Fault In Our Stars Relationships

The Fault In Our Stars- Parental Relationship Development The article “Parent and Child” states “The relationship between parent and child is of fundamental importance to U.S. society, because it preserves the safety and provides for the nurture of dependent individuals.” Parents are an important part of a child’s life and growth, and often a child’s relationship with their parents changes as they grow and change. The book The Fault In Our Stars, written by John Green, is a perfect example of this. The Fault In Our Stars highlights on the theme that you can’t experience love without experiencing pain as well. The main character’s relationship with her mom changes over time as well as helping to develop the theme of the story. To begin with, the main character Hazel has a terminal illness that was being controlled for the time being, but was very difficult for her to live with. In the beginning of the book Hazel’s mom is trying to get Hazel to go to her support group. Hazel doesn’t like going to her support group and doesn’t get out much. Hazel argues until her mom tells her, “Hazel, you deserve a life” (Green 7). Her mom wants her to get out of the house so she can have a life and not be defined by her illness. Hazel has trouble breathing because her illness affects her lungs, so she always has to be connected to an oxygen tank. It is difficult for her to get out of the house partly because …show more content…
It improved a lot because of the fact that she was willing to talk to her parents and her parents were willing to talk to her about what was really going on and how they felt. This is not just true in The Fault In Our Stars, it is true in everyone’s relationships with their parents. This dynamic relationship that Hazel shared with her mother helped to display and develop the major theme of the book. In order to experience love in our lives, we must also experience