{"id":145,"date":"2020-11-04T14:02:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/tropology\/?p=145"},"modified":"2020-11-25T14:00:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:00:16","slug":"the-fault-in-our-stars-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/tropology\/2020\/11\/04\/the-fault-in-our-stars-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fault in Our Stars REDUX!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Morgan Hatfield<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Fault In our Stars<\/span><\/i>\u00a0is a very interesting and fantastic book to read. Its story is very motivational and has important connections to real life events. A lot of people can connect with this book and have interests in reading it.\u00a0 A connection many people can have with this book is that there is a tragic love story.\u00a0 Who wouldn\u2019t want to read a book about love? Love is a very catchy topic for teenagers and can draw any teenager in.\u00a0 This book is meaningful because it can help bring awareness to teenagers who have cancer and are struggling with the idea of being sick.\u00a0 This book can help cancer patients that there is more to life than them just being sick.\u00a0 This book gives an insight to many teenagers and young adults that life is short, and it is important to cherish every moment you have.\u00a0 Personally when I was reading this book I felt like I realized that I wanted so much more out of life and continued to see that my time with certain individuals isn\u2019t always unlimited and that one day you might not get the chance to see a specific person again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Fault In our Stars<\/span><\/i> is a book about a young teenage girl named Hazel Grace who gets diagnosed with cancer. Hazel has thyroid cancer that soon spreads into her lungs. Hazel has to carry around a breathing tank, and is very embarrassed by it.\u00a0 Hazel develops depression due to her not being able to cope with her having cancer. Hazel is scared and is having a hard time dealing with her feelings towards having cancer.\u00a0 \u201cLate in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death\u201d (Green9). \u00a0 Hazel struggles with finding a meaning of her life, enjoying it and living in the moment. Hazel eventually starts going to support weekly to improve her mental health.\u00a0 Hazel’s mom wanted her to open up to people who also have cancer about how she is feeling.\u00a0 Hazel meets a guy named Augustus Waters who attends these support groups because he had cancer as well, he has bone cancer called osteosarcoma.\u00a0 Augustus was very positive about the problems and outcomes of his cancer; Augustus wants to help Hazel find a purpose for her life and helps her realize there is more to her life than just a girl that is sick. Hazel soon begins to fall in love with Augustus, they begin to enjoy their life together. Augustus has remission of his bone cancer and becomes really sick.\u00a0 Augustus gets his leg amputated; he is struggling with this very much. \u00a0 One sad morning Hazel gets terrible news that Augustus has passed away due to his cancer spreading very fast.\u00a0 Hazel is very distraught hearing this news and is at a loss of words.\u00a0 Hazel struggles for a while with the love of her life being gone but she soon begins to notice that she is so thankful she got to know Augustus.\u00a0 Hazel will begin to continue using her knowledge on life that he has taught her and continue to live her best life and live in every single moment.\u00a0 Hazel soon realizes that one day this is going to happen to her, and she wants to love her friends and family until she can\u2019t anymore. Hazel learns a lot from her struggles and problems during her process.\u00a0 The central problem in the Fault In our Stars is that cancer is taking away from their love.\u00a0 Cancer is the overall main problem in this story.\u00a0 Many of these characters had to overcome cancer and most of their problems revolved around them being sick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

An important part of the story that is connected to the central problem of the story is when Hazel begins to reconcile with her struggles with her cancer and the possibility of her dying young.\u00a0 Hazel begins to be okay with the idea that she has cancer that one day it is going to kill her.\u00a0 Hazel has been depressed all throughout the story and has struggles with getting out of her bed and doing something fun.\u00a0 Hazel soon gets out of this and begins to think more positively about things.\u00a0 I think this connects very well because it helps the problem lessen and become less of a worry for her and her family.\u00a0 Hazel just wants to love her family and friends; also she wants to have them by her side through all of her obstacles throughout her journey.\u00a0 This part of the story connects to the theme of the story well.\u00a0 There are many themes in this story, but the one that connects best is the theme of Life and Death.\u00a0 This theme is confronting the issue of people dying on a daily basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this book the narration is written in the 1st person. In the point of view of the main character, Hazel Grace Lancaster. Hazel is considered to be a dramatized narrator.\u00a0 This is very important and helps this novel stay intimate and keep the readers close to the narrator as possible.\u00a0 The author uses this narration to light up the central problem by having the main character explain her story and problems firsthand.\u00a0 This is a good way to get into Hazel’s thoughts and get a better understanding of how she is feeling throughout the story and through each event.\u00a0 This helps the readers get more involved with Hazels problems and truly understand how bad the character is actually struggling.\u00a0 The best way to connect with the characters is through their thoughts and words. In the story, \u201cTypes of Narration\u201d Booth mentions that,\u00a0 \u201cfirst or the third person will tell us nothing of importance unless we become more precise and describe how the particular qualities of the narrators relate to specific effects\u201d (Booth150). He is saying that when a story is written in first person, some readers will be able relate to the ideas they are saying. This causes more effects positively for 1st person, than if the reader isn’t able to connect to the narrator. If readers are able to relate more with the story teller they will more likely be more into the book and have a stronger connection to it. Meanwhile since this book is written in first person we are able to see the main character\u2019s commentary on certain scenes and major events. This is a good way to see how these main characters react or think in certain situations. This book is mostly aimed at young children to help them realise many different things about life and make sure they are understanding concepts of living their best life. The central problem in this story can connect to many real-life events.\u00a0 The main problem in the world is death. Many people die every day due to many different causes, cancer being one of the most common reasons for death.\u00a0 In this story one of the characters dies due to cancer.\u00a0 This story brings awareness to the concerns for death and depression.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The book Fault In our Stars has many meaningful life skills and concepts you can learn from. The first concept to learn from is, don\u2019t pretend you\u2019re okay.\u00a0 It is important for people to realize they cannot bottle up their emotions and attempt to deal with your problem all on your own.\u00a0 In this book it displays that Hazel has a huge support system and has many people she can help and guide her.\u00a0 In this story Hazel begins to be to herself and hides her struggles to continue to protect the people around her.\u00a0 Throughout the stories Hazel begins to realize she is allowed to not be okay. The second thing these readers can learn from in this reading is the idea of learning from others.\u00a0 This world consists of many caring individuals that help guide your life and your decisions.\u00a0 In this story Augustus shows this idea by teaching Hazel many things about life.\u00a0 Lastly another thing you can learn from this book is that nothing determines who you are as a person.\u00a0 This book displays this by showing that these characters have more to their life than just an illness. This book consists of major life problems and it shows how you can overcome them.\u00a0 I highly recommend reading this book, it is a very interesting book and you will stay involved and connected to the book the entire time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Morgan Hatfield The Fault In our Stars\u00a0is a very interesting and fantastic book to read. Its story is very motivational and has important connections to real life events. A lot of people can connect with this book and have interests in reading it.\u00a0 A connection many people can have with this book is that there is a tragic love story.\u00a0 Who wouldn\u2019t want to read a book about love? Love is a very catchy topic for teenagers and can…<\/p>\n

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