Comparing The Fault In Our Stars 'And The Love Song'

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The two excerpts from “The Fault In Our Stars” by John Green, and “ The Love Song” by J. Alfred Prufrock, The speaker in the poem intricately explains Augustus’s and Hazel's view about life. The meaning of life is a question asked by many and answered by few, scholars go there whole lives searching for the question of life, and they come back with various answers. Life cannot be summed up into one sentence or answered by one man, because not everyone wants the same out of life. The question will remained unanswered because it's impossible to tell 7.5 billion people why they are here in this world and what there purpose is. Hazel and Augustus's goal is to live what they have left of life to the fullest. The speaker from “The Love Song” explains that life is about taking chances and risks. Hazel took a risk by going to Amsterdam, bu she made the most of what she could get out of life. The speaker from the poem sees so much in life as well he wants to live it to the fullest butt just doesn't have the courage to do so “ To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet.”(Prufrock) “ That lift and drop a question on your plate.”(Prufrock) “Time for you and time for me.”(Prufrock). He wants to ask a life changing to a girl but just doesn't have the courage to do so, he fancy’s this girl very much because he knows girls like that don't always come and go. …show more content…
Augustus brings up the topic of “afterlife” (Green). Which in turn derails there night, the conversation went for the worse when Hazel said “Thats why im being taken out of the rotation.” (Green). The metaphorical rotation of life. The speaker in the poem speaks about life all throughout the poem and the speaker also emphasizes a lot on how two completely different scenarios can share the same ideology on

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