Similarities Between The Fault In Our Stars And My Sister's Keeper

Both of my text share the idea that the world can be a cruel place and you need to rely on your family to get you through tough times. For example, in The Book Thief, Liesel hears, and experiences all the horrendous things that Hitler had done to the Jews, Communist, etc. “Possibly the only good to

The similarities between the two stories speak of life's lessons and the sometimes-painful road we have to take in order to gain life

“It made me wonder, though, what would have happened if Kate had been healthy. Chances are, I’d still be floating up in Heaven or wherever, waiting to be attached to a body to spend some time on Earth. Certainly, I would not be part of this family” (8). The novel, My Sister’s Keeper, is a story which follows a young girl through her life struggles as she tries to help her sister, enjoy her own life, and fight her mother for a right to her own body. Anna Fitzgerald, the main character of the novel, is being used as “body parts” to keep her sister Kate alive rather than being loved and appreciated for the person she truly is. Throughout the novel she sues her mother for the right to her own body, she develops as an individual away from her sister,

Augustus makes an impact on Hazel’s life. Augustus and Hazel meet at Support Group and grow a close bond. Augustus and Hazel fall deeply in love throughout the story. When Augustus’ cancer sprung up again, he asked Hazel to write him an eulogy. In Hazel’s eulogy she says, “My name is Hazel. Augustus Waters was the great star-crossed love of my life. Ours was an epic love story, and I won’t be able to get more than a sentence into it without disappearing into a puddle of tears”(Green 259). This shows that when Augustus dies he will leave a (mental) scar on Hazel, because Hazel will deeply miss Augustus when he dies. Augustus transformed Hazel

Many say that events, good and bad, from childhood shape a person’s future. Things like the death of a loved one, domestic violence, expectations and economic struggles can surely mould one's true self. However, the gap between finding the person they want to become and the one to avoid becoming is controlled solely by the way one chooses to handle these things in life. This is directly connected to the novel, Crow Lake by Mary Lawson, in which the life of Kate Morrison and her three siblings is depicted. The children are faced with tragedy when both their parents are killed in a fatal car accident and they are left orphaned to fend for themselves. The novel perfectly embodies what it takes to get through extremely tough times and push in order

They cannot believe that Anna would do such a thing. They always wondered why she wouldn’t help her sister in her time of need. Anna’s father says, “We all know you’re supposed to love your kids equal, but that’s not always how it works” (147). They call her selfish for not wanting to donate anymore. Anna does feel guilty for not wanting to help her sister, but she is tired of getting stuck with needles and being hospitalized when she is never the one who is sick.

My Sister's Keeper is the story of Anna Fitzgerald, who by the age of thirteen has undergone many blood transfusions, numerous surgeries, and multiple bone marrow transplants. “Most babies are accidents, not me. I was engineered, born to save my sister’s life.” At the beginning of the movie Anna explains that she as conceived to be a donor for her sister, Kate. Kate is a 16 year old with renal failure due to a very rare form of leukemia. The girls' parents expect Anna to donate her kidney to help her sister. Instead of donating the kidney, Anna files a lawsuit against her parents for the rights of her own body so that she could not be forced into the surgery against her will. This causes mixed reactions between Anna’s parents, Brain

When people look at two extremely different stories such as Night and Life is Beautiful, they would not expect there to be many similarities. However, these two devastating tales are more alike than suspected. Both Night and Life is Beautiful may be two accounts of the holocaust, but that does not mean that they bring the same thing to the table. They both may include a somewhat similar father-son relationship, yet they still aren’t that same. Night, a tragic memoir of Eliezer Wiesel, and Life is Beautiful, a humorous and still somewhat depressing movie of Guido and his family, have numerous similarities as well as drastic differences between them.

He shapes this story around the form of a teenage girl named Hazel Lancaster, who believes that her terminal lung cancer is simply a ‘side effect of dying’. Hazel has undergone various treatments since she was a child, but she knows that death could be at the next traffic lights. She stumbles upon Augustus Waters one day, who introduces her into a world of initial frustration, which consequently develops into mutual understanding. The two spend many days and experiences together, bonding over quick witted remarks and their common circumstances, eventually blossoming into young love.

Growing up themes such as social issues, stress, and family are universal. Two novels which

For the Jews of the Holocaust, even their families were not a guaranteed part of their lives. Many of them went to school or out to the store and came home to find their house empty, their families taken away. An example of this is a story from Dora Zuer Iwler, who was out working when the Nazis came and took away her mother and brother and shot her sister (Brostoff, 12). Another story tells about Helbert Silberman’s experience when he goes to live with his grandparents to find their house destroyed and his grandparents missing (Brostoff, 18). These are just two of the many horrible situations in which Jews came home to find their families gone, and these were just minor instances of families being separated. Some instances involved families being ripped apart before they were shipped by cattle cars to their deaths. Ester Haas tells a story about how her sister, Rieke, became separated from her and how she never saw Rieke again once the war was over (Brostoff, 84-85). The movie Escape from Sobibor also depicts families being separated as the Jews arrive at Sobibor camp. Many of the characters must sit there helplessly as their family members are taken away to be killed (DVD). These stories put my life into perspective because my family has not been ripped from my life. My family is very much a part in my life and it hits close to home to imagine a life in which they are gone. These stories make me think about how unbearable life would be if I had nobody left to look after me or love me. Life is difficult enough even with a family looking out for you and helping you, so I would never want to live in a life that doesn’t include them. The concept that the book conveys make me really appreciate the people in my life that care about me. It also makes me

The chance Turly not surviving from working in the coal mine, and the fear of marriage not working with a child makes Hazel’s sister concerned. She wants Hazel to cherish the things she already has, before she loses then.

The novel begins when Hazel is going to a cancer support group because her mother thinks she is depressed. During the support group meeting, she meets a handsome boy named Augustus Waters who suffered from osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, although is also is

Their relationship drives the plot forward because the story is about how they fall into love and support each other through hardships; it drives them to go see Mr Peter Van Houten together and to care for each other even as Augustus is dying. The story also explores the theme of dying as their relationship struggles to keep afloat with Gus suffering from terminal cancer, and Hazel has to deal with grief as she copes with her partner’s death. Most importantly, their relationship highlights the theme of love. Hazel and Gus are devoted to each other up till the very end of the story, as seen from… Their relationship illustrates the enduring and touching power of love.

The book revolves around 16 year old Hazel Grace Lancaster, and 17 year old Augustus Waters. Hazel doesn’t lead an ordinary teenage life, she suffers of lung cancer. After a long time of struggling with her illness, her parents decide that