The Controversy Around The Fault In Our Stars By John Green

The importance of cherishing the invaluable individuals in one’s life is apparent in Matthew Teague’s personal journey of his wife’s battle against cancer and a genuine friendship. “The Friend” depicts emotional appeal, comparisons, and vivid imagery to portray the significance of valuing loved ones. There is no single definition for a loved one. A spouse, children, family, friends, the reciprocated love can build everlasting bonds, but why is it so important to treasure the relationships we have? Just because they are family, it may not signify that we love them; just because they are acquaintances, it does not necessarily indicate that we have a type of love for them either. The pure love we possess for someone is rare and never chosen or obliged, so this valuable love should be nurtured, for people are bound within unpredictable time limits. Nichole’s, Teague’s wife’s, diagnosis of cancer was a realization for him that his days with her were numbered. Along the way, Dane Faucheux, the couple’s friend, was devoted to aiding the Teague family during their struggling time. Faucheux’s undisputed support for Teague and his family surprised him numerous times throughout their experience. This love in the sublime story is seeped with appreciation for those Teague values in his life. The realization and worth of his deep endearment for his family and friend is transferred to the reader, and he or she begins to realize the reality of the given time to value those who are most important.

This book explores lots of different emotions, all tying into each other. Each emotions feeds off others, and different people experience different feelings. Emotion is a major part of the book because, while it doesn’t often go that deep into it, it is the driving force for lots of the plot

The book The Fault In Our Stars by John Green is about a teenage girl named Hazel who has had a type of lung cancer since she was thirteen years old. Hazel had always felt pain throughout her life, weather it was emotional or physical pain because of her cancer, or losing important things to her. After Hazel met Augustus though, her thoughts about life began to change. In this book, the author used a lot of figurative language and some symbolism to show the reader exactly how the Hazel and other characters were feeling, so the reader could almost feel what the character was feeling.

“You know… its kids’ stuff, but I always thought my obituary would be in all the newspapers, that I’d have a story worth telling. I always had this secret suspicion that I was special” (Green, 240). When Augustus and Hazel meet at his house after support group he shows her his medals and tells her the story of how he used to be a basketball player till the day he got diagnosed with osteosarcoma cancer, a type of bone cancer that spreads from one limb in the skeleton to another, which is why he has an artificial leg. Augustus also tells her about his family and sisters then asks her

Chapter 2 – Augustus reveals he lost his leg to cancer. Passed his driver’s test as another ‘cancer perk’. Hazel missed school since 13. She describes her experience with chemotherapy and surgery. Hazel developed pneumonia at 14. Has stayed alive with miracle drug, Phalanxifor, stopping growth of tumours. Presently attends the community school.

3.) She compares it by describing the following parts of the Love story featuring a sixteen-year-old girl who has cancer. However, Standiford contrasts the stories primarily of off the different ending styles. The Fault in our Stars is a sad yet

Hazel Grace Lancaster, from The Fault in Our Stars, was a 16-year-old girl diagnosed with stage four thyroid cancer. She was a very realistic, smart, and humorous character, but most importantly, she was a fighter. Although she didn’t think very highly of herself, Hazel was very thoughtful and considerate about her actions. Her biggest interest was reading, especially An Imperial Affliction as it was a book about cancer, which made her feel understood by the author. All of these characteristics made her unique and different from most girls her age. Over the course of the novel, her whole perspective on life changes because the star-crossed love of her life, Augustus Waters, taught her many valuable lessons.

Hazel grace is a dynamic character because she changes throughout the story. In the beginning, Hazel doesn’t want to get close to Augustus, because she was afraid he is going to be shattered when she dies. But towards the ending, hazel finds out it doesn’t matter if you die in the middle of a relationship, it’s about the moments you spend together. A quote in the book, on page 214, “Only now that I loved a grenade did I understand the foolishness of trying to save others from my own impending fragmentation: I couldn’t unlove Augustus Waters. And I didn’t want to.”

For this project, I decided to read “The Fault in Our Stars,” a novel written by John Green. This book is about 16 year old Hazel Grace, who is diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She attends weekly Cancer Support Group, where she meets Augustus Waters, a “very intelligent and hot” boy who is currently in remission. They both take a liking for each other, their relationship growing and developing throughout the book as they fight cancer together. Along the way, Hazel learns many important lessons about life.

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

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

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

The two main places that involve the two main characters, Hazel and Gus, were Amsterdam and Indianapolis. Hazel was scared that she will one day hurt the ones who love her when she would one day die from her lung cancer. When Hazel had to go to the emergency room that one time because of fluids in her lungs, Augustus was scared Hazel might die. Then as we learn towards the end of the novel, Hazel ends up being scared of Augustus dying when his cancer came back. Hazel was angry when Augustus died besides being very upset. They were disappointed and Hazel got angry when they saw who Peter Van Houten really was. They both felt like they were cancer victims, but they made the best of it with each other by going to Amsterdam and other events. They had many safe times such as when they were at the Support Group and Amsterdam because there were no health related emergencies and they had a good time together. The dangerous times is when Hazel had to go to the emergency room due to fluids in her lungs and when Augustus got his cancer back.

In The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Hazel Grace Lancaster is diagnosed with terminal cancer at the very early age of only 13 years old. Hazel identifies herself as the

Hazel Grace has thyroid cancer. The cancer spread to her lungs and nearly killed her. Her lungs do not work well, so she carries an oxygen tank with her at all times. She goes to a Support Group with other kids who have cancer. During one meeting, Hazel meets Augustus Waters, who shows a keen interest in her. They go to Gus(Augustus)’s house and watch a movie. Hazel and Gus trade their favorite books, which are An Imperial Affliction, and Counterinsurgence 2: The Price of Dawn, respectively. AIA ends very abruptly, and both Hazel and Gus want to find out what happens to the characters after the novel ends. Gus calls Hazel because his friend Isaac is having a mental breakdown. Later, Isaac loses both his eyes to eye cancer. Gus invites Hazel to a picnic in a park behind a museum. Augustus reveals that he has arranged for them to go to Amsterdam and meet the author of AIA, Peter Van Houten. A few days later, Hazel experiences extreme abdominal pain. She is told that her lungs were filling with fluid. She spends a few days at the hospital but recovers. Hazel’s mom is wary about Hazel going on the trip because she might have a recurrence of her pain.