The Fault In Our Star Movie Analysis

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“The Fault in Our Star,” directed by Josh Boone, is a typical story of the journey of two teens who are both fighting cancer. Josh Boone directs the spotlight on these two teens specifically as he pulls the viewers closer into their journey. This movie not only exposes the story of two teens with cancer but also includes real life symbols and great quotes throughout different scenes of these two teens specifically. This movie will pull viewers emotionally closer into a love story that defines classic true love between two innocent teens fighting similar obstacles with a twist of bitter sweetness and humor.
The main characters Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) and Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort) meet, and she find herself falling in
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This movie is delivers short scene with quotes that anyone can relate to, and not only for those who are fighting cancer, but these scene and quote can leave one questioning as well being able to take in these advice from the movie to think of the world in a different lens. For example, after leaving out of the support group, Gus and Hazel find themselves side by side as they started short conversations. Hazel gave viewers signs that she was getting interested in Gus, however, after a few minutes pasted, Hazel noticed Gus slowly placing a cigarette between his lips, causing her to freak out and began fussing at Gus about why he would do such dumb thing that will only kill him even more. Little did Hazel know that Gus intention were not what she thought it would be. Gus paused and laughed, he explained to Hazel that it is just a metaphor, “You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don’t give it the power to do its killing.” Hazel never noticed that Gus never lit the cigarette. What make this quote powerful is that if one think about any difficult situation in their life, people can use this quote to make the right decision. Instead of allowing the challenge to defeat them, stop it by not giving it a reason or power to act and defeat

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