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Julius Caesar: The Fault In Our Stars

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Title-The Fault in our stars
1. Significance of title-The title of this book comes from a quote in Julius Caesar, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings." This quote is basically saying that fate is not to be blamed for people’s misfortunes, but people’s actions and decisions decide their future. Throughout the book one of the main messages conveyed is that sometimes, bad things happen to people and there is nothing they can do about it. Because of this, I think that the title means the exact opposite of what the quote from Julius Caesar means. Sometimes misfortunes happen to people and it’s not their fault just like Hazel’s and Augustus’ cancer.
2. Genre- Fiction
3. Date of original Publication-2012
4. Author- John Green
5. Setting- Indianapolis and Amsterdam
6. Importance of setting-Indianapolis is where Hazel and Augustus live. While in Indianapolis Hazel has to go to all her doctors appointments…. While in Amsterdam, Augustus and Hazel enter a sort of fairytale. They get to escape their regular cancer-orinated lives and just enjoy being teenagers. …show more content…

Plot-Hazel is a teenage girl who was diagnosed with lung cancer. She is forced to wheel around an oxygen tank wherever she goes and go to numerous doctors. When her mom and her doctors are convinced that she is depressed due to the fact that she is continuously rereading the same book and hardly leaves the house, they advise that she attends a support group with other kids that have cancer. One day before support group Hazel bumps into a hansome kid and instantly feels attracted to him. During the support group Hazel learns the hansome stranger’s name is Augustus Waters and is attending the support group with his friend Isaac, who has eye

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