygen tank with her as a result of her having cancer. However at a teen cancer support group‚ she meets Augustus Waters‚ a very different yet similar person to her. This novel tells a sweet‚ painful love story about
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audience to read the book‚ The Fault in Our Stars before is comes out in theatres on June 6‚ 2014 I. Introduction/Attention Getter A. You have 10 days‚ until June 6th. Go to the store buy yourself some Kleenex‚ read the book‚ laugh a little‚ attack the tissue box a lot and then watch it on the big screen. In a little over a week‚ the new motion picture based on the #1 selling fiction book of 2012 according to TIME magazine‚ is being released. This is The Fault in Our Stars. B. Every person in this
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In John Green’s romantic novel‚ The Fault in Our Stars‚ Hazel Grace Lancaster‚ a stage IV thyroid cancer patient‚ falls in love with supposedly “cancer-ridden” Augustus Waters. While the love tale is thoughtful and intriguing‚ I found myself predicting the ending of the novel on page 23 of 313‚ finding that the predictability of the plot was an immensely upsetting aspect of the novel and a disappointment that largely differentiates this novel from John Green’s others. However
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Summer Reading Test: The Fault in Our Stars Directions: Select the best possible answer to each question. __B___ 1. As The Fault in Our Stars begins‚ the narrator‚ Hazel‚ states that depression “is not a side effect of cancer.” According to her‚ depression is actually a side effect of _________. a. smoking b. dying c. living d. loving e. laughing __C___ 2. Hazel talks about her new friend Gus having a harmartia. What is a hamartia? a. a bad habit b. a small disfigurement c. a tragic
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In Jon Green’s novel‚ The Fault In Our Stars I strongly agree that people with terminal illnesses can explore beauty in each other and can find connections just like healthy human beings. While hazel and Augustus think the cancer side effects are an imperfection‚ they both understand the beauty in each others imperfection and this lets them connect an a high level. Firstly I will discuss how Hazel and Augustus meet for the first time and when this happened‚ it was if they were made for each other
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