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Even though there are positives negatives that occur. Just like “Without pain, how could we know joy,” but what is pain? Is it the physical hurt upon your skin? Could it be the heartbreak from an old boyfriend? What about the pain you feel inside because a disease is literally picking at you until there is nothing left? According to Merriam webster’s Collegiate Dictionary the definition of Pain is: to make one suffer or cause distress.
But this is not an accurate definition don’t you think. Pain can be described in multiple ways. Who says we have to live by the book? In the book The Fault in our Stars by John Green, while reading the book the reader may find that the characters are very similar with their definition of pain. The character Hazel Grace commits to herself that “... The elevator is a Last Days kind of activity… So I took the stairs.” Hazel Grace is head strong, but it’s what in her heart that really matters. (qtd in... ) …show more content…
They both face the struggle of pain, possibly a little different, possibly not. For example Hazel (girl character) has thyroid cancer and it limits her to certain things. Such as climbing a set of stairs. Hazel has to carry around a portable oxygen tank and she wears a set of tubes in her nostrils. Augustus or Gus for short was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. Gus was cured, but with every positive there is a negative and for his cure of cancer he lost a leg. Hazel and Gus both face or have faced the struggles of cancer and how it can really bring down your confidence. As for Gus he didn’t let cancer define who he was he embraced life and went for what he wanted. Hazel on the other hand decided that she wanted to let cancer take a toll on her and her

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