Essay The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - 1722 Words

In John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, cancer possess every character in distinctive ways, yet this isn’t the standard cancer book, because according to the protagonist, â€Å"cancer books suck† (Green 3). Or as Gwynne Ellen Ash views the novel as a, â€Å"learning to trust, and to love, while dying [†¦] there is no sap here, no melodrama, no maudlin schmaltz.† This is about being able to cope with existence. It’s the full human experience—filled with the lightheartedness of life and the darkness of cancer. This disease is just that, a disease. It can consume and take over the physical body, but the mind is present. Hazel Grace Lancaster is sixteen years old and has been suffering from terminal thyroid cancer since she was thirteen. Hazel is†¦show more content†¦Augustus teaches her that the pain you cause others when you die is a mark that you mattered. As Augustus writes, â€Å"You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers.† (Green 311). He hurts her but he also affects her life for the better, and with love that will always be with her. With death being inevitable, the fear of what happens after is at hand, and with that the potential that all thats there is, is oblivion. This is Augustus’s phobia, or as he words it, I fear oblivion, [†¦] I fear it like the proverbial blind man whos afraid of the dark. (Green 56). This theme is what motivates Augustuss desire to perform a heroic deed before he dies to validate his significancee. He worries that his significance and his consciousness will be consumed by oblivion after his death. Augustus learns that his importance isn’t being denominated by the fact that his life is temporary, but by his importance to those around him, and that will carry on. The world is not a wish-granting factory is a report repeated several times amongst the novel. The way someone wants things to happen, isn’t usually the way it’s going to happen. Isaac’s girlfriend breaks up with, Augustus is unable to perform a heroic feat, and eventually dies, and Hazel is not far from her death. This theme goes along with the subject of the novel—teenagers dying ofShow MoreRelatedThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green624 Words   |  3 PagesOptimism is an emotion that inspires hopefulness and confidence about the future. Optimism propels people and novels forward. Optimism is a driving force in the novel â€Å"Lord of The Flies† by William Golding and the novel â€Å"The Fault in Our Stars† by John Green. In the novel â€Å"Lord of the Flies†,one of the most important emotions is optimism. Without optimism the boys would have no hope that they would make it off the island. 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Although , he pulls out a cigarette and Hazel freaks out to which he explains that it is a metaphor, â€Å"You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but don’t give it the power to do its killing† (Green 20). Once at his house Hazel begins to feel not to different from other girls, yet by the time they say goodbye, she cannot get the thought of him out of her head. Hazel shares a book with Augustus and he shares one with her. She quickly reads through